Election of the Assembly of Deputies in 2018 LIVE: 3 returning officers died following a cardiac arrest during the vote, boycott of Satna

MADHYA PRADESH
No less than 2,899 candidates, including 1,094 independents, are vying for 230 seats, but the main battle is between Congress and the BJP, the two largest MPs' politics . The state has 5,04 eligible voters.

Before voting, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan offered a prayer with his family on the banks of the Narmada River.

The BJP challenges the 230 seats, while the Congress presented 229 candidates, one seat, Jatara in Tikamgarh District, for its ally, Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) from Sharad Yadav. Chouhan, who has been in office since 2005, wants to be re-elected in Budhni, Sehore District. The BSP has submitted 227 candidates, while the SP is running for 52 seats. The party Aam Aadmi (AAP), which challenged for the first time the elections in Madhya Pradesh, presented 208.

According to the Chief Electoral Officer, VL Kantha Rao, 3 00 782 government employees, of whom 45 904 women, were deployed in polling stations throughout the state, where 65,341 polling stations were installed. The CEO said that 17,000 of these booths have been declared "sensitive" and that an extra watch will be maintained there.

Nearly 1.80 lakh security personnel, including those from central paramilitary forces, were deployed to ensure a free and fair vote, Rao said. He said that 78,870 MVE would be used during the ballot. The largest number of candidates – 34 – are in the fray in Mehgaon district in Bhind district, while the lowest – 4 – is in Gunnor in Panna district.

According to the final voters list, the state has 5,04, 95,251 voters – 2,63,01,300 men, 2,411,30,390 women, 1,389 third-bad people and 62,172 postal voters.

MIZORAM ​​

Elections to the 40-member badembly of Mizoram, which has a population of about 10 lakh, is important to the BJP which regards it as the "last frontier" of the region. In the 2013 elections, Congress won 34 seats, while its main opposition party, the Mizo National Front (MNF), won five and the Mizoram Popular Conference won one seat.

The Congress and the MNF each presented 40 candidates, while the BJP is in the running in 39 seats. The Zoram Peoples Movement (ZPM), an alliance of two political parties and four groups, will compete for 35 seats.

A total of 209 candidates are in tatters and the fate of these candidates would be decided by 7,70,395 voters. , of which 3,94,897 women.

Before the elections, the state witnessed strong protests from civil society groups claiming the polling place for 12,026 voters in Bru. This issue resulted in the replacement of the Chief Electoral Officer, SB Shashank, less than two weeks before the election.

Ashish Kundra, who replaced Shashank, announced Monday that the electoral commission had made many preparations for the installation of Brus in six relief camps. Tripura will vote in Kanhmun village, Mamit district, where 15 temporary polling stations have been set up. The village is located on the border of the state with Tripura.

This time, the authorities of Mizoram decided to connect for the first time all the booths by wireless communication, leaving no "shadow zone". "For the first time in Mizoram's electoral history, all voting booths will be covered by wireless communication, which will make it easier to report in a timely manner on each development and progress of the poll," said Joseph Lalchhuana, Deputy Inspector General of the United Nations. the Mizoram police.

Until the last election of Lok Sabha in 2014, not all areas were connected via wireless technology and there was a delay in receiving information from distant stands, he added.

The decision was rendered. The Congress was betting heavily for the elections on its new Land Use Policy (NLUP), which brought the party to power for two consecutive terms.

The campaign reached its peak last week with the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President Amit Shah and Congress President Rahul Gandhi. The Minister of the Interior of the Union, Rajnath Singh, DoNER Minister, Jitendra Singh, leader of the National People's Party (NPP) and Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma, also campaigned in l & # 39; State.