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The state electorate voted for 2,533 candidates in 230 constituencies.
Bharatiya Janata Party candidates Govind Prasad and Samaram won the Manohar Thana and Pindwara Abu constituencies respectively.
The key candidates of the election are the state's Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel running and BJP's Vijay Baghel from Patan, Deputy CM TS Singh Deo running from Ambikapur and former Chief Minister Raman Singh contesting from Rajnandgaon.
Cong, which is in power in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, and the BJP, which is ruling MP, are locked in a straight fight in these three states, while the BRS is hoping for a hat-trick in Telangana.
A jawan of the ITBP was killed in a blast triggered by Naxalites in Gariaband district of the state when a polling team being escorted by security personnel was returning after conducting voting, officials said.
A 70.87 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 5 pm in the first phase of the Chhattisgarh elections on Tuesday.
Armed by a slogan in the native tongue “Nanna Bottu, Nanna Avakasa” (My Vote, My Right), district authorities visited the hamlets nestled along the Kerala-Karnataka border to introduce improvised voting machines and enrol new voters.
Oommen Chandy's most substantial victory margin in Puthuppally materialised in 2011 when he triumphed by a margin of 33,255 votes against Suja Susan George of the CPM.
The result is expected to be out by 10 am.
Onmanorama takes a look at the new electoral scheme and its plausibility.