The notification for third phase of polling in which seven remaining Lok Sabha seats of Chhattisgarh will go to polls will be issued on Thursday.
The seven seats are: Raipur, Bilaspur, Raigarh, Korba, Janjgir-Champa, Durg and Surguja.
Chhattisgarh will witness a three-phased polling on April 11, April 18 and April 23 for one, three and seven seats respectively.
According to communiqués issued by respective district electoral officers, the process of filing nominations will commence with the issuance of notification.
The last date of filing nomination papers is April 4. The scrutiny of nomination papers will be take place on April 5. The candidates can withdraw their nomination papers by April 8. The polling is scheduled on April 23, while the counting will be held on May 23.
District electoral officers have intimated that a single widow system has been arranged for the candidates to procure the nomination papers in respective ‘collectorates’.
The security deposit amount for general candidate is Rs 25,000 while for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidate it is just Rs 12500.