Police has caught a young man with 35 thousand rupees near the central election office of Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Gajendra Yadav in Ganjpara. The youth caught is a BJP worker and he had called 40-50 women to distribute money. The police is investigating the matter
According to the information, BJP’s assembly candidate Gajendra Yadav has his central election office in Ganjpara Fort. Someone had complained to the Flying Squad team between 12-1 pm on Thursday. Money is being distributed in the BJP office. Jageshwar Kaushal from the Flying Squad team reached there with his team. Voting in 9 polling stations of Bindranwagarh from 7 am to 3 pm.
The Chief Electoral Officer told in a press conference that voting will be held on all seats from 8 am to 5 pm. Voting will take place only from 7 am to 3 pm in 9 polling centers of Bindranavagarh.
Voters in the age group of 18 to 19 – 5,64,968
Disabled voters- 1,30, 909
Voters in the age group of 80+ – 1,58,254
Voters in the age group of 100+ – 2,161
Service voters – 15,392
N. R. I Voter – 17
Sex ratio – 1004
Average number of voters per polling station – 8664416 Voters (80+ and disabled) were made to vote from door to door through postal ballot. Apart from this, a total of 71 thousand 427 postal ballots have been received from the employees posted on duty. A total of 90 thousand 272 personnel including 75 thousand 332 polling personnel and 14 thousand 940 reserve personnel have been appointed for the second phase.
IED blast in Khallari of Dhamtari
The bus carrying the polling team met with an accident in Gariaband, Chhattisgarh. Naxalites carried out an IED blast in Khallari of Dhamtari a day before voting. However, this has not been officially confirmed yet.
On the other hand, in Bilaspur, the candidates are appealing to the voters to vote in their favor, but they will not be able to vote for themselves. These candidates themselves are not voters from the seats from which they are contesting.
No matter where the candidate comes from, his name is not in the voting list.
assembly seat candidate voter
Kota Prabal Pratap Singh Judev (BJP) Jashpur
Kota Atal Srivastava (Congress) Bilaspur City
Beltara Vijay Kesharwani (Congress) Narmadanagar
Beltara Sushant Shukla (BJP) Sarkanda
Lormi Arun Sao (BJP) Bilaspur City
Lormi Thaneshwar Sahu (Congress) Mungeli
Takhatpur Rashmi Singh (Congress) Bilaspur City
Takhatpur Dharamjit Singh (BJP) Bilaspur City
Bilaspur City Shailesh Pandey (Congress) Takhatpur
Voting information will be available through the Election Commission of India’s mobile application ‘Voter Turnout App’. It will be easy to see the estimated voter turnout in real time through the Voter Turnout App. In this app, information about voter turnout in every assembly constituency will be given.
Bus filled with polling party meets with accident in Gariaband
The bus carrying the polling party met with a road accident in Gariaband district. Everyone on the bus is safe. According to the information received, the accident happened near Baruka block. The front part of the bus has been badly damaged in the accident. There were 25 polling personnel in the bus. 18 thousand 833 polling stations for 70 seats.
18 thousand 833 polling stations have been set up for voting on 70 seats in the state. The departure of polling parties for voting has started. Voting materials are being distributed to everyone from the districts. The vehicles of the polling parties have been connected to GPS. Voting will start at 7 am in Bindranavagarh Assembly and at 8 am in the remaining 69 assembly seats. 958 candidates are trying their luck in the elections. Of which 827 are male, 130 female and one of third gender.
700 Sangwari polling stations have been set up in the state.
1 crore 63 lakh 14 thousand 479 voters will exercise their franchise in the second phase in the state. These include 81 lakh 41 thousand 624 male voters, 81 lakh 72 thousand 171 female voters and 684 third gender voters. There are 700 Sangwari polling stations in the state, where only women polling personnel will be posted. More than 9 thousand employees will conduct voting in Raipur.
To complete the voting process on November 17 under the Raipur Assembly Elections 2023, today the polling teams for all 1878 polling stations in the district left for the designated polling stations with voting materials from the distribution centers of BTI Ground Complex and Engineering College Complex, Sejbahar. Collector and District Election Officer Dr. Sarveshwar Bhure sent off the polling parties along with sector officers in the presence of other returning officers.
In the polling parties, 8 thousand 161 polling personnel and about one and a half thousand reserve polling personnel will conduct the voting in the district. A total of 3 thousand 413 valet units, 2120 control units and 2296 VVPAT machines will be used for voting in the seven assemblies of the district. More than 3 thousand security personnel have also been deployed for voting.
This morning, the presiding officer and three polling officers included in the polling teams from the distribution centers were sent to the polling centers in vehicles along with necessary materials. During this time, security forces also left for all the polling stations in the presence of Senior Superintendent of Police Mr. Prashant Aggarwal. Polling teams from remote polling stations were sent first.
Polling personnel left for Gariaband
There are a total of 573 polling stations in two assembly constituencies, Rajim and Bindranwagarh assembly in Gariaband district. After the final publication of the voter list, there are a total of 4 lakh 54 thousand 559 voters in the district.
After revision, there has been an increase of 15 thousand 739 voters. Along with this, EP ratio has also increased by 2.3 percent.
The district administration has started sending polling parties to 9 sensitive polling stations of Bindranavagarh on priority. 7 am to 3 pm in 9 polling stations 75-Kamarbhaudi, 77-Amamora, 78-Odh, 90-Bade Gobra, 114-Ganwargaon, 118-Gariba, 120-Nagesh, 121-Sahbinkachhar and 122-Kodomali in Bindranwagarh Assembly Constituency. Voting will take place till. Voting will be held in the remaining 69 assembly constituencies from 8 am to 5 pm.
Polling workers will go by road for the first time
For the first time after 15 years, polling team will be sent by road to Aamora and Ond. Before this, the team used to go by helicopter. 274 polling stations have been made in Rajim of the district and 299 in Bindranavagarh assembly. In this way, voting is to be held in a total of 573 polling stations.
More than 7 lakh people will vote in Janjgir Champa
The second phase of elections in the three assembly constituencies of Akaltara, Janjgir and Pamgarh of Champa district is to be held on November 17. A total of 811 booths have been made in the district for a total of 7 lakh 92 thousand 450 voters. There are 209 sensitive booths and 602 general booths. For this, EVM machines and materials are being distributed in the Government Polytechnic College. A total of 4200 officers and employees have been deployed in all the polling centers in the district. A total of 300 vehicles have been acquired to reach all the polling stations, in which GPS systems have been installed in all the vehicles. A control room has been created to monitor it.
Candidates engaged in door to door public relations in Raigarh
The second phase of elections in Chhattisgarh is to be held on Friday 17 November. There is less time left for voting, while the candidates are now busy in door to door public relations. Parties are taking the help of social media. BJP has hired IT professionals for this, while Congress’ IT cell team is busy campaigning through social media. Parties say that social media is proving to be a good medium to reach people in a short time. Raigarh Assembly seat is the only seat from where 7 political parties are contesting the elections. The same two independent candidates are in the election fray. In Raigarh Assembly seat, BJP has fielded OP Choudhary and Congress has fielded Prakash Nayak. Read the full news here…
Election material distributed in Bemetara
The material is being distributed in the voting material distribution center in the agricultural produce market of Bemetara district. 46 candidates are in the fray from Saja, Bemetara and Navagarh assembly constituencies. There are a total of 6 lakh 58 thousand 593 voters in the district. For this, 867 polling stations have been created. Out of which disabled voters are 3345 and elderly voters are 4021. There are four voters of third gender. Similarly, 10-10 Sangwari booths and one handicapped polling center have also been made in every assembly. Polling team leaves for Surajpur district.
The second phase of voting is to be held in Surajpur Chhattisgarh on 17th November. In Surajpur too, elections are to be held in three assembly constituencies, Pratappur, Bhatgaon and Premnagar, for which the District Administration and Election Commission have made complete preparations in Surajpur district also. For this, the polling team along with EVMs has been sent to the polling booth at ITI Ground.
The Chief Electoral Officer in Surajpur district said that voting in a peaceful and safe manner will be the first priority. This time 728 booths have been made in Surajpur district. Preparations for fair and safe voting have also been completed at all polling stations. Adequate security force arrangements have also been made. To conduct the elections in a better manner, micro observers have been deployed at 728 polling stations for monitoring duty. Additional police security forces have been deployed on political sensing sets.
Polling party leaves for Mahasamund
EVM machines and other materials were distributed on Thursday to the four assembly constituencies of Mahasamund district, Mahasamund, Khallari, Basna, Saraipali, for the second phase of voting to be held on Friday on 70 seats in Mahasamund Chhattisgarh. Tomorrow 855503 lakh voters will exercise their franchise. 16 coordination centers have been set up for each assembly for distribution of election material in the Pitiyajhar Agricultural Produce Market complex.
The Chief Electoral Officer in Surajpur district said that voting in a peaceful and safe manner will be the first priority. This time 728 booths have been made in Surajpur district. Preparations for fair and safe voting have also been completed at all polling stations. Adequate security force arrangements have also been made. To conduct the elections in a better manner, micro observers have been deployed at 728 polling stations for monitoring duty. Additional police security forces have been deployed on political sensing sets.
Polling party leaves for Mahasamund
EVM machines and other materials were distributed on Thursday to the four assembly constituencies of Mahasamund district, Mahasamund, Khallari, Basna, Saraipali, for the second phase of voting to be held on Friday on 70 seats in Mahasamund Chhattisgarh. Tomorrow 855503 lakh voters will exercise their franchise. 16-16 coordination centers have been set up for each assembly for the distribution of election material in the Pitiyajhar agricultural produce market complex. 80-80 employees have been put on duty. From where necessary materials for the elections including EVM machine were given. 235 routes have been made for the four assemblies of the district, and 12295 officers and employees have been put on duty. The polling teams reached the Mandi premises since morning to collect the election material. All the polling parties left for their respective centers in vehicles carrying necessary materials related to voting including EVMs.
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