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Crucial assembly polls tomorrow
New Delhi, Nov 30: The stage is set for the much-hyped elections to the Delhi, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh assemblies tomorrow in which the BJP is engaged in a crucial battle with Congress to wrest power to bolster its prospects in the Lok Sabha polls next year.
New Delhi, Nov 30: The stage is set for the much-hyped elections to the Delhi, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh assemblies tomorrow in which the BJP is engaged
in a crucial battle with Congress to wrest power to bolster its prospects in the Lok Sabha polls next year.
Projected by many as "semi-finals" to next year's "finals" (general elections), the elections would reflect the political preference of voters and also decide the fate of political leaders of the Hindi heartland including Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit besides BJP's Uma Bharti, Madan Lal Khurana and Vasundhara Raje Scindia.
Over 5,000 candidates are vying to win the confidence of an estimated nine crore voters in the four states. The maximum number of 2171 candidates are in the fray for the 230 member Madhya Pradesh Assembly, followed by 1541 for the 200 strong Rajasthan house, 819 for the 90 seats at stake in Chhattisgarh and 817 for the 70 constituencies in Delhi.
The counting of votes for the four states and two assembly bypoll seats, one each in Kerala and Gujarat, polling for which will also be held on Monday, would be taken up on December 04 and all results are expected to be declared by the afternoon of December 04 itself as electronic voting machines would be used.
A tight security umbrella has been thrown over the four states, particularly the naxalite-prone areas of Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, with the deployment of four lakh police and para-military personnel.
Rajasthan has the highest number of 4410 'hyper sensitive' polling stations followed by Chhattisgarh (1580) and Delhi (29). Madhya Pradesh has the largest number of 11,859 "sensitive" polling stations, followed by Rajasthan (4529), Chhattisgarh (3399) and Delhi (211).
Over five lakh poll officials have been mobilised for the exercise in over 10.2 lakh polling booths in the four states.
Two Mi-8 and four Chetak helicopters have been taken from the Indian Air Force and polling personnel would be ferried to the interior areas of three naxal-infected districts of Bastar, Kanker and dantewda in Chhattisgarh where at least 70 companies of paramilitary forces
Bureau Report
Over 5,000 candidates are vying to win the confidence of an estimated nine crore voters in the four states. The maximum number of 2171 candidates are in the fray for the 230 member Madhya Pradesh Assembly, followed by 1541 for the 200 strong Rajasthan house, 819 for the 90 seats at stake in Chhattisgarh and 817 for the 70 constituencies in Delhi.
The counting of votes for the four states and two assembly bypoll seats, one each in Kerala and Gujarat, polling for which will also be held on Monday, would be taken up on December 04 and all results are expected to be declared by the afternoon of December 04 itself as electronic voting machines would be used.
A tight security umbrella has been thrown over the four states, particularly the naxalite-prone areas of Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, with the deployment of four lakh police and para-military personnel.
Rajasthan has the highest number of 4410 'hyper sensitive' polling stations followed by Chhattisgarh (1580) and Delhi (29). Madhya Pradesh has the largest number of 11,859 "sensitive" polling stations, followed by Rajasthan (4529), Chhattisgarh (3399) and Delhi (211).
Over five lakh poll officials have been mobilised for the exercise in over 10.2 lakh polling booths in the four states.
Two Mi-8 and four Chetak helicopters have been taken from the Indian Air Force and polling personnel would be ferried to the interior areas of three naxal-infected districts of Bastar, Kanker and dantewda in Chhattisgarh where at least 70 companies of paramilitary forces
Bureau Report