Noise of campaign stopped for first phase of voting

Raipur. The noise of campaigning for the first phase of voting to be held in Chhattisgarh on November 7 stopped today. Polling teams were sent to remote polling stations today for the first phase of voting to be held on November 7. Many of these polling parties have been sent by helicopter. A total of 223 candidates are trying their luck in 20 assembly constituencies of the first phase, of which 198 are men and 25 are women. During the first phase of voting, 40 lakh 78 thousand 681 voters of the state will exercise their franchise. These include 19 lakh 93 thousand 937 male voters, 20 lakh 84 thousand 675 female voters and 69 third gender voters. A total of 5304 polling stations have been set up to ensure smooth voting. Of these, 200 are Sangwari polling stations where only women polling personnel will be posted.

Out of the 20 assembly constituencies of the first phase, voting will be held in ten assembly constituencies from 7 am to 3 pm and in ten assembly constituencies from 8 am to 5 pm. Among these, voting will be held from 8 am to 5 pm in Pandaria, Kawardha, Khairagarh, Dongargarh, Rajnandgaon, Dongargaon, Khujji, Bastar, Jagdalpur and Chitrakote assembly constituencies. Whereas in Mohla-Manpur, Antagarh, Bhanupratappur, Kanker, Keshkal, Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Dantewada, Bijapur and Konta assembly constituencies, voting will be held from 7 am to 3 pm. In the first phase of voting in the state, 13 were in Antagarh assembly constituency, 14 in Bhanupratappur, 9 in Kanker, 10 in Keshkal, 8 in Kondagaon, 9 in Narayanpur, 8 in Bastar, 11 in Jagdalpur, 7 in Chitrakote, 7 in Dantewada, 7 in Bijapur. 8 candidates are contesting in the elections, 8 in Konta, 11 in Khairagarh, 10 in Dongargarh, 29 in Rajnandgaon, 12 in Dongargaon, 10 in Khujji, 9 in Mohla-Manpur, 16 in Kawardha and 14 in Pandariya.