The overall polling percentage in the two phase polling is expected to touch the 78% mark as data was pouring in from certain segments even till the filing of this report. In the first phase of polling in 18 assembly segments, spread in Bastar division, over 75% of voters had exercised their franchise. The current polling percentage is considerably higher than the 70.51% in 2008.
According officials, Ashok Sen (villager) was killed when CRPF personnel posted at the Bhinderwani polling booth, Saja, opened fire to prevent a group of "drunk" villagers from entering the polling station. According to DGP, Ram Niwas, the incident occurred at about 3 PM and he had ordered a magisterial inquiry into it. He said the polling in other of parts of the state remained peaceful with no major incident of violence.
According to EC officials while the maximum polling was reported from Kurud (88%) constituency, the lowest of 40% was recorded in the first phase in the Naxal infested area of Konta.
Sunil Kujur, state electoral officer, said that in Sarangarh constituency, two booths, Kamrid (253) and Bhamnipal (259) registered zero polling due to boycott with voters. Decision of repolling will take after discussion, he said.
The high polling has made the battle for Chhattisgarh interesting and unpredictable, as the 8% increase in voting could tilt the balance either way. In the 2008 elections, the BJP had managed to form the government by polling 40.33%, which was less than 2% higher than the 38.63% votes polled by the Congress.
A total of 985 candidates, including 86 women, are in fray for these polls. In 2008, the total number of candidates was 1066, of which 94 were women.
While the BJP, the Congress and the BSP have contested all the 90 seats, the CPI and the CPM has fielded 13 and 4 candidates respectively in these polls. In 2008 the Congress had contested 87 seats, leaving three for the NCP, and the BJP and BJP had candidates on all the 90 seats. The left parties had contested on 29 seats in the last polls.
Interestingly, despite a lesser number of women candidates in fray, women turned out in large numbers to vote. While the breakup for the second phase was no available immediately, they outnumbered males in the first phase polling, with 75.8% exercising their franchise, as compared to 75.5% of their male counterparts.
In 2008, women participation was comparatively lesser at 69.20%, as compared to 71.80 males. In the current polls, the total number of registered voters were 1.69 crores, including 83.08 lakh females. As compared to 2008, there was an increase of over 14 lakh voters this year.
A preliminary analysis of the data reveals that the constituencies, where Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi addressed public meetings in the second phase recorded slightly lower polling than what was archived in segments visited BJP's PM candidate Narendra Modi. While Bhilai and Ambikapur, where AICC president addressed rallies recorded polling percentage of — 66% and 70% respectively, Kharsia and Raipur visited by Rahul had turnout of 76% and 68% respectively.
Constituencies visited by Modi — Kurudh (88%), Korba (74%), Raigarh (70%), Bemetara (71%), Kavardha (78%), Dhamtari (82%) and Raipur (68.29%).
Second phase polling
Highest polling: 88% (Kurud constituency), District Dhamtari
Lowest polling: 60% (Manendragarh, Koriya) and (Vaishalinagar, Durg)
Voters: 1.39 crore
Zero polling: Kamrid and Bhamnipali (Sarangarh Constituency)
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