As many as 41 out of the 90 Assembly seats with voting percentage of 80 or more would play a decisive role in deciding who ascends to the throne of power in the just concluded Assembly polls in Chhattisgarh.
With myriad calculations being made by the political pundits and the political parties, the fact remains that the decisive 41 seats with a remarkable voter turnout in Chhattisgarh is set to decide the fate of the two key national parties the BJP and the Congress in Chhattisgarh.
In most of the constituencies coming under the 41 ‘decision seats’ in the State, the contest is between either very strong or popular candidates. The list includes constituencies such as Rajnandgaon from where Chief Minister Raman Singh had contested for the second time while in Marwahi former Chief Minister Ajit Jogi’s son Amit Jogi had contested for the first time.
The list of constituencies with a voting percentage of 80 and above are — Sonhat (81.10), Premnagar (81.46), Bhatgaon ( 80.26), Pratappur (83.38), Ramanuj (85.23), Samri (83.17), lundra (86.14), Ambilakpur (80.08), Sitapur (82.50), Pathalgaon (81), lailunga (86.46), Sarangarh (81.63), Kharsia (85.91), Dharmaja-yagarh (87.83), Rampur (83.61), Pali (80.01), Marwahi (83.66), Saraipalli (82.93), Basna (83.71), Kahllari (83.91), Mahasamund (80.89), Dharsiva (81.42), Abhanpur (83.82), Rajim (81.31), Bindranavagarh (83.42), Sihava (81.61), Kurud (88.31), Dhamtari (83.10), Sanjari (84.29), Dondilohara (80.47), Gunde-rdehi (83.05), Patan (82.93), Saja (83.26), Khairagarh (84.07), Dongargarh (82.24), Rajnand-gaon (81.94), Dongargaon (84.81), Khujji (84.58), Keshkal (83.04), Kondagaon (84.19), Bastar (83.67).
The total polling percentage in the State was 77.02.