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11 Dec, 19:28 (IST)

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11 Dec, 16:20 (IST)

BJP's Vidya Ratan Bhasin Leads From Vaishali Nagar Seat by 44829 Votes. The candidate is challenged by Congress's Badruddin Qureshi and JCC's Manoj Kumar . Catch the updates here.

11 Dec, 15:49 (IST)

Congress' Devendra Yadav Leads From Bhilai Nagar Seat by 28618 Votes. The candidate is challenged by BJP's Prem Prakash Pandey and BSP's Deenanath Jaiswar. Catch the updates here.

11 Dec, 15:22 (IST)

Congress' Arun Vora Leads From Durg City Seat by 20382 Votes. He is challenged by BJP's Chandrika Chandrakar and BSP's Pratap Madhyani. Catch the updates here.

11 Dec, 15:02 (IST)

Congress' Tamradhwaj Leads From Durg-Rural Seat by 30370 Votes. He is challenged by BJP's Jageshwar Sahu and JCC's Dr Balmukund Dewangan. Catch the updates here.

11 Dec, 14:11 (IST)

Congress' Bhupesh Singh Baghel Leads From Patan Seat by 25244 Votes. He is challenged by BJP's Motilal Sahu and JCC's candidate Shakuntala Sahu. Catch the updates here.

11 Dec, 13:48 (IST)

Congress' Kunwar Singh Nishad Leads From Gunderdehi Seat by 32678 Votes. He is challenged by BJP's Deepak Tarachand Sahu and JCC's Rajendra Kumar Rai. Catch the updates here.

11 Dec, 12:46 (IST)

Congress' Kunwer Singh Nishad Leads From Gunderdehi (ST) Seat by 11624 Votes. He is challenged by BJP's Deepak Sahu. JCC's Rajendra Kumar Rai is contesting from this seat. 

11 Dec, 12:02 (IST)

 Congress' Devendra Singh Yadav Leads From Bhilai Nagar Seat by 418 Votes. He is challenged by BJP's Prem Prakash Pandey. 

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Raipur, December 11: Counting of votes has started in Chhattisgarh, where Assembly elections took place in two phases – November 12 and November 20, 2018. The poll battle in these six constituencies – Gunderdehi, Patan, Durg-Rural, Durg City, Bhilai Nagar, Vaishali Nagar – is primarily wedged between the ruling Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the BSP-Janata Congress alliance. Stay tuned below for the live news and updates of election results and early trends emerging from the seats mentioned above.

Gunderdehi: For this seat, both BJP and Congress have changed their candidates. Congress has replaced the sitting lawmaker Rajendra Kumar Rai with post-graduate candidate Kunwer Singh Nishad, while BJP has fielded postgraduate candidate Deepak Sahu, instead of Virendra Kumar Sahu. Janta Congress has fielded Rajendra Kumar Rai, while AAP has given the ticket to Namrata Soni. Check here for live results for Gunderdehi.

Patan: For this seat, Congress has fielded its PCC chief and postgraduate sitting candidate Bhupesh Kumar Baghel. BJP has replaced Vijay Baghel with Motilal Sahu. Janta Congress has fielded Shakuntala Sahu, while AAP has given the ticket to Durga Jha. Check here for live results for Patan.

Durg-Rural: Here, both BJP and Congress have changed their candidates. BJP has replaced sitting MLA Ramshila Sahu with Jageshwar Sahu, and Congress has replaced Pratima Chandrakar with Tamradhwaj Sahu. Janta Congress has given the ticket to Dr Balmukund Dewangan, while AAP is testing the ground by fielding Ishwari Kurre. Check here for live results for Durg-Rural.

Durg City: In this constituency, a trilateral contest is expected between the ruling BJP, the Congress and the Janta Congress. Congress has fielded its sitting MLA Arun Vora against BJP’s Chandrika Chandrakar, who has replaced Hemchand Yadav. Ajit Jogi’s Janta Congress has fielded Pratap Madhyani from this seat, while AAP has fielded a postgraduate candidate, Dr S K Agrawal. Check here for live results for Durg City.

Bhilai Nagar: From this constituency, BJP has fielded its sitting MLA Prem Prakash Pandey, who is contesting against Congress’ Devendra Singh Yadav, instead of Badruddin Qureshi. Md Raza Siddiqui is contesting on AAP ticket. Check here for live results for Bhilai Nagar

Vaishali Nagar: For this seat, BJP has repeated its sitting candidate Vidyaratan Bhasin, while Congress had replaced Bhajan Singh Nirankari with Badruddin Qureshi. Janta Congress has given the ticket to Manoj Kumar Pandey, while AAP has fielded Anjula Bhargava. Check here for live results for Vaishali Nagar

The counting of votes is expected to conclude in the next few hours, with the Election Commission of India scheduled to declare the final results by the end of the day. In case of a BJP victory, Dr Raman Singh would continue to remain the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh. If the Congress succeeds in routing the saffron camp, the party is expected to take a cautious decision on choosing the CM, while BSP-Janta Congress Alliance might choose Ajit Jogi as their CM candidate.