Chhattisgarh Assembly polls: Voting begins
Nearly 31,00,000 voters are going to decide the fates of 190 candidates in the politically crucial election ahead of the Lok Sabha polls next year.
Voting started at 7 am in 10 out of 18 constituencies across the state. Polling will continue in these seats till 3 pm.
In the remaining places, polling will take place from 8 am to 5 pm.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has been ruling the state for the past 15 years.
The Congress is eyeing on to wrest power in the state, which is presently ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) under Chief Minister Raman Singh.
The state polls are crucial for both the incumbent BJP and Congress ahead of the 2019 General Elections, which will be held in few months' time.
Security has been tightened for the voting as Maoists threats of boycotting polls has kept the situation in the state quite tensed.
PM Narendra Modi on Monday morning tweeted to urge people to exercise their franchise.
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— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 12, 2018
The second phase of polling in the state will take place on Nov 20.
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