BJP’s lok Sabha candidate Abhishek Singh got the highest number of votes from Rajnandgaon assembly segment which is also the assembly constituency of his father and Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh.
This is in comparison to the five other assembly segments in the Rajnandgaon lok Sabha seat. In the last assembly election held about six months ago, Raman Singh had won from the Rajnandgaon Assembly seat with more than 36,000 votes. In comparison to all other assembly segments of Rajnandgaon lok Sabha constituency, Abhishek got 45,763 votes from the Rajnandgaon assembly segment.
Reaping the highest number of votes from Rajnandgaon assembly segment, Abhishek maintained the political dominance of his father. Similarly, he has been on the second place in gleaning votes from Khairagarh assembly segment.In the Rajnandgaon assembly segment, former MlA Komal Janghel, with the influence of the personality of Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Raman Singh and Abhishek Singh, has been successful in bringing the voters in favour of the party.
The party amassed about 24,000 votes from Dongargaon Assembly segment.Veteran BJP leader Suresh Dulani, by applying better strategy, had put in his strength for the organisation in Khujji assembly seat.The party got about 18,000 votes in Khujji. Dongargarh and Mohala-Manpur assembly segments in the Rajnandgaon lok Sabha constituency were on the fifth and sixth position, respectively. The BJP got 14,226 and 8,344 votes, respectively, from these seats in the lok Sabha polls.