Assembly elections: Mizoram, Chhattisgarh’s 20 constituencies vote today

Voting for the 40-seat Mizoram Assembly and 20 out of 90 Assembly constituencies in Chhattisgarh began on Tuesday.

Mizoram

Mizoram has a total of 8,56,868 registered voters spread across 1,276 polling stations. A total of 174 candidates are in the fray for the Mizoram polls.

The Mizo National Front, which is part of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance, had won 26 out of 40 Assembly seats in the 2018 polls. The Congress had secured five seats while the BJP won a single seat.

Mizoram Assembly Elections | Pu Rualhnudala, 101 years old and his wife Pi Thanghleithluaii, 86 years old cast their valuable votes at 24/18 Ruantlang PS under 24-Champhai South Assembly Constituency. pic.twitter.com/Wkm2pLA3FC

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Chhattisgarh

In Chhattisgarh, the Congress is seeking to fend off the challenge from the BJP and retain power.

Out of the 20 seats where polling is taking place on Tuesday, the Congress had won 19 in the last elections.

223 candidates will be contesting in the first phase of Chhattisgarh assembly elections.

The second phase of polling in Chhattisgarh will take place on November 17.