By Online Desk
Polling began on Friday morning for the second and final phase of assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, where 958 candidates, including Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, Deputy CM T S Singh Deo, eight state ministers, and four members of Parliament, are in the fray for 70 seats.
The main battle in the state is between the Congress and the BJP. The BJP, which ruled the state continuously between 2003 and 2018, is seeking to replace the Congress government led by Chief Minister Bhupesh Bahgel.
A look at the constituency
A total of 958 candidates—827 men, 130 women, and one transgender person—are contesting for 70 seats spread across 22 districts.
While the main fight is between bitter rivals BJP and Congress, a three-way contest is on the cards in several seats of the Bilaspur division where former CM Ajit Jogi’s party and the BSP have pockets of influence.
Baghel has been contesting from his traditional Patan seat, where the BJP has fielded his distant nephew and party MP, Vijay Baghel.
Of the 70 assembly segments up for grabs, 44 are in the general category, while 17 are reserved for Scheduled Tribes and nine for Scheduled Castes.
In the previous assembly polls in 2018, the Congress had won 51 of these 70 constituencies, while the BJP ended up with 13. The Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) had bagged four seats and the BSP two.
The vote difference between the Congress and the BJP during the 2008 assembly polls was 1.75%; in 2013, it was 0.77%; and in 2018, it rose to 10.07%.
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Polling began on Friday morning for the second and final phase of assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, where 958 candidates, including Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, Deputy CM T S Singh Deo, eight state ministers, and four members of Parliament, are in the fray for 70 seats.
The main battle in the state is between the Congress and the BJP. The BJP, which ruled the state continuously between 2003 and 2018, is seeking to replace the Congress government led by Chief Minister Bhupesh Bahgel.
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A total of 958 candidates—827 men, 130 women, and one transgender person—are contesting for 70 seats spread across 22 districts.
While the main fight is between bitter rivals BJP and Congress, a three-way contest is on the cards in several seats of the Bilaspur division where former CM Ajit Jogi’s party and the BSP have pockets of influence.
Baghel has been contesting from his traditional Patan seat, where the BJP has fielded his distant nephew and party MP, Vijay Baghel.
Of the 70 assembly segments up for grabs, 44 are in the general category, while 17 are reserved for Scheduled Tribes and nine for Scheduled Castes.
In the previous assembly polls in 2018, the Congress had won 51 of these 70 constituencies, while the BJP ended up with 13. The Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) had bagged four seats and the BSP two.
The vote difference between the Congress and the BJP during the 2008 assembly polls was 1.75%; in 2013, it was 0.77%; and in 2018, it rose to 10.07%.
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