Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and Congress chief Bhupesh Baghel. Photograph- PTI
Counting of votes in elections to the 90-member Chhattisgarh meeting received underway Sunday morning, with safety personnel sustaining a strict vigil in counting centres within the state’s 33 districts, together with these affected by Left Wing Extremism (LWE), a ballot official mentioned.
The elections have been held in two phases on November 7 and 17. Voter turnout stood at 76.31 per cent, which was barely decrease than the 76.88 per cent recorded within the 2018 polls.
“Counting of votes for all the 90 seats started at 8 am in 33 district headquarters. A three-layer security mechanism is in place at each counting centre,” Chhattisgarh Chief Electoral Officer Reena Kangale mentioned.
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The Congress social gathering goals to retain energy within the state within the state. Nonetheless, the BJP has deployed varied methods, together with leveraging the recognition of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in an try to stage a comeback. Though the seemingly contenders for the Chief Minister place from Congress and BJP are Bhupesh Baghel and Raman Singh, respectively, official bulletins from both social gathering are but to be made.
Key candidates in Chhattisgarh embody Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, contesting from his hometown Patan; former Chief Minister Raman Singh, operating from Rajnandgaon; Deputy Chief Minister TS Singh Deo, within the fray from Ambikapur; and BJP’s Vijay Baghel, difficult Bhupesh Baghel in Patan. In December 2018, the state witnessed the election of its first non-Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) authorities in 15 years.
The Congress secured 68 seats within the 90-member meeting, whereas the BJP, which had been in energy for the reason that first meeting election in December 2003 below Raman Singh’s management, was diminished to only 15 seats.