Municipal elections in Chhattisgarh are underway peacefully: Bijapur Collector

Bijapur (Chhattisgarh) [India], February 14 (ANI): Bijapur Collector Sambit Mishra confirmed that the municipal elections in Chhattisgarh are proceeding smoothly, with a strong voter turnout and active participation from candidates.
Speaking to ANI, Bijapur Collector Sambit Mishra said, "The municipal elections are underway peacefully. The candidates have come forward in large numbers for the upcoming Panchayat elections. The trend is very good."
He further added, "The upcoming Panchayat elections will be held in three phases on February 17, 20, and 23. We have observed that for every position, people have submitted nominations, with strong participation in most of the posts."
Polling for 10 Municipal Corporations, 49 Municipal Councils, and 114 Nagar Panchayats across the state began at 8 am on February 11 and continued until 5 pm, with the counting of votes set to take place on February 15. There are 44.74 lakh voters, of whom 22.52 lakh are male and 22.73 lakh are female. The Election Commission has set up a total of 597 polling stations across the state for urban body elections.
In January, the Chhattisgarh Election Commission announced that the state will hold urban local body elections on February 11, with results to be declared on February 15. The three-tier panchayat elections will take place in three phases on February 17, 20, and 23, with results to be announced on February 18, 21, and 24, respectively.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Friday expressed confidence that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would surely succeed and win in the state's Municipal Corporation Elections 2025.
Addressing a press conference, the CM also hit out at the Congress party and said that there was no alignment with what the party did and said.
"We will win. We had succeeded in the Vidhan Sabha bye-elections too. There have been good developmental works in the last 13 months. People's faith in the BJP has increased..." the CM said while addressing the media.
"People have lost their faith in the Congress party because they have been looted by them... they say something else and do something else..." CM Sai further said. (ANI)