The following are the key candidates for the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections 2018 for which the results are announced on December 11, 2018.
Ajit Jogi, JCC
NEW DELHI, 02/08/2017: Former Chattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi addressing the media on the Augusta and Panama Paper Leak Issue in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Photo: R.V. Moorthy
Leading in Marwahi
The leader who has split from Congress formed Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (JCC). He served as the first Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh from 2004 to 2008.
Dr. Raman Singh, BJP
Raman Singh
Leads in Rajnandgaon
Dr. Raman Singh is the current Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh from 2003. Under late A.B. Vajpayee, he was the Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry from 1999 to 2003.
T.S. Baba, INC
Leading in Ambikapur
Ambikapur is one of Chhattisgarh's oldest districts. Congress MLA TS Baba won the elections in 2013 for the second time.
Bhupesh Baghel, INC
Bhupesh Baghel, President Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee
Leading in Patan
Baghel is the current Chattisgarh Congress chief since October 2014. He was the member of the Chhattisgarh Assembly Legislature in 2003 and 2013 from the same assembly constituency.
Charan Das Mahant, INC
NEW DELHI, 16/07/2012: Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Charan Das Mahant at the 84th Foundation Day of Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) and award function, at NASC Complex, Pusa, in New Delhi on July 16, 2012.
Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar
Leading in Sakti
Charan Das Mahant represents the Korba Lok Sabha constituency and became the only Congress MP from Chhattisgarh in the 15th Lok Sabha. Mahant was the Working president of the Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee.
Renu Jogi, JCC
Leading in Kota
Wife of former Congress leader Ajit Jogi. Kota has been a Congress stronghold and the party hasn't lost the seat ever since Chhattisgarh was formed in 2000.
