Assembly polls live: Polling ends in MP, 68.15% voter turnout in Chhattisgarh
Catch the live updates of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh Assembly polls.
CHENNAI: The voting for Madhya Pradesh's all 230 assembly seats and Chhattisgarh's 70 seats--in the second phase is being held today.
While in Madhya Pradesh, the incumbent is the BJP, in Chhattisgarh, it is the Congress that is seeking to retain power.
In MP, voting will be held from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. However, in Baihar, Lanji, and Parswara assembly seats of Balaghat district and some booths of Mandla and Dindori districts, voting will be held till 3 p.m.
In Chhattisgarh, the BJP, which ruled the state continuously between 2003 and 2018, is seeking to replace the Congress government led by Chief Minister Bhupesh Bahgel.
The first phase of polling in the state for 20 seats was held on November 7. Both parties claimed to have done well in the first phase. The Congress had a good strike rate in these 70 seats in the 2018 elections, having won 51 of them.
Polling parties have reached their designated polling stations and 958 candidates are in the fray in this phase.
Over 18,000 polling stations have been set up in the state for voting in this phase. Out of these, 727 are 'Sangwari' booths where women polling personnel have been deployed.
Live Updates
- 17 Nov 2023 12:40 PM IST
BJP MP Saroj Pandey says, "Surely, it's a huge occassion for democracy. Everybody should play their part in this. Each and every vote decides the direction of the state. I believe that this is the direction in the favour of the BJP...In the last five years, Chhattisgarh's face has changed and its identity has been established as 'Apradhgarh' due to corruption..."
- 17 Nov 2023 12:39 PM IST
Ambikapur: Chhattisgarh Deputy CM and Congress candidate from Ambikapur, TS Singh Deo casts his vote at a polling booth in Rajmohini Devi Girls College.
- 17 Nov 2023 12:20 PM IST
Raipur: Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel's son Chaitanya Baghel says, "Congress is making the government. As our CM has said, '75 paar hoga' so definitely '75 paar hoga'... Since morning, I have gone to 50 booths... Workers are filled with energy."
- 17 Nov 2023 12:20 PM IST
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh: After casting his vote, Union Minister and BJP candidate Narendra Singh Tomar says, "There is a wave of BJP in Madhya Pradesh, the atmosphere is in favour of BJP and people are liking the schemes and development works of the Central Government and State Government. BJP will form the government with a clear majority. I have cast my vote and here also the atmosphere is in favor of BJP..."
17 Nov 2023 12:12 PM ISTFormer Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan casts her vote at polling booth number 163 in Indore.
- 17 Nov 2023 12:11 PM IST
Former Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Uma Bharti cast her vote at her native place Dunda, Tikamgarh today.
#WATCH | Madhya Pradesh Elections | Former Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Uma Bharti cast her vote at her native place Dunda, Tikamgarh today. pic.twitter.com/vsxHvj1a58
— ANI (@ANI) November 17, 2023 - 17 Nov 2023 12:11 PM IST
Raipur: Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel's son Chaitanya Baghel says, "Congress is making the government. As our CM has said, '75 paar hoga' so definitely '75 paar hoga'... Since morning, I have gone to 50 booths... Workers are filled with energy."
- 17 Nov 2023 11:56 AM IST
#WATCH | Indore: Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections: Free Poha distributed to people who voted before 9 am in Indore today pic.twitter.com/XuHV6TPDso
— ANI (@ANI) November 17, 2023 - 17 Nov 2023 11:56 AM IST
Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan cast his vote at a polling booth in Raipur.
