Assembly Elections 2023 live: Mizoram registers 77.04% voter turnout, Chhattisgarh records 70.87%
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CHENNAI: As the people of Mizoram and 20 seats of Chhattisgarh are going to cast their vote in the five-state elections, which are considered to be the semifinals of the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections, take a look at how have the parties fared in the SC and ST constituencies of both the states.
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- 7 Nov 2023 8:15 AM IST
Mizoram elections | An elderly voter, B Lalrinawma shows his inked finger after casting his vote at a polling booth in Aizawl West 3 constituency. pic.twitter.com/j5NUWzh85k
— ANI (@ANI) November 7, 2023 - 7 Nov 2023 8:13 AM IST
CRPF soldier injured after IED blast in Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh | One jawan of CRPF CoBRA Battalion injured in an IED blast triggered by naxals in Tondamarka area of Sukma. The jawan was deployed for election duty: Sukma SP Kiran Chavan
— ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) November 7, 2023 - 7 Nov 2023 8:12 AM IST
Amit Shah urges voters to turn out in strength
"I urge our sisters and brothers in Mizoram, especially the youth to come out and vote in large numbers. Each and every vote will lay the foundation of a developed and prosperous Mizoram," Shah wrote on X.
For Chhattisgarh, he urged people to vote for a government that is dedicated to the ‘welfare of the tribal society, farmers, poor and youth by ending the rule of corruption and scams from the State’.
- 7 Nov 2023 8:08 AM IST
PM Modi urges people of Mizoram to vote
"I call upon the people of Mizoram to vote in record numbers. I particularly urge the young and first-time voters to exercise their franchise and strengthen the festival of democracy," he wrote on X.
In his message for voters in Chhattisgarh, Modi urged them to be a part of the democracy's auspicious festival by casting their votes in the first round of polls. He congratulated the first-time voters.
7 Nov 2023 8:05 AM ISTAfter casting his vote for the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections, Congress candidate Mohan Markam from Kondagaon said, "I am confident that I will win for the third time from Kondagaon. BJP cannot compete with Congress in Chhattisgarh, that is why they are using ED."
- 7 Nov 2023 8:01 AM IST
#WATCH | Mizoram elections | Voters arrive at polling station 27 in Mission Vengthlang in large numbers to cast their vote. pic.twitter.com/xOaNcuwFef
— ANI (@ANI) November 7, 2023 - 7 Nov 2023 7:53 AM IST
Kedar Kashyap, BJP candidate from Narayanpur casts his vote for the Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections 2023 at polling booth number 212 in Bhanpuri Assembly Constituency.
"A large number of people are present here to cast their votes which shows that people in the State want to remove the Congress government from Chhattisgarh. I would like to appeal to everyone to cast maximum votes for BJP," he said after casting his vote.
- 7 Nov 2023 7:45 AM IST
Mizoram CM and MNF president Zoramthanga says he couldn't cast his vote. "Because the machine was not working. I was voting for some time. But since the machine could not work I said that I would visit my constituency and vote after the morning meet," he said.
- 7 Nov 2023 7:42 AM IST
"It will not be a hung Assembly. It will be the MNF Government. I have full confidence in that. BJP is not an alliance partner. NDA is there in the Centre. Here in the state, we don't have any alliance with BJP or any other party...We are only a partner of the NDA in the Centre, here in the State we support the NDA on issue-based," says Mizoram CM and MNF president Zoramthanga after casting his vote at 19-Aizawl Venglai-I YMA Hall polling station.
- 7 Nov 2023 7:30 AM IST
Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga casts his vote.
#WATCH | Chief Minister of Mizoram Zoramthanga casts his vote for the Mizoram Assembly Elections 2023 at 19-Aizawl Venglai-I YMA Hall polling station under Aizawl North-II assembly constituency. pic.twitter.com/w3MdGFLWme
— ANI (@ANI) November 7, 2023
