2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election

On 13 December, BJP leader Vishnu Deo Sai took oath as the fourth chief minister of the state.

After the election, Indian National Congress formed the state government, with Bhupesh Baghel becoming Chief Minister.

Baghel highlighted the party's achievements in government, such as the implementation of the RGKNY, the reduction in poverty, and the improvement in law and order.

[20] The BJP's campaign was led by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who addressed rallies across the state.

The party alleged that the Congress was soft on Naxalites and that the state had witnessed an increase in Naxal violence in recent years.

In mid-afternoon on 7 November, the date of polling for the first phase, security personnel were injured in a gunfight in the southern villages of Tadmetla and Duled.

[28] On 17 November, during the second phase of the elections, a Naxal IED blast occurred, resulting in the death of Indo-Tibetan Border Police Head Constable Joginder Singh when the Electronic Voting Machine was being returned to Gariaband from the polling stations of Bade and Gobra.

On 10 December 2023, the BJP legislature party meeting was held in Raipur headed by its central observers Arjun Munda, Sarbananda Sonowal and Dushyant Kumar Gautam where Kunkuri MLA Vishnu Deo Sai was elected as the next chief minister and Arun Sao and Vijay Sharma were elected as deputy chief ministers.

Phases of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election