Assembly Elections 2023 live: Mizoram registers 77.04% voter turnout, Chhattisgarh records 70.87%

44.55% voter turnout recorded till 1 pm in Chhattisgarh and 52.73% in Mizoram.    

Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh: Encounter broke out between the Special Task Force (STF) and Naxals in the forest area near Orchha police station. STF personnel are safe as Naxals fled amid the encounter. The area is being searched. The viral information circulating on social media…

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Congress government failed to control Naxalism in Chhattisgarh, says PM Modi in Surajpur.

Voting underway in Kolasib, a newly formed district of Mizoram.

Religious conversion among election issues in Chhattisgarh's tribal belt.

"I appeal to the voters that Congress has served for five years and should be given an opportunity to serve this time too. We do what we promise, however, there's no guarantee of BJP's guarantees," says Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel.

"He (Raman Singh) is not going to save his own seat. We had won 17 seats out of 20 last time, this time we will win 18 or 19 seats," says Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel on former CM and BJP leader Raman Singh's statement that his party will win 14 out of 20 seats where voting is being held in the first phase of elections today.

"Elaborate security arrangements have been made for a smooth voting process. Out of over 2,900 polling booths, 600 polling booths are considered to be in the high-security zone in the Bastar region. A three-layer security cordon has been prepared for these polling booths," says Sundarraj Pattilingam, Inspector General of Police, Bastar Range, Chhattisgarh.

Let's vote to get freedom from hooliganism and terror, says BJP's Mahesh Gagda

Chhattisgarh Election 2023:

BJP candidate Mahesh Gagda from Bijapur constituency casts his vote along with family members.