Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram Assembly Elections 2018 Live News Updates: Mizoram Assembly Elections 2018: 75% Voter Turn Out Recorded in State

75 % voter turn out recorded in Mizoram in the assembly elections

75 % voter turn out recorded in Madhya Pradesh in the assembly elections.

75% voter turnout recorded till 5 pm in Mizoram., Meanwhile, 74.61% voter turnout recorded till 6 pm in Madhya Pradesh.

According to reports, 66%, 64% and 68% polling was reported from the Maoist-affected of Madhya Pradesh including Baihar, Lanjhi and Paraswada constituencies respectively. As per details available, voting for these seats closed at 3 pm.

The Office of Chief Electoral Officer informed that a total of 58% voter turnout recorded till 3 pm in Mizoram while in Madhya Pradesh, a total of 50% voter turnout recorded till 3 pm.

34.99% voter turnout recorded till 2 pm in Madhya Pradesh. Kamal Nath, Congress on showing his election symbol after casting his vote in Chhindwara said, "I had already cast my vote. When people asked me when those from media asked me whom I have voted for I showed this (palm). What else could have I done? Show a lotus?"

49% voter turnout recorded till 1 pm in Mizoram. Reports inform that men and women dressed in traditional attires were seen queued up outside the many polling stations in all districts well before voting began at 7 a.m. Around 25 per cent of the 7,68,181 voters cast their votes by 10 a.m., Deputy Additional Chief Electoral Officer C.C. Lalchhuangkina told IANS over the phone quoting reports from all eight districts.

In Madhya Pradesh, 28.68% voting was recorded till 1 PM. Reports inform that over 70 malfunctioning EVMs have been replaced and incidents of violence reported from Bhind district, which is located in the Gwalior-Chambal region. Reports inform that State Congress president Kamal Nath has demanded repoll on Thursday for all those areas where EVMs malfunctioned and voters left after seeing long queues.

Brisk polling is underway in Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram. 21% voting recorded in Madhya Pradesh till 11 am and nearly 25 per cent of 7.68 lakh voters casting their votes in the first three hours in Mizoram.

In Madhya Pradesh, 6.3% voter turnout was recorded till 10 am while 29% voting recorded in Mizoram till 11 am. Reports stated that multiple EVM glitches were reported from several areas across the state. Son of senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, Raghogarh MLA Jaivardhan Singh tweeted saying, "Around 25 EVMs are not working in Raghogarh Vidhan Sabha (10% of total booths). Strange coincidence that Congress got over 70% of votes in all these booths in the last election."

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A total of 15% voting recorded in Mizoram till 9 am. The Congress has fielded 40 candidates while the BJP and MNF are contesting in 39 and 40 constituencies respectively.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan said BJP is 100% certain that it will form a government with an absolute majority. "We have set a target of 200 seats and our lakhs of volunteers are working to make it a reality", Chauhan said after casting his vote in Budhni.

In Madhya Pradesh, two faulty EVMs in Ujjain have been replaced, 11 VVPAT machines in Alirajpur, 5 VVPAT and 2 EVMs in Burhanpur also replaced.

According to reports, over 78,000 paramilitary personnel have been mobilised by the Union Home Ministry for deployment in the ongoing assembly elections in five states. A total of 785 companies of paramilitary forces have been mobilised for deployment in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram and Telangana for the assembly polls, a home ministry official said.

Elderly people come out to vote at a polling station in Mizoram's Kanhmun. A total of 209 candidates are in the fray in Mizoram. The Chief Minister is contesting from two seats -- Serchhip and Champhai South. The Congress has been in power since Mizoram became a full-fledged state in 1987, except for 10 years between 1998 to 2008.