Chhattisgarh: 1st phase of assembly polling today

Updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 15:04 [IST]

Raipur, Nov 11: Chhattisgarh, which was formed in 2000, is set for the first phase of its assembly polls on Monday. The state, which had gone to the polls for the first time in 2003, is being ruled by the BJP for a decade now. The state assembly comprises 90 seats and of them, 18 will go to the polls in the first phase. One-hundred and forty-three candidates are in the fray for this phase. The second phase is scheduled on November 19. The counting will be held on December 8.

[See: Chhattisgarh assembly elections 2013]

Here are the list of the constituencies that will go to the polls in the first phase:

Ac No	Constituency	Type	District	2008 winner	2003 winner
73	Khairagarh	GEN	Rajnandgaon	BJP	Congress
74	Dongargarh	SC	Rajnandgaon	BJP	-
75	Rajnandgaon	GEN	Rajnandgaon	BJP	Congress
76	Dongargaon	GEN	Rajnandgaon	BJP	-
77	Khujji	GEN	Rajnandgaon	Congress	BJP
78	Mohla-Manpur	ST	Rajnandgaon	Congress	-
79	Antagarh	ST	Uttar Bastar Kanker	BJP	-
80	Bhanupratappur	ST	Uttar Bastar Kanker	BJP	BJP
81	Kanker	ST	Uttar Bastar Kanker	BJP	BJP
82	Keshkal	ST	Kondagaon	BJP	BJP
83	Kondagaon	ST	Kondagaon	BJP	BJP
84	Narayanpur	ST	Kondagaon	BJP	BJP
85	Bastar	ST	Bastar (Jagdalpur)	BJP	-
86	Jagdalpur	GEN	Bastar (Jagdalpur)	BJP	BJP
87	Chitrakot	ST	Bastar (Jagdalpur)	BJP	BJP
88	Dantewada	ST	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	BJP	Congress
89	Bijapur	ST	Bijapur	BJP	Congress
90	Konta	ST	Sukuma	Congress	Congress