First phase of assembly elections in Chhattisgarh and single-phase polling in Mizoram to be held tomorrow

Mizoram will go to polls tomorrow to elect a new assembly. More than 8.57 lakh electorates, including 4 lakh 39 thousand 26 women, will decide the fate of 174 candidates. Results are scheduled to be announced on December 3. Out of the 1,276 voting centres in the state, 149 are remote polling stations. Around 30 polling stations along the inter-state and international borders have been declared critical and vulnerable.

Security has been tightened across the state and along international borders with Bangladesh and Myanmar. Mizoram shares a 510 km border with Myanmar and a 318 km border with Bangladesh.

At least 3,000 policemen and 5,400 personnel of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) have been deployed for the polls.

The first phase of assembly elections will be held tomorrow in Chhattisgarh. 20 assembly



constituencies will go to polls in this phase. Most of these constituencies are in Maoist affected areas.

In Chhattisgarh, voting in 10 out of 20 assembly constituencies going to polls in the first phase, is scheduled from 7 am to 3 pm tomorrow. These constituencies are - Antagarh, Bhanupratappur, Kanker, Keshkal, Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Dantewada, Bijapur, Konta and Mohla-Manpur.  While in Pandaria, Kawardha, Khairagarh, Dongargarh, Rajnandgaon, Dongargaon, Khujji, Bastar, Jagdalpur and Chitrakote voters can cast their vote from 8 am to 5 pm.

Total Five thousand three hundred and four polling booths have been established for the first phase of voting. To ensure peaceful polling, more than three hundred additional companies of central forces have been deployed in sensitive areas