Polling for the 230-member Madhya Pradesh legislative assembly is presently underway in Madhya Pradesh. It will decide Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's electoral fate.
Voting in 227 assembly segments began at 8 a.m. and will continue till 5 p.m., while for 3 constituencies in naxal affected Balaghat district, it began at 7 am and will end at 3 in the afternoon.
Over 4.6 crore voters are eligible to exercise their right to franchise and will decide the fate of 2,583 candidates, including 200 women candidates.
For the first time, the none of the above (NOTA) option will be available to voters.
The BJP-government led by Chouhan fighting for an unprecedented third consecutive victory in the state where Congress was ousted ten years ago.
Chouhan has exercised his franchise and has appealed to people to vote.
"I would request all the people of Madhya Pradesh to vote for the BJP and bring it to power," he said.
552 companies of security forces and more than forty thousand home guard jawans have been deployed for smooth conduct of polls.
Two helicopters are keeping vigil in the Naxal affected Balaghat and Singrauli districts.
The results will be out on Dec 8.
In the 2008 polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party won 143 seats while the Congress won 71.
(with inputs from IANS and ANI)
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