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

"We (BJP) will win 14 out of 20 seats, including Rajnandgaon and Bastar. Our campaign was successful," says former Chhattisgarh CM and BJP leader Raman Singh as voting for the first phase of Chhattisgarh Election 2023 continues.

On the assembly elections in five states, Karnataka Minister and Congress MLA Priyank Kharge says, "The BJP's failed economic policies have been exposed. We are going to come back into power in all five states."

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"Congress manifesto mentions all of these...Chhattisgarh Congress has always stood for the welfare of common people," says Baghel.

9.93% voter turnout recorded till 9 a.m. in Chhattisgarh and 12.80% in Mizoram. 

A 96-year-old visually impaired voter, Pu Zadawla who refused to cast his vote through postal ballot has cast his vote today in 1417 Saron Veng-II, Aizawl for the Mizoram Assembly elections. pic.twitter.com/JTVbClifmh

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VIDEO | Chhattisgarh Election 2023: Elderly couple share their experience after casting their vote at a polling booth in Kawardha.#ChhattisgarhElections2023 #AssemblyElectionsWithPTI pic.twitter.com/7GGP7fnsMb

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Congress candidate from Bastar seat Lakheshwar Baghel casts his vote.

"People will win, there's no doubt about it," says Vijay Kumar Sharma, BJP's candidate from Kawardha seat in Chhattisgarh.