Chhattisgarh: Polling for last phase of assembly elections begin

The voters include over 77 lakh male and over 76 lakh female voters, are eligible to exercise their franchise. There are nearly 1,000 voters from the third gender.

Sakshi Chaturvedi
Published on: 20 Nov 2018 6:00 AM GMT
Chhattisgarh: Polling for last phase of assembly elections begin
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Raipur: polling in the state begin from 0800 hours in the morning amid tight security for the second and concluding phase on Tuesday.

The total voter turnout till 1000 hours was 12.54 percent.

The elections are carried in 72 seats spread across 19 districts to elect a new Chhattisgarh Assembly.

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A total of 1,079 candidates are in the fray, and both Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are contesting all the 72 seats. The Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is in the fray for 25 seats and its ally and former Chief Minister Jogi’s Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (J) is vying in 46 seats.

The Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has fielded candidates in 66 constituencies.

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The voters include over 77 lakh male and over 76 lakh female voters, are eligible to exercise their franchise. There are nearly 1,000 voters from the third gender.

It is to be mentioned that the Bharatiya janata Party is in power in the state since last 15 years i.e. from 2003.

Sakshi Chaturvedi

Sakshi Chaturvedi

A journalist, presently working as a Sub-Editor at newstrack.com.

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