Polling in 12 constituencies of Bastar and one in Rajnandgaon district begun from 7 AM while in the rest of the seats in Rajnandgaon, it started at 8 AM
Total No of voters 29,33,200
Women voters outnumber men for first phase of polling, as 14,78,659 female voters are there against 14,53,730 men
Total no of Candidates 143 of which 10 are female candidates
Total No of Polling Booths in 18 Constituencies - 4074
The 18 Constituencies are -
- Khairagarh
- Dongargarh
- Rajnandgaon
- Dongargaon
- Khujji
- Mohla-Manpur
- Antagarh
- Bhanupratappur
- Kanker
- Keshkal
- Kondagaon
- Narayanpur
- Bastar
- Jagdalpur
- Chitrakot
- Dantewada
- Bijapur and
- Konta
The first phase of polling includes -
- 12 assembly segments of Bastar comprising Konta, Bijapur, Dantewara, Jagdalpur, Bastar, Chitrakoot, Narayanpur, Kondagaon, Kanker, Bhanupratappur, Antagarh and
- 6 seats of Rajnandgaon- Rajanandgaon, Dongargarh, Khujji, Manpur-Mohala, Dongargaon and Khairagarh
Maximum number of candidate have been fielded in two constituencies — Rajnandgaon and Jagdalpur (14 in each) and least number of candidates are in Konta (4)
The BJP holds 15 of the seats going to polls today, while Congress has 3 seats
The fate of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh and his three ministers — Kedar Kashyap(Narainpur (ST)), Lata Usendi(Kondagaon (ST)) and Vikram Usendi(Antagarh (ST)) — besides kin of the victims of Jiram valley Naxal attack will be sealed today
Raman Singh is contesting from Rajnandgaon and his main opponent is is Congress's Alka Mudliyar, wife of Congress leader Uday Mudliyar, who was killed in a Maoist ambush on May 25 which virtually wiped out the entire party leadership in the state
Raman Singh had defeated Uday Mudliyar with a margin of 32,389 votes in the 2008 Assembly election
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