Congress releases third list of 7 candidates for upcoming Chhattisgarh Elections

Congress today released its third and final list of candidates for the upcoming Chhattisgarh Elections. The new list has names of seven candidates.

Hence with the new list, the party has now announced candidates for all the 90 seats of Chhattisgarh assembly.


On the other hand, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its second list of candidates for the 90-member Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly polls, fielding former chief minister Raman Singh from Rajnandgaon constituency.

The elections for the 90-member Assembly of Chhattisgarh will be held in two phases.

The first phase of polling for 20 seats will be held on November 7, and the remaining 70 seats will go to polls on November 17.

The counting of votes will take place on December 3.

Earlier after the 2018 assembly polls, the Congress witnessed a landslide victory winning 68 seats out of 90 of those against the then ruling-BJP, which acquired 15 seats.