Chhattisgarh By-Elections 2024: Congress Fields Akash Sharma for Raipur City South Assembly Bypoll

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge approved Akash Sharma as the party's candidate for the upcoming Chhattisgarh Assembly bypolls on Tuesday, October 22, 2024. Sharma will represent the Congress in the Raipur City South constituency, according to a party press release.

छत्तीसगढ़ युवा कांग्रेस के अध्यक्ष श्री आकाश शर्मा को 51- रायपुर विधानसभा (छत्तीसगढ़) से उपचुनाव में कांग्रेस प्रत्याशी बनाये जाने पर कांग्रेस शीर्ष नेतृत्व का आभार।@AkashSharmaINC@IYCChhattisgarhpic.twitter.com/xxHmUSZVnd

— Rajasthan Youth Congress (@Rajasthan_PYC) October 22, 2024

He currently serves as the Chhattisgarh Youth Congress president and is a former president of the National Students’ Union of India in the state.

The seat became vacant after Brijmohan Agrawal, the sitting BJP legislator and former state minister, resigned following his election to the Lok Sabha from the Raipur parliamentary constituency.

The ruling BJP has fielded former MP Sunil Soni for the bypoll. 

Polling for the bypoll will take place on November 13 and vote counting scheduled for November 23. October 25 is the last day for filing nominations.

In the previous assembly elections, the BJP secured a landslide victory, winning 54 out of 90 seats, while Congress won 35 and the Gondwana Gantantra Party (GGP) claimed one seat.