76.28% voter turnout in first phase of Chhattisgarh polls

November 13, 2018 23:02

A voter turnout of 76.28 per centwas recorded in the first phase of elections in Chhattisgarh covering 18 assembly segments, a poll official said on Tuesday.

The impressive turnout shows that Naxals threats seem to have had little impact in the first phase of polling in eight Maoist-hit districts, the official said.

"Chhattisgarh recorded 76.28 per cent polling in the first phase of elections held on Monday," state Chief Electoral Officer Subrat Sahoo said in a press conference in Raipur.

The highest polling percentage was recorded in Dongargaon (85.15), followed by Khujji (84.48), Khairagarh(84.31), Bastar (83.51), Kondagaon (82.84), Dongargarh (82.53), Keshkal (81.32), Chitrakot (80.31), Mohla-Manpur (80), Rajnandgaon (78.66), Kanker (78.54) Jagdalpur (78.24), Bhanupratappur (76.77), Antagarh (74.45), Narayanpur (74.40), Dantewada (60.62), Konta (55.30) and Bijapur 47.35 per cent.

"A good number of voters in remote areas exercisedtheir franchise," Sahoo said.

The final polling percentage is much higher than the earlier estimates, which ranged from 60 to 70 per cent.

The Election Commission, at a press conference in New Delhi on Monday evening, had said 70 per cent turnout was recorded in phase one of Chhattisgarh polls.

However Sahoo hadtold reporters at Raipur later on Monday that 60.49 per cent turnout was recorded, adding the figure may go up. -- PTI

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