<p>Nearly 33.86% of the 3180014 registered voters cast votes till 1:30 p.m. in 18 assembly constituencies in the “red belt” of Chhattisgarh on Monday – defying the ultra-leftist extremists' call for boycotting the elections. </p>.<p>While 52.50 % of the voters at Mohala-Manpur constituency cast votes by 1:00 p.m., the turn-out was as low as 16 % in Bijapur. Nearly 24 % turn out was reported till 11: 00 a.m. in Rajnandgaon, where Chief Minister of the BJP-ruled State, Raman Singh, is contesting from. The turn-out was over 44.04 % and 46.04 % at 1:00 p.m. in Keshkal and Kondagaon respectively. </p>.<p class="rtejustify">Read also: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/cgarh-polls-voting-underway-702607.html" target="_blank">Chhattisgarh polls: Voting underway, IED blast in Dantewada</a></p>.<p>The turn-out in Kanker, Dantewada, Bastar, Jagdalpur and Chitrakoot – hotbeds of ultra-leftist insurgency – were recorded at 34%, 39%, 36%, 33% and 37% respectively at 1:00 a.m, the Election Commission's officials stated in New Delhi. </p>.<p>Nearly 33 % of the registered voters cast votes till 1:00 p.m. in Konta constituency of Sukama district of the State. </p>.<p>The EC officials stated in New Delhi that 53 polling stations out of the total 4336 reported delayed start of polling due to "technical reasons". </p>.<p>The poll-panel did not provide details of the "technical reasons" that delayed the start of polling, which was scheduled at 7 a.m. in some constituencies and at 8 a.m. in others. But, according to the reports, delays were mostly caused by glitches in Electronic Voting Machines and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail devices.</p>.<p>Eighteen of the 90 elected seats in the 91-member State Assembly is going to polls in the first phase on Monday. The polling in the remaining 72 constituencies will take place on November 20. </p>.<p>Altogether 3180014 voters are expected to exercise their franchise to decide the fate of the 190 candidates, who are in the fray for the 18 seats in the State Assembly. </p>.<p>The votes for all the constituencies in Chhattisgarh will be counted on December 11, along with those in four other States - Mizoram, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana.</p>
<p>Nearly 33.86% of the 3180014 registered voters cast votes till 1:30 p.m. in 18 assembly constituencies in the “red belt” of Chhattisgarh on Monday – defying the ultra-leftist extremists' call for boycotting the elections. </p>.<p>While 52.50 % of the voters at Mohala-Manpur constituency cast votes by 1:00 p.m., the turn-out was as low as 16 % in Bijapur. Nearly 24 % turn out was reported till 11: 00 a.m. in Rajnandgaon, where Chief Minister of the BJP-ruled State, Raman Singh, is contesting from. The turn-out was over 44.04 % and 46.04 % at 1:00 p.m. in Keshkal and Kondagaon respectively. </p>.<p class="rtejustify">Read also: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/cgarh-polls-voting-underway-702607.html" target="_blank">Chhattisgarh polls: Voting underway, IED blast in Dantewada</a></p>.<p>The turn-out in Kanker, Dantewada, Bastar, Jagdalpur and Chitrakoot – hotbeds of ultra-leftist insurgency – were recorded at 34%, 39%, 36%, 33% and 37% respectively at 1:00 a.m, the Election Commission's officials stated in New Delhi. </p>.<p>Nearly 33 % of the registered voters cast votes till 1:00 p.m. in Konta constituency of Sukama district of the State. </p>.<p>The EC officials stated in New Delhi that 53 polling stations out of the total 4336 reported delayed start of polling due to "technical reasons". </p>.<p>The poll-panel did not provide details of the "technical reasons" that delayed the start of polling, which was scheduled at 7 a.m. in some constituencies and at 8 a.m. in others. But, according to the reports, delays were mostly caused by glitches in Electronic Voting Machines and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail devices.</p>.<p>Eighteen of the 90 elected seats in the 91-member State Assembly is going to polls in the first phase on Monday. The polling in the remaining 72 constituencies will take place on November 20. </p>.<p>Altogether 3180014 voters are expected to exercise their franchise to decide the fate of the 190 candidates, who are in the fray for the 18 seats in the State Assembly. </p>.<p>The votes for all the constituencies in Chhattisgarh will be counted on December 11, along with those in four other States - Mizoram, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana.</p>