[1][2][3] Vijay Baghel hold a post graduate degree in Sociology from Pandit Ravishanker University, Raipur.
[4] Baghel was first elected to Bhilai Municipal Council in 2000 as an Independent candidate.
He contested 2003 Assembly election from Patan constituency as a candidate Nationalist Congress Party but lost to Bhupesh Baghel.
He defeating Bhupesh Baghel of Congress by a margin of 7,842 votes and became Parliamentary Secretary to Home Minister Nanki Ram Kanwar.
In the 2019 general election, he contested against Pratima Chandrakar of Indian National Congress from Durg and won by margin of 3,91,978 votes.