Chhattisgarh polls highlights: 71.93% turnout; Raman Singh predicts BJP win

Chhattisgarh Assembly Election 2018 witnessed 71.93% voter turnout till 6 PM in phase 2. Track live updates here

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Raman Singh casts vote, assures BJP's victory 

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Tuesday cast his vote for the Assembly elections at a poll booth situated in Kawardha district. After getting inked, Singh spoke to the media and stated that he was certain that BJP would emerge victorious by bagging the majority of votes. 

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45.02 % voting recorded till 3:00 PM in the second phase of voting.

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Earlier in the week, PM Modi hit out at the Nehru-Gandhi family and claimed that Dailt leader Sitaram Kesri was not allowed to complete his term as Congress president and was "thrown out of office" to make way for Sonia Gandhi.

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Earlier in the week, PM Modi hit out at the Nehru-Gandhi family and claimed that Dailt leader Sitaram Kesri was not allowed to complete his term as Congress president and was "thrown out of office" to make way for Sonia Gandhi.

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Meanwhile, External Affairs Minister and Vidisha MP Sushma Swaraj made a surprising annoucement. She said, "It is the party which decides, but I have made up my mind not to contest next elections."

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Chhattisgarh Assembly Election 2018

The maximum number of candidates are in Raipur City South constituency (46), and the least number of six candidates are in Bindranavagarh seat.

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There were reports of technical snag in electronic voting machines (EVMs) at some places and corrective measures were taken.

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The time of polling is from 8 am-5 pm, but in two polling booths -- Amamora (booth No. 72) and Modh (No.76) in Bindranavgarh constituency (Gariaband district) -- voting is being held from 7 am-3 pm due to the threat posed by Naxals, the official said.

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Earlier, polling began on a slow note in many constituencies and gradually picked up momentum with queues of voters being seen at several polling booths.

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Madhya Pradesh does not deserve a government which never thinks about the state's welfare: PM Modi

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Chief Minister Raman Singh casts his vote at Kawardha polling booth.

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Addressing a poll rally here for the November 28 Assembly elections, Modi also said his government has so far disbursed loans to 140 million people, "that too without guarantee", under the ambitious Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana.