Raipur: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has secured a massive victory in the urban local body elections in Chhattisgarh, the final results of which were out this evening (February 15). While the saffron party has swept all 10 municipal corporations, opposition Congress failed to open its account.
Congress swept the civic elections in such a way that all the Congress stalwarts were defeated one after the other. Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, overjoyed with the election results, held a press conference when he said that the credit for this magnificent victory goes to the public. "The public expressed their trust in our Atal Vishwas Patra," he said.
Amid tight security, the process of counting of votes began at 9 AM with postal ballots, followed by counting of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) votes from 9:30 AM.
In the municipality elections, BJP won 35 out of 49 seats, while Congress managed to secure eight seats including Takhatpur, Mungeli, Katghora, Mahasamund, Bagbahara, Surajpur, Mandir Hasaud, and Abhanpur. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won the polls in Bodri, while independent candidates claimed five seats in Ahiwara, Sakti, Pendra, Akaltara, and Simga.
BJP maintained its dominance even in the Nagar Panchayat elections, securing 81 wins in 81 panchayats, while Congress secured 22 seats, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) won in one, and independents clinched 10 seats.
After the results were out, BJP national president JP Nadda called Chhattisgarh CM and BJP's state president to congratulate them on the landslide victory of BJP in the election. "This historic victory is a symbol of the unwavering faith of the people of the state on the public welfare and tribal-friendly schemes being implemented by the double-engine government under the guidance of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi," tweeted Nadda.
छत्तीसगढ़ नगरीय निकाय चुनाव में भारतीय जनता पार्टी की प्रचंड विजय पर प्रदेश के मुख्यमंत्री @vishnudsai जी, प्रदेश अध्यक्ष @KiranDeoBJP जी और भाजपा छत्तीसगढ़ के सभी कार्यकर्ताओं को हार्दिक बधाई देता हूँ।
— Jagat Prakash Nadda (@JPNadda) February 15, 2025
यह ऐतिहासिक विजय आदरणीय प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी के मार्गदर्शन…
On February 11, polling was held across 173 urban bodies, including 10 municipal corporations, in which 72.19 percent voter turnout was recorded. This time, the mayor elections in Raipur, Durg, Ambikapur, Jagdalpur, Raigarh, Rajnandgaon, Korba, Bilaspur, Dhamtari and Chirmiri corporations saw a direct contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress.
Apart from these 10 municipal corporations, elections were also held for 49 municipal councils and 114 Nagar Panchayats to elect councillors in these local bodies. A total of 5970 polling stations were set up across Chhattisgarh, of which 1531 stations were categorised as sensitive and 132 as hyper-sensitive.
In Raipur, vote counting is underway at the strong room in Sejbahar. A total of 238 tables have been set up to manage the counting of votes of 1290 polling stations of 240 wards of one Municipal Corporation, five Municipal Councils and five Nagar Panchayats in Raipur district. Of these, 218 tables have been set up for EVMs and 20 tables for counting postal ballots.
| Voting % In 10 Municipal Corporations | |
| Raipur | 44.5 |
| Durg | 63.78 |
| Rajnandgaon | 75.82 |
| Bilaspur | 55.02 |
| Ambikapur | 63.10 |
| Chirmiri | 66.82 |
| Jagdalpur | 57.82 |
| Raigarh | 70.91 |
| Korba | 51.66 |
| Dhamtari | 70.69 |
Mayor Contest In 10 Corporations Of Chhattisgarh
The Mayor elections in 10 municipal corporations witnessed a fierce battle between the BJP and the Congress, but in the end BJP candidates emerged victorious.
- Raipur: BJP’s Meenal Chaubey
- Rajnandgaon: BJP’s Madhusudan Yadav
- Ambikapur: BJP’s Manjusha Bhagat
- Korba: BJP’s Sanju Devi Rajput
- Durg: BJP’s Alka Baghmar
- Jagdalpur: BJP’s Sanjay Pandey
- Raigarh: BJP’s Jivardhan Chauhan
- Dhamtari: BJP’s Jagdish Ramu Rohra
- Bilaspur: BJP’s Pooja Vidhani
- Chirmiri: BJP’s Ramnaresh Rai
Notably, in the previous municipal polls of Chhattisgarh held in 2019-2020, the then-ruling Congress in the state had captured mayor posts in all the 10 municipal corporations. This time, the tide was with the BJP.
