Chhattisgarh Assembly Election 2018: Final Phase voting today; fate of many star candidates to be sealed

Voting is set to be held across 72 seats spread in 19 districts in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday for the second and concluding phase of the assembly elections. A three-way contest is in the offing with the ruling BJP wrestling it out with the opposition Congress and the Ajit Jogi-Mayawati-led alliance emerging as a formidable third front. A total of 1,079 candidates are in the fray, with both Congress and Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) contesting all the 72 seats.  The Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is in the fray for 25 seats and its ally and former Chief Minister Jogi's Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (J) is vying in 46 seats. The Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has fielded candidates in 66 constituencies.

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