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 10:49 AM IST
MP Congress chief Kamal Nath reviews elections from control room set up at party office in Bhopal.
17 Nov 2023 9:53 AM ISTBJP leader Dharamlal Kaushik casts his vote at polling booth number 211, in Bilaspur
- 17 Nov 2023 9:50 AM IST
Union Minister and BJP candidate from Narsinghpur, Prahlad Singh Patel casts his vote at a polling booth here.
- 17 Nov 2023 9:48 AM IST
5.71% voter turnout recorded till 9 am in the second phase of voting in Chhattisgarh and 11.13% in Madhya Pradesh.
- 17 Nov 2023 9:36 AM IST
#WATCH | Tikamgarh, Madhya Pradesh: Union Minister Virendra Kumar casts his vote at polling booth number 74. pic.twitter.com/BpYLX43X6X
— ANI (@ANI) November 17, 2023 - 17 Nov 2023 9:36 AM IST
Congress candidate from Sonkachh, Sajjan Singh Verma casts his vote at a polling booth in Indore.
- 17 Nov 2023 9:35 AM IST
Violence reported at polling booths 147-148 of Dimani Assembly constituency, in Mirghan, Morena when stone pelting ensued between two sides. One person injured in stone pelting. The situation is now under control.
- 17 Nov 2023 9:35 AM IST
Madhya Pradesh: Violence reported at polling booths 147-148 of Dimani Assembly constituency, in Mirghan, Morena when stone pelting ensued between two sides. One person injured in stone pelting. The situation is now under control.
- 17 Nov 2023 9:14 AM IST
Chief Minister and BJP candidate from Budhni, Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his wife Sadhna Singh greeted by women in Sehore. Voting for the state elections is underway.
- 17 Nov 2023 9:14 AM IST
Congress candidate from Sonkachh, Sajjan Singh Verma casts his vote at a polling booth in Indore.
