Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections: 60.48% voter turnout recorded in Ist phase
News | November 12, 2018 23:24 ISTChhattisgarh Assembly Elections: 60.48% voter turnout recorded in Ist phase
Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections: 60.48% voter turnout recorded in Ist phase
PM Modi's Chhattisgarh rally today coincides for the first phase of polling in the state for 18 Assembly constituencies, mostly in Naxal-affected zones.
The ‘Sanklap Patar’ will be released by BJP president Amit Shah in Raipur, Agrawal, who heads the BJP’s manifesto drafting committee, said on Friday.
Chhattisgarh Assembly Polls: According to political pundits, the party of the favourite CM candidate is likely to win the polls. This fact becomes even more crucial for Congress as it has failed to field a CM candidate even few days before the polls.
In the two-phase elections, voting for 18 seats spread across eight Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected districts, will be held on November 12 and for the other 72 seats on November 20. The counting of votes will be held on December 11.
The Congress leader said that grievances of Naxals should be addressed as the "movement" started for the rights of people.
In the state capital Raipur, the nominees, including two ministers and two sitting MLAs, from all the seven Assembly segments of Raipur district, took out a massive rally from the BJP's city officer Ekatma Parisar to the office of the Raipur collectorate.
This time the Congress is seeking to oust the BJP, which has been ruling the state since 2003, from power. The assembly election in the state will be held in two phases.
The agencies concerned including the income tax department are probing the matter to find out if the money was to be used in the upcoming assembly elections.
The number of on-ground security personnel has been kept high, considering the threat perception in 18 constituencies that go to polls in the first phase, officials said.
Sensing the immense danger of the situation, a decidedly calm Sharma made a video for his family, wherein he can be heard saying that he may not survive the day.
The polling in Chhattisgarh will be held in two phases to mitigate the risk of violence due to Naxal violence. Chhattisgarh Assembly has 90 seats, in first phase on November 12 only 18 seats, affected by violence will go to polls, while in the second phase on November 20, rest of the 72 constituencies will witness voting.
Even as former Congress leader Ajit Jogi has the honour of being Chhattisgarh's first chief minister, Congress has never been elected to power in the state assembly elections. Read on to know the full history of polling in Chhattisgarh.
The opposition party late Saturday evening put out a list of candidates — its third — for 37 assembly seats going to polls in the second and last phase of voting on November 20. It has renominated 15 sitting MLAs and fielded 11 candidates, who had lost in 2013, besides giving tickets to 11 fresh faces.
The Congress, on October 18 and 22 had announced the candidates for the first phase polling in two lists.
As many as 421 candidates had filed their nominations for the first phase, but papers of only 231 aspirants were found valid in the scrutiny. Of them, 41 candidates withdrew their nominations, leaving 190 in the fray.
In the 90-seat assembly, BJP may win 50 (+/-5) seats, while the main opposition party Congress may win 30 (+/- 5) seats, the survey showed.
Will Raman Singh get a record fourth term as Chhattisgarh CM? What impact will the alliance between Ajit Jogi-Mayawati have? Stay tuned for IndiaTV-CNX Opinion Poll from 6 PM.
The process of filing nominations closed on Tuesday for the first phase of the polls. The nominations will be scrutinised on Wednesday and the last date for withdrawal is October 26.
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