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 7:33 AM ISTVisuals of polling booth at Nagar Palika School in Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh. Polling for the second phase began at 7 am today.
- 17 Nov 2023 7:31 AM IST
Early voters exercise their franchise in Mandsaur. "More and more people should come out and cast their votes, and strengthen the festival of democracy," says a voter.
- 17 Nov 2023 7:28 AM IST
CM Bhupesh Baghel says, "Today polling will happen for the remaining 70 seats...Your one vote will decide the future of youth, farmers, women...Please move out of your homes to vote...Vote for the betterment of Chhattisgarh."
- 17 Nov 2023 7:24 AM IST
An elderly voter shows her inked finger after casting her vote at a polling booth in Gwalior.
- 17 Nov 2023 7:23 AM IST
People queue up outside polling stations as they await their turn to cast a vote. Visuals from a polling station in Bhopal.
- 17 Nov 2023 7:21 AM IST
Voting begins on all 230 assembly seats of the state. Visuals from a polling station in Narsinghpur.
- 17 Nov 2023 7:17 AM IST
Voting begins for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, 230 assembly seats in the fray.
