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Out of a total of 90 seats of the Chhattisgarh Assembly, 18 go to polls on Monday, 10 November. These 18 constituencies are in the 8 Naxal-dominated districts in South Chhattisgarh.
A total of 190 candidates, including Chief Minister Raman Singh from Rajnandgaon, are contesting in this phase. The BJP had lost 12 of these 18 seats in the last polls in 2013.
In the 3 elections that Chhattisgarh has witnessed so far, it has largely been a face-off between the BJP and the Congress. However, this time with Bahujan Samaj Party’s Mayawati joining hands with Congress rebel and Janta Congress Chhattisgarh Chief Ajit Jogi, the stage could well be set for a three-way contest.
The phase 2 polls will be added.
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