Mahasamund: In Chhattisgarh, voting is going on in three Lok Sabha seats of the second phase, Kanker, Mahasamund and Rajnandgaon. Meanwhile, voting boycott is taking place in many villages of Udanti Sanctuary of Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency. After receiving this information, senior officers reached the village. Where officers are discussing with the villagers in Bamhanijhola market. SP Amit Tukaram Kamble is also present. According to the information received, voters of 9 villages falling in the booths of Koyba, Nagesh, Sahebinakchar and Gariba of Gariaband district are boycotting the voting.
Let us tell you that before the elections, more than 30 villages had announced voting boycott. But at other places the administration was successful in convincing the voters, at other places people are still adamant. In Bindranavagarh Assembly, 16.15 percent voting took place till 9.30 pm. 15.38 percent voting took place in Rajim Assembly. The villagers are adamant on their demands.
All 20 parliamentary seats in Kerala, 14 of the 28 seats in Karnataka, 13 seats in Rajasthan, eight seats each in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, six seats in Madhya Pradesh, five seats each in Assam and Bihar, three seats each in Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, and one seat each in Manipur, Tripura and Jammu and Kashmir would go to polls.
Till 9 AM, Tripura recorded highest turnout ratio of 16.75% while Maharashtra recorded the lowest.
Voting in Madhya Pradesh’s Betul, which was also scheduled to be held on April 26, was shifted to the third phase on May 7 following the death of Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Ashok Balawi.
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