Chhattisgarh Election Phase 2 voting: Check key candidates, constituencies and poll issues
Chhattisgarh Election Phase 2 voting: The second phase of Chhattisgarh Election 2023 is all set to be held on Friday, November 17. As many as 70 assembly constituencies will go to polls in the second phase. A total of 958 candidates have been fielded across these 70 seats.
Of these, 827 candidates are men, 130 are women and one is a transgender, the Election Commission of India said. Both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress have fielded their candidates. As the Congress is hopeful of retaining power in the state, the BJP aims to defeat the Congress to win the polls.
The second phase of the Chhattisgarh Election will see some tight contests. The Patan assembly seat is poised to witness a striking contest between the uncle and the nephew, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and Vijay Baghel. Vijay is the BJP MP representing the Durg Lok Sabha constituency.
Patan is one of the assembly segments of Durg. This isn't the first time the two have been pitted against each other. The duo fought the elections against each other thrice — 2003, 2008 and 2013, and Vijay defeated Bhupesh Baghel only once in 2008, the New Indian Express reported.
Bhupesh has been contesting the Patan seat since 1993. 1. Ambikapur: Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister and Congress leader TS Singh Deo is contesting from Ambikapur in Surguja division.
He is in the fray against BJP leader and businessman Rajesh Agarwal. Deo has been MLA for three consecutive terms since 2008. He is the richest MLA of Chhattisgarh.
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