Notification issued for First Phase of Voting in the State | 16 Oct 2023

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On October 13, 2023, notification was issued for the first phase of assembly general elections in Chhattisgarh. With this, the nomination process started.

Key Points:

• In the first phase, nomination papers will be filed for 12 assembly constituencies of Bastar division, including 08 assembly constituencies of Rajnandgaon, Mohla-Manpur Ambagarh Chowki, Khairagarh-Chhuikhadan-Gandai and Kabirdham districts.
• Filing of nominations for the first phase of the two-phase elections in the state is scheduled to take place on October 20.
• Scrutiny of nominations will take place on October 21 and candidates can withdraw their nominations till October 23.
• The first phase of polling will be held on November 7, while the counting of votes for both the phases will take place on December 3.
• In the first phase, polling will be held in Konta, Bijapur, Dantewada, Chitrakot, Jagdalpur, Bastar, Narayanpur, Kondagaon, Keshkal, Kanker, Bhanupratappur, Antagarh, Mohla-Manpur, Khujji, Dongargaon, Rajnandgaon, Dongargarh, Khairagarh, Kawardha and Pandaria assembly constituencies.