Chhattisgarh Election Phase 2 voting ends, over 67% voter turnout recorded | All that happened today
Chhattisgarh Election 2023 Phase Two: The second and last phase of voting for the Chhattisgarh Assembly Election 2023 ended at 5 pm on Friday. As the polling concluded, a voter turnout of 67.48 per cent was recorded till 5 pm across 70 assembly constituencies of the state. As per the data released by the Election Commission of India on the Voter Turnout App, the Dhamtari district recorded the highest voter turnout at 79.89 per cent, while the lowest turnout was recorded in the Raipur district.
The second phase of the Chhattisgarh election began on Friday morning under a thick security blanket of police and paramilitary personnel. Follow MP, Chhattisgarh Assembly elections 2023 voting LIVE updates here Polling in 70 constituencies began at 8 am and concluded at 5 pm, except in nine polling booths in the Naxal-affected Bindranawagarh seat in Gariaband district. Voting in the nine booths of Bindranawagarh — Kamarbhaudi, Amamora, Odh, Bade Gobra, Ganwargaon, Gariba, Nagesh, Sahbinkachhar and Kodomali — began at 7 am, and concluded at 3 pm.
Till 3 pm, 55.31 per cent turnout was recorded in 70 constituencies, the Election Commission of India's data showed. The second phase of the Chhattisgarh polls will decide the electoral fate of political heavyweights like Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, his deputy TS Singh Deo, eight state ministers and four members of Parliament. The first phase of the Chhattisgarh Election was held on November 7.
As many as 20 seats went to polls in the first phase of voting. The election results for all the 90 assembly constituencies in Chhattisgarh will be declared on December 3. In the 2023 Chhattisgarh polls, the main fight is between bitter rivals — the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress.
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