Raigarh and Surguja Lok Sabha constituencies, both scheduled tribe reserved seats, witnessed higher voter turnout compared to the other five constituencies of Chhattisgarh in the third and final phase of general elections on Tuesday.

Chhattisgarh state recorded an interim 67 percent poll turnout while final figure can shoot up to 73 percent. As per the election commission data, Raigarh parliamentary constituency recorded an interim 75.84 percent voter turnout while Surguja LS seat witnessed an interim 74.17 percent voter turnout. Both Raigarh and Surguja LS constituencies comprise eight assembly segments each.   The interim 75.84 percent voter turnout in Raigarh LS seat includes 70.79 percent voting in Saranggarh, 72.55 percent in Jashpur, 73.43 percent in Raigarh, 75.65 percent in Patthalgaon, 76.14 percent in Kunkuri, 79.97 percent in Kharsia, 80.89 percent in Lailunga and 82.92 percent in Dharamjaigarh assembly segments respectively.

Similarly, the interim poll turnout of 74.17 percent in Surguja Lok Sabha seat includes 70.46 percent in Ambikapur, 71.93 percent in Sitapur, 72.96 percent in Ramanujganj, 73.98 percent in Bhatgaon, 74.66 percent in Premnagar, 75.62 percent in Lundra, 76.37 in Samri and 77.73 percent in Pratappur assembly segments.

The Bharatiya Janata Party has pitted Radheshyam Rathiya and Chintamani Maharaj against the Congress candidates Menka Devi Singh as well as Shashi Singh from Raigarh and Surguja Lok Sabha constituencies respectively.

The overall voting percentage in Raigarh and Surguja LS seats was 77.38 and 77.30 percent respectively in 2019 Lok general elections in Chhattisgarh.