As many as 22,146 polling centers had been established in Chhattisgarh for the forthcoming Assembly polls.
Out of the 22,146 polling centres, a total of 21,418 are primary polling centres while 728 are Auxilliary polling centres. Chief Electoral Officer Sunil Kujur informed that in case the number of voters in a polling centre in an urban area exceeds 1,400 and 1,200 in rural areas then Auxilliary polling centres are established.
As a result, 108 Auxilliary polling centres had been established in Durg district, Bilaspur (99), Raipur ( 81), Balod (72), Bemetara (56), Janjgir-Champa (48), Korba (45), Mungeli (42), Kanker ( 37), Mahasamund (25), Dhamtari ( 22), sukma (16), Surguja ( 14), Balrampur (12), Baloda Bazar (11), Bijapur ( 11), Jashpur (9), Surajpur (8), Raigarh (6), Gariaband (4), Bastar (2) , Rajnandgaon (2) and Kabirdham (2).
During the first phase of polling, the timing for voting by citizens had been fixed from 7 am to 3 pm, he said.