Assembly Elections 2023 LIVE: First phase of polling begins in Chhattisgarh; Mizoram gears up for triangular fight

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Chattisgarh Elections LIVE Updates

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Chattisgarh Elections LIVE Updates

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Voting will commence today in the first phase of the Chhattisgarh Assembly election for 20 seats, most of in Maoist-affected Bastar region. Over 25,000 security personnel have been deployed in the first of the two-phase election.

Among the 20 seats, 12 are reserved for Scheduled Tribes and one for Scheduled Castes. The highest number of contestants is in Rajnandgaon constituency (29) while the lowest number of candidates is seven each in Chitrakot and Dantewada seats.

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Mizoram Elections LIVE Updates

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Chattisgarh Elections LIVE Updates

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Voting for the first phase of the Chattisgarh Assembly Elections, involving 20 seats in the state’s southern region, began on Tuesday.

The voting process began at 7 a.m. amid tight security.

Polling started at 7 a.m. for ten seats, which include Mohla-Manpur, Antagarh, Bhanupratappur, Kanker, Keshkal, Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Dantewada, Bijapur and Konta. 2

The polling for the remaining assembly constituencies, which include Pandaria, Kawardha, Khairagarh, Dongargarh, Rajnandgaon, Dongargaon, Khujji, Bastar, Jagdalpur, and Chitrakote, will commence at 8 a.m. and continue until 5 p.m.

The state of Chhattisgarh is undergoing elections in two phases, with the second phase scheduled for November 17. 20 constituencies in Chhattisgarh, which has a 90-member house, are set for the polls on Tuesday, including 12 from the Bastar division.

There are a total of 223 candidates in the fray for 20 seats. 5304 voting booths have been set up by the election commission for this phase.

There are 40 lakh, 78 thousand, and 681 voters in this phase. Of these, there are 19 lakh, 93 thousand, 937 male voters and 20 lakh, 84 thousand, 675 female voters.

Polling for the Mizoram Assembly began on Tuesday, the counting of which is scheduled on December 3.

The voting began at 7 a.m. on Tuesday and will continue till 3 p.m.

A total of 174 candidates are in the fray. According to the CEO Mizoram, the total number of electors in Mizoram stands at 8,51,895.

As many as 2,058 votes have been cast through home voting and 7,497 votes through postal ballots at designated facilitation centres for the Mizoram Assembly elections.

The 40-member state assembly is the only poll-bound state where the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are not the primary contenders.



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Prakriti Jash

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