Election season in India kicked off on Tuesday (Nov 7), with two key states going to the polls that will likely set the stage for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Elections are taking place for the first phase in India’s central state of Chhattisgarh, where the fates of the candidates on 20 out of 90 seats will be sealed today.

Election season kicks off in India as Chhattisgarh and Mizoram go to polls

In India's Chhattisgarh, around 35 polling stations in the Bastar division — known for its Maoist bastion — will be guarded solely by women commanders during the first phase of assembly polls, which begins on November 7.

Chhattisgarh Assembly Polls: 35 polling booths to be manned by women officers

Assembly Election 2018: Outgoing Chattisgarh CM Raman Singh, says 'we respect people's mandate'

The District administration here has sealed the doors of the room where Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) have been kept after the elections by constructing brick walls.

Chhattisgarh assembly polls: Doors of EVM stores sealed by constructing walls

Voter turnout of 76.35 per cent was recorded in the Chhattisgarh Assembly election which concluded Tuesday, poll authorities said. It was a little less than the previous 2013 polls when 77.

Chhattisgarh Assembly polls: 76.35 per cent polling recorded in two-phased election

All arrangements have been made for the second and final phase of the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections to be held in 72 seats of 19 districts on Tuesday amid tight security, with the deployment of over one lakh police personnel.

Second phase of polling in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday; 1 lakh cops deployed

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday promised to waive farm loans in Chhattisgarh within 10 days of assuming power in the state and said the money for it would come from the "likes of" Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Anil Ambani.

Money for farm loan waiver will come from Anil Ambani, Mallya, Nirav: Rahul

Sporadic violence notwithstanding, a 70 per cent voter turnout, in phase one of the Chhattisgarh Assembly polls, has already squared the triangular electoral contest in favour of democracy.

Assembly elections 2018: Voters counter Maoist threat in Chhattisgarh

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday released the first list of 131 candidates for the upcoming assembly polls in Rajasthan. The names were announced by Union Minister and party leader JP Nadda after a meeting of the BJP central election committee.

Rajasthan assembly polls 2018: BJP releases first list of 131 candidates

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday attacked the Congress, targeting its president Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia, saying the party's "politics begins and ends with one family".

PM Modi attacks Sonia, Rahul Gandhi in Chhattisgarh poll rally

As polling got underway in Chhattisgarh today, security forces detected three IEDs (Improvised Explosive Device) near a polling booth in Konta's Banda in Sukma district.

Chhattisgarh elections: Voter turnout increases amid heavy security

The Election Commission of India (ECI) is leaving no stone unturned to make sure that every eligible citizen casts their vote in the upcoming Chhattisgarh Assembly elections, even if the number of electors is in single digits.

This Chhattisgarh village has only 4 voters

Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat on Thursday reviewed the ongoing preparations for the Chhattisgarh assembly polls scheduled to be held in two phases on November 12 and 20.

Chief Election Commissioner Rawat reviews poll preparations in Chhattisgarh

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