In Photos: Targeting 75 Seats, Says Baghel As Polling Concludes in Chhattisgarh

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Incumbent Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel waits in a queue before he casts his vote in Durg district of Chhattisgarh.

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After casting his vote in Durg district, incumbent Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel told reporters that the Congress party's target is to cross 75 seats.

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Baghel said that the chief minister will be decided by the party high command after the results are declared. 

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Voters in Sarguja district waited patiently for their turn to enter the polling booth in the ongoing Chattisgarh Phase II elections.

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"One important thing that we are seeing in this voting is that there is a long queue of women. And certainly, this long queue of women has given its blessings to the BJP," former Chhattisgarh CM and BJP leader Raman Singh said on Friday.

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A senior citizen comes out to cast his ballot in Raipur District, Chhattisgarh.

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Chhattisgarh Dy CM and Congress candidate from Ambikapur, TS Singh Deo cast his vote at a polling booth in in Rajmohini Devi Girls College.

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"My name has never been projected by the party for CM. We are fighting in a joint leadership, and Bhupesh Baghel is leading it... I haven't heard that my name is projected as CM," Deo told reporters on 17 November 2023.

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Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections were held in two phases -- with 20 of the total 90 seats going to polls on 7 November while the remaining going to polls on 17 November. The results will be declared on 3 December.

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The first phase of the polls had seen a voter turnout of 78 percent.

A voter in Bilaspur casts her ballot.

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