Chhattisgarh Exit Poll Result 2023 Highlights: Will form govt with full majority, says CM Baghel as pollsters predict Cong edge

Exit Poll Chhattisgarh Election Highlights: While the Congress aims to return for a second term, the BJP's attacks on the incumbent government over alleged corruption, and the neglect of farmers and tribals could play a part in dethroning the Bhupesh Baghel establishment.

New DelhiUpdated: Nov 30, 2023 04:37 PM IST

Exit Poll 2023 Live Updates: BJp's raman singh vs Congress' Bhupesh Baghel

Chhattisgarh Election Exit Poll 2023 Live Updates: Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel and BJP leader Amit Shah during election campaigns in the state. (PTI)

Chhattisgarh Election Exit Poll 2023 Result Highlights: A hectic campaign and two phases of elections later, all eyes have now turned on who will emerge victorious in Chhattisgarh as exit polls, which show Congress to be ahead in the state. As per India Today-Axis My India’s early predictions, the Congress will get 40-50 seats in Chhattisgarh, while the BJP will bag 36-46 seats, pointing to the return of the CM Bhupesh Baghel-led government.

Voting for the 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly was held in two parts on November 7 and 17 and results will be announced on December 3. In the 2018 elections, Congress has ended the CM Raman Singh-led BJP’s decade-long run to come to power, as Bhupesh Baghel got the top post in the state.

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Chhattisgarh Exit Poll 2023 Live Updates: Voting for the 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly was held in two parts on November 7 and 17 and results will be announced on December 3; Follow this space for updates on how the exit polls predict the outcome this year

In the 2018 assembly polls, a voter turnout of 76.62 per cent was recorded on 72 seats in the second phase. This time, two of these constituencies were covered in the first phase of polling held on November 7.

In the 2018 assembly polls, the Congress had won 51 of these 70 constituencies, while the BJP could bag only 13. The Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) had won four seats and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) two. The Congress later won one more seat in a bypoll.

This year, as many as 1,63,14,479 voters – 81,41,624 men, 81,72,171 women and 684 of third gender – were eligible to exercise their franchise at 18,833 polling booths in Chhattisgarh.

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Chhattisgarh Exit Poll Result 2023 Highlights: Will form govt with full majority, says CM Baghel as pollsters predict Cong edge

Exit Poll Chhattisgarh Election Highlights: While the Congress aims to return for a second term, the BJP's attacks on the incumbent government over alleged corruption, and the neglect of farmers and tribals could play a part in dethroning the Bhupesh Baghel establishment.

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Chhattisgarh Exit Poll 2023 Live Updates: Voting for the 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly was held in two parts on November 7 and 17 and results will be announced on December 3; Follow this space for updates on how the exit polls predict the outcome this year