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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Voting for the second and final phase of the Chhattisgarh Assembly polls began on a slow note on Tuesday with 12.54 per cent of the electorate exercising their franchise in the first two hours, an official said.

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The counting of votes will be held on December 11.

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A delegation of Congress leaders led by PL Punia meet the Election Commission in Delhi over alleging attempts to misuse and tamper EVMs.

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Rahul Gandhi is afflicted with "Modiphobia", says Amit Shah

 

Taking a dig at Congress President Rahul Gandhi, BJP President Amit Shah on Monday said that the opposition leader was afflicted with "Modiphobia" and that is why he takes Prime Minister Narendra Modi's name 44 times in his 22 minute election speech.

 

"Rahul Gandhi nowadays is doing many election rallies but in these rallies he takes name of Narendra Modi 44 times in his 22 minute election speech. I am not able to understand whether he is campaigning for Narendra Modi and BJP or Congress. It seems he was afflicted with Modiphobia. Wherever he goes he keeps saying Modi-Modi," Shah said.

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Chhattisgarh Elections 2018: PM Narendra Modi, Amit Shah and Shivraj Singh Chouhan tweet

 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah and Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan have all tweeted in Hindi urging voters to vote in the second phase of the Chhattisgarh elections.

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Key Candidates

The fate of the state Assembly speaker Gaurishankar Agrawal (Kasdol constituency) and 9 ministers- Brijmohan Agrawal (Raipur city south seat), Rajesh Munat (Raipur city west), Amar Agrawal (Bilaspur), Bhaiyyalal Rajwade (Baikunthpur), Ramsevak Paikra (Pratappur), Punnulal Mohile (Mungeli), Prem Prakash Pandey (Bhilai Nagar), Dayaldas Baghel (Nawagarh) and Ajay Chandrakar (Kurud) besides party state president Dharamlal Kaushik (Bilha) will be decided in this phase.

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12.54% voting recorded till 10 am

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Facts | Candidates with criminal cases against them

 

Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (J): 32% of the 56 candidates have criminal cases against them
Congress: 28% of the 90 candidates have criminal cases against them

Aam Aadmi Party: 21% of the 83 candidates have criminal cases against them

BSP: 9% of the 34 candidates have criminal cases against them

BJP: 7% of the 90 candidates have criminal cases against them

Independents: 7% of the 556 candidates have criminal cases against them

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Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (J)--founded by former chief minister Ajit Jogi--has the most (32%, or 18 of 56) candidates with criminal cases against them.

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Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (J) has most candidates with criminal cases

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As many as 145 out of 1,256 candidates (12%) contesting the 2018 Chhattisgarh assembly elections analysed have declared criminal cases against themselves and 98 candidates have “serious” criminal cases, according to a report by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), an advocacy.