The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday issued notification for the third phase of the lok Sabha elections in Chhattisgarh. According to the notification, the last date for filing of nominations is April 5 and withdrawals are allowed till April 9.
The third and the last phase of the lok Sabha election in Chhattisgarh would cover Surguja, Raigarh, Janjgir-Champa, Korba , Bilaspur, Durg and Raipur constituencies. Voting for these seats would be conducted on April 24 from 7 am till 6 pm across all the constituencies.
Chief Electoral Officer Sunil Kujur said that the aspirants in these 7 constituencies could file their nominations till April 5. Scrutiny of the papers would be done on April 7 and withdrawals allowed till April 9. He informed that in Surguja region, 15.1 lakh voters would exercise their franchise. Out of these, over 7.65 lakh are male. likewise, in Raigarh seat there are 16.13 lakh voters. Here male voters number 8.11 lakh. Janjgir-Champa seat has 17.35 lakh voters out of which 8.91 lakh are male.
In Korba lok Sabha constituency 14.12 lakh voters are expected to take part in the election. Out of the total voters, 7.25 lakh are men. Bilaspur seat, the CEO informed, has 17 lakh voters out of which 8.81 lakh are male. Raipur seat has a total of 18.75 voters wherein 9.65 lakh are men.