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MP Assembly Elections 2018: A glance
By IndianMandarins - 2018-11-28 09:53:35
- Voting in all 230 constituencies
began at 08 am today. All eyes will be fixed on the trends at this seat on
December 11, the day of counting.
- The BJP is contesting from all the 230 seats, while the Congress has fielded 229 candidates, leaving one seat (Jatara) in Tikamgarh District, for LJD, its ally. The SP is contesting from 51 seats whereas BSP has fielded 227 candidates. The Aam Aadmi Party has fielded 208 candidates which is contesting the MP elections for the first time.
- MP has 5,04,95,252 voters – 2,63,01,307 males, 2,41,30,393 females, 1,390 third gender and 62,172 postal electors.
- Polling is being held from 8 am to 5 pm in 227 seats, while in three Maoist-affected Balaghat district — Lanji, Paraswada and Baihar — voting time is from 7 am to 3 pm.
- Over 1.80 lakh security personnel deployed on duty to ensure peaceful polling in the state.
- CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan is contesting from the Budhni assembly seat in Sehore district.
