20 November 2018, 19:28 PM
71.93% voter turnout recorded till 6 pm in the second phase of Chhattisgarh Assembly elections. Voting still underway at the polling booths where voters are in the queue
20 November 2018, 17:33 PM
64.8% voter turnout recorded till 5 pm in the second phase of Chhattisgarh Assembly elections 2018.
20 November 2018, 16:45 PM
58.47% voting recorded till 4 pm in the second phase of Chhattisgarh Assembly elections 2018.
20 November 2018, 15:12 PM
45.2% voting recorded till 2:55 pm in the second phase of Chhattisgarh Assembly elections 2018.
20 November 2018, 13:24 PM
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh casts his vote at a polling booth in Kawardha. pic.twitter.com/pSql5Q3lsq
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20 November 2018, 12:26 PM
Reports of technical snags in electronic voting machines (EVMs) emerged from some places. Corrective measures were taken, an election official said.
20 November 2018, 10:42 AM
12.54% voting recorded till 10am in the second phase of voting, reports news agency ANI.
20 November 2018, 10:42 AM
Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (JCC) President Ajit Jogi and his son Amit Jogi cast their votes at a polling booth in Pendra. #ChhattisgarhAssemblyElections2018 pic.twitter.com/2lZCXfmCBp
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20 November 2018, 09:54 AM
Voting has stopped in polling booth number 236 in Kawardha - chief Minister Raman Singh's home district.
Singh was scheduled to cast his vote here later in the day.
20 November 2018, 09:52 AM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people to come out in large numbers to exercise their franchise. In a tweet, he requested voters of the state to participate in large numbers in "the festival of democracy".
20 November 2018, 09:29 AM
"Voting begun at 7 am in two polling booths of Bindranavagarh constituency (Gariaband district), while in the remaining 72 booths, polling started at 8 am," an election official said.
The time of polling in 72 constituencies is from 8 am to 5 pm except in two polling booths- Amamora (booth no. 72) and Modh (no.76) in Bindranavgarh where polling is being held from 7 am to 3 pm due to the threat posed by Naxals, he said.
20 November 2018, 08:15 AM
Voting has begun for the second and final phase of polling on 72 seats. Visuals from a polling booth in Ambikapur #ChhattisgarhElections2018 pic.twitter.com/FybsqIZN17
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20 November 2018, 08:00 AM
Voting for 72 begins across 19 districts.
Voting has begun for the second phase of polling on 72 seats in 19 districts of the state. Visuals from Pendra in Bilaspur #ChhattisgarhElections2018 pic.twitter.com/PGIWYJTMys
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20 November 2018, 07:35 AM
The Congress, which is seeking to regain power in the state after 15 years, has key candidates like state chief Bhupesh Baghel (Patan), former Union minister Charandas Mahant (Shakti) and Leader of Opposition TS Singhdeo (Ambikapur).
20 November 2018, 07:34 AM
The BJP, which is eyeing a fourth consecutive term in the state, has fielded several prominent faces including state Assembly speaker Gaurishankar Agrawal from the Kasdol seat and nine ministers Brijmohan Agrawal (Raipur City South), Rajesh Munat (Raipur City West), Amar Agrawal (Bilaspur), Bhaiyyalal Rajwade (Baikunthpur), Ramsevak Paikra (Pratappur), Punnulal Mohile (Mungeli), Prem Prakash Pandey (Bhilai Nagar), Dayaldas Baghel (Nawagarh) and Ajay Chandrakar (Kurud), and state chief Dharamlal Kaushik (Bilha).
20 November 2018, 07:28 AM
Several high-profile candidates are contesting in the second phase of polling. Janata Congress Chhattisgarh supremo and former chief minister Ajit Jogi and his two family members, IAS-turned-politician O P Choudhry and Sarguja's former royal T S Singhdeo are contesting.
Jogi is contesting from Marwahi, his wife Renu Jogi from Konta and his daughter-in-law, Richa Jogi from Akaltara on BSP ticket. Jogi's new political outfit, Janata Congress Chhattisgarh is contesting polls in alliance with Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party.
Apart from them, the fate of 10 ministers is also at stake in the second phase of polling including that of Brijmohan Agrawal (Raipur South), Amar Agrawal (Bilaspur) and Rajesh Munat (Raipur West) among others.
20 November 2018, 07:22 AM
Chhattisgarh: Mock polling being conducted at a polling station in Surguja's Ambikapur. Voting for the second phase of #ChhattisgarhElections2018 will begin at 8 am today. 72 constituencies spread across 19 districts are undergoing polling today. pic.twitter.com/UuBjhXawAx
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20 November 2018, 07:13 AM
Chhattisgarh: Visuals from a polling station in Bilaspur district's Pendra. Voting for the second phase of #ChhattisgarhElections2018 will be conducted today. 72 constituencies will undergo voting at 8 am today. pic.twitter.com/6aiydKuluz
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20 November 2018, 07:12 AM
Voting begins at 8 am.
Chhattisgarh: Visuals from a polling station in Kabirdham district's Kawardha. Voting for the second phase of #ChhattisgarhElections2018 will be conducted today. 72 constituencies will undergo voting at 8 am today. . pic.twitter.com/qKldzHu858
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20 November 2018, 07:00 AM
Chief Minister Raman Singh's home district is Kawardha, where polls will be held today. He, however, contests polls from Rajnandgaon, where voting took place in the first phase of polls for 18 seats on November 12. Singh has been the chief minister for 15 years in the state's 18-year history. Traditionally the main challenger for the BJP has been the Congress. However, there is a third force in the elections this time in form of former chief minister Ajit Jogi's alliance with Dalit leader Mayawati.
"We are expecting a pro-incumbency vote in the second phase also and people will come out in huge numbers this time also to vote for the BJP. We will definitely coming back to power for the record fourth-time in a row," Singh told PTI Monday.
20 November 2018, 06:59 AM
For the second phase of polls, there are 1,53,85,983 voters, including 77,46,628 men, 76,38,415 women and 940 of the third gender. As many as 19,296 polling booths have been set up for the second phase, the official said. The highest number of 46 contestants are in the Raipur City South constituency, while the lowest number of six contestants are in the Bindranavagarh seat.
20 November 2018, 06:57 AM
It's a three-way battle in Chhattisgarh. Ruling BJP is seeking re-election for a fourth consecutive term while Opposition Congress aims to end its 15-year exile from power in the tribal-dominated state. A coalition between the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), former chief minister Ajit Jogi's Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) and the Communist Party of India (CPI) emerged as the third crucial wheel in the state. The Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) too has fielded candidates in 66 constituencies.
