Raipur, March 23: Sunil Kumar Soni of the BJP won from Raipur Lok Sabha seat in Chhattisgarh. Raipur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 11 parliamentary constituencies of Chhattisgarh. Raipur Lok Sabha seat went to polls in the third phase of general elections on April 23. The main electoral fight is between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress. Ramesh Bais of the BJP is the current Member of Parliament (MP) from Raipur Lok Sabha seat.

While the Congress has declared Pramod Dubey as its candidate for Raipur Lok Sabha election, the BJP fielded Sunil Kumar Soni. In Raipur constituency, the process of filing nomination began from March 28. The last day for nominations was April 4. Scrutiny was done on April 5 and the last date for the withdrawal of the nominations was April 8. Chhattisgarh Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Schedule: Constituency-Wise Dates Of Voting And Results For General Elections.

The BJP registered a landslide victory in Chhattisgarh in 2014 Lok Sabha elections winning 10 out of 11 seats in the state. Congress, on the other hand, could win just one seat. However, in the 2018 state assembly election, Congress made a comeback bagging 68 out of 90 seats. Check Full Schedule of Lok Sabha Elections 2019.

Lok Sabha elections 2019 schedule for third phase:

Issue of Notification March 28
Last date for filing nomination April 4
Scrutiny of nomination April 5
Last date for withdrawal of candidature April 8
Date Of Poll April 23
Date of Result May 23

Watch schedule of third phase of polling for Lok Sabha elections 2019:

Lok Sabha elections are scheduled to be held in seven phases - on April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29, May 6, May 12 and May 19. Prime Minister Narendra Modi led BJP is seeking a second consecutive term, where Rahul Gandhi's Congress is trying hard to wrest the power.

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