Raipur Lok Sabha constituency of Chhattisgarh: Full list of candidates, polling dates

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Raipur is one of 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh and cast vote in the third phase of the election this year - on April 23. The result will be out on May 23. 

Raipur registered 65.99 percent voter turnout in 2019, a gain of 0.4 percent. The total number of electors in the constituency is 2111104 while the total voter turnout is 1393210. While in 2014, the constituency registered 65.59 percent voter turnout. The total number of electors in the constituency was 1903613 while the total voter's turnout was 1248618.

Khilesh Kumar Sahu Alias Khileshwar of Bahujan Samaj Party, Pramod Dubey of Indian National Congress, Sunil Kumar Soni of Bharatiya Janata Party and Santosh Yadu of Shivsena are some of the prominent names that will contest the Lok Sabha election 2019 from Raipur Lok Sabha constituency in Chhattisgarh.

Raipur Lok Sabha constituency comprises of nine assembly segments - Baloda Bazar, Bhatapara, Dharsiwa, Raipur Rural, Raipur City West, Raipur City North, Raipur City South, Arang (SC) and Abhanpur.

Here is the full list of candidates contesting the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Raipur Lok Sabha constituency of Chhattisgarh. 

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	Khilesh Kumar Sahu Alias Khileshwar	Bahujan Samaj Party
2	Pramod Dubey	Indian National Congress
3	Sunil Kumar Soni	Bharatiya Janata Party
4	Ajay Chakole	Gondvana Gantantra Party
5	Ikram Saifi	Ambedkarite Party of India
6	Chhabi Lal Kanwar	Bhartiya Shakti Chetna Party
7	Tameshwar Sahu	Bhartiya Kisan Party
8	Devki Dubey (Sandhya)	Republican Party of India (A)
9	Devendra Kumar Patil	SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST)
10	Banmali Chhura	Bharatiya Bahujan Party
11	Dr. Yogita Bajpai	Sarvodaya Bharat Party
12	Vijay Kumar Kurre	Rashtriya Jansabha Party
13	Advocate Shailendra Kumar Banjare	Shakti Sena (Bharat Desh)
14	Santosh Yadu	Shivsena
15	Tarjan Jangde	Independent
16	Navin Gupta	Independent
17	Pravin Jain	Independent
18	Pritesh Pandey	Independent
19	Manish Shrivastav	Independent
20	Ramkrishna Verma	Independent
21	Ramdyal Dahariya	Independent
22	Rupesh Sahu	Independent
23	Shankar Lal Vardani	Independent
24	Sanju Kumar Yadav	Independent
25	Santosh Sahu	Independent

BJP's Ramesh Bais has been leading the party from this constituency for the last several years. He has never lost a Lok Sabha election from here since 1996. In 2014 Lok Sabha election, Bais defeated Congress' Satya Narayan Sharma by 1.71 lakh votes.