Raipur, December 08
In what could be termed as reiteration of history, BJP managed to post its third consecutive victory in Chhattisgarh by winning 49 out of 90 assembly seats. The party had won in 50 constituencies in 2008 polls. The Congress, which was confident of breaking its 10-year exile-term by forming government this time, merely gained one additional seat as compared to its previous poll tally as its final count was 39. Among remaining two seats, one went to BSP while the other was grabbed by an independent candidate.
Though it is not a landslide victory for the saffron party as was predicted by pre-poll surveys, it succeeded in negating predictions that there was an anti-incumbency factor against it and wind of change in favour of Congress.
Rather, anti-incumbency factor was prevalent more in Congress whose 27 MLAs failed to save their seats. The dismal performance of the party’s top leaders including leader of the opposition Ravindra Choubey, Rampukar Singh, Bodhram Kanwar, Mohammad Akbar, Dr Premsai Singh Tekam, Amitesh Shukla, Dr Shakrajeet Nayak, Ambika Markam, Dr Haridas Bhardwaja and Dhiv Kumar Daharia too spoiled its victory equations.
The BJP too faced the music of anti-incumbency factor as its 17 MLAs including Speaker Dharamlal Kaushik and five ministers - Nankiram Kanwar, Ramvichar Netam, Chandrashekhar Sahu, Hemchand Yadav and Lata Usendi too incurred loss.
However, the BJP won despite performing miserably in Durg Bastar and Sarguja divisions. Bastar and Sarguja divisions usually set victory path for a political party in Chhattisgarh. Nonetheless, the BJP managed to gain additional seats in Raipur, Bilaspur to compensate its loss in other three regions.
In first three hours, the trend in State was in favour of Congress as the party was leading in 48 seats while BJP’s lead was in 40 constituencies. Gradually, the BJP started taking lead and by 3 pm, it went past magical number of 45, the minimum number of seats required to form government.
Considering the performance of BJP and Congress in five divisions, the former that had won previous two polls by winning maximum seats in Bastar could win just four this time while the remaining eight went to the latter. Last time, the BJP had posted victory in 11 seats while Congress had won one seat.
Among 14 seats of Sarguja division, both BJP and Congress won seven seats each. Last time, the ruling party had won nine while opposition had won five seats.
Similarly, among 20 seats of Durg division, the Congress won nine while BJP won 11. Last time, the Congress had won in seven while BJP had won in 13 seats.
In Bilaspur division, there saffron party improved its previous performance and posted victory in 12 out of 24 seats while Congress and BSP won 11 and one. In 2008, the BJP and Congress had won 10 and 12 seats respectively while BSP had grabbed two.
The BJP took major lead in Raipur division where it clinched victory in 15 out of 20 seats. The congress could win only four seats while one constituency went to an independent candidate. The scenario in 2008 was vice versa when BJP had won seven while Congress has won 13 seats.
It is reward of our good governance: CM
Terming it a historical victory, CM Raman Singh said it was reward of party’s good governance in State. He said the public verdict proved that there was only pro-incumbency factor in Chhattisgarh. He said the BJP had given stable government in the State and would continue its development works in coming five years.
We will introspect where we went wrong: Mahant
Concede loss, State Congress president Charandas Mahant said the party would introspect where it went wrong. He, however, said it was unfortunate that 27 Congress MLAs lost their seats owing to which the party winning chances fainted. He also admitted that sans sabotage such number of party legislators could not lose. He claimed that there was no Narendra Modi factor in Chhattisgarh and Congress would win majority of Lok Sabha seats in upcoming general elections.
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