Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase One: Naxal-hit Bastar gears up for voting amid tight security in Chhattisgarh

While Congress has fielded six-time MLA Kawasi Lakhma to instrumentality connected BJP's Mahesh Kashyap. Catch Live Updates of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase One Here 

On April 16, a counter-insurgency cognition by information forces saw 29 Maoists die, including a elder cadre successful Kanker portion of Bastar. 

"All preparations person been made for conducting a escaped and just predetermination successful Bastar, the lone Lok Sabha constituency going to polls successful the archetypal signifier successful the authorities connected April 19," state's Chief Electoral Officer Reena Babasaheb Kangale said connected Thursday.

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 Phase One: Bastar timings

-Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Chitrakot, Dantewada, Bijapur, Konta volition ballot betwixt 7 americium and 3 pm.

-Bastar assembly constituency's polling volition beryllium held from 7 americium to 5 pm

-Jagdalpur assembly segment's 175 booths volition spot voting from 7 americium to 3 p.m. and 72 booths from 7 americium to 3 pm

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 Phase One: Bastar statistics

-Bastar Lok Sabha constituency has a full of 14,72,207 voters. 

-There are 7,71,679 women, 7,00,476 men and 52 members of 3rd sex eligible voters

-There are 1,603 work voters

-12,703 differently-abled votes

-47,010 voters successful the property radical of 18-19 years

-3,487 successful the property radical of supra 85 years

-119 voters are supra 100 years of age

-A full of 11 candidates are successful the fray

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 Phase One: Arrangements successful Bastar

-1,961 polling booths person been acceptable up successful the constituency

-Of them 191 volition beryllium 'Sangwari' booths (managed by women personnel)

-42 'adarsh' polling booths 

-8 others volition beryllium managed each by 'diyangjan' and 36 by youths

-Total 9,864 polling unit person been deployed for the archetypal phase

-61 polling booths person been categorised arsenic 'vulnerable' 

-196 polling booth person been categorised arsenic ‘critical’

-Webcasting volition beryllium done successful 811 retired of the full 1,961 booths

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 Phase One: Security arrangements successful Bastar

-Seven helicopters, including 3 of Indian Air Force (IAF) and arsenic galore others of Border Security Force (BSF), were utilized to ferry 919 polling unit successful 156 polling booths of distant and delicate areas successful the past 2 days. 

-Around 300 companies of assorted units of authorities constabulary and 350 companies of CAPFs, including Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Border Security Force (BSF), (more than 60,000 personnel) person been deployed

-Further constabulary patrolling, drone monitoring is besides being done to way Maoist movement, and to support a vigil adjacent polling booths 

Lok Sabha Polls 2024 Phase One: Bastar Candidates

-Congress person and six-term MLA Kawasi Lakhma is warring the predetermination from the Bastar Lok Sabha seat.

-BJP fielded Mahesh Kashyap from Bastar Lok Sabha Constituency. BJP had mislaid this spot successful 2019 Lok Sabha Elections.

-The Maoist person fixed a telephone for a canvass boycott, with posters and pamphlets recovered successful immoderate pockets of the constituency successful the past 1 month.

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Published: 19 Apr 2024, 06:22 AM IST