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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A total of 1079 candidates are contesting in the 72 constituencies of 19 districts in the state with an electorate of 1,54,00,596.

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In a tweet, Prime Minister Narendra Modi requested voters of the state to participate in large numbers in "the festival of democracy".

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Raman Singh, the BJP’s longest-serving chief minister seeks his fourth term.

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BJP’s sliding popularity in tribal Chhattisgarh

 

During state elections in 2013, the BJP won 11 of 29 seats reserved for scheduled tribes (STs), eight fewer than in 2008 when it won 19 (of 90 in the state assembly). Among seven constituencies with a tribal population of more than 70%, the BJP won just one seat in 2013, compared to five in 2008.

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Facts to know about Chhattisgarh

 

Carved out of Madhya Pradesh in 2001, Chhattisgarh is slightly larger than Greece with a population comparable to Australia. About 44% of its land is forested, under which lie some of India’s richest mineral deposits: Coal, iron ore, dolomite, bauxite, limestone, quartzite and tin.

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Why BJP's popularity is sliding in the tribal heartland

In the first phase of its assembly elections on November 12, 2018, Chhattisgarh witnessed a 70% voter turnout in tribal areas. If the second phase registers a similar higher-than-normal turnout on November 20, 2018, it could reflect the discontent over the slow progress of individual tribal land claims--more than half of which have been rejected--and the particular struggle for community claims in the mineral-rich north...Read

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In the first phase of its assembly elections on November 12, 2018, Chhattisgarh witnessed a 70% voter turnout in tribal areas.

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Around 1.50 lakh security personnel have been deployed across the state to ensure peaceful polling

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Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (J) has most candidates with criminal cases (32%), followed by Congress (28%), Aam Aadmi Party (21%), Bahujan Samaj Party (9%), BJP (7%) and independents (7%)

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There are 119 women contestants while the maximum number of candidates are in Raipur city south constituency where 46 nominees are in the fray

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Chhattisgarh elections 2018: 145 candidates have criminal cases against them, 285 are crorepatis

 

98 have “serious” criminal cases that includes attempt to murder, kidnapping & assault

 

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Senior Congress leader Veerappa Moily Monday said his party would return to power in Chhattisgarh after a gap of 15 years, riding on a "strong anti-incumbency" wave