Chhattisgarh elections 2018: Neither BJP nor Congress projected to sweep, Jogi-Mayawati could be kingmaker

Republic TV has published the poll of polls for the Chhattisgarh assembly elections that were held on Friday, December 7, along with CVoter and Jan ki Baat. 

Poll of Polls predicted a Congress above with only one with 43 seats compared to 42 seats anticipated for BJP and 5 seats for Others out of the 90 seats. 

Similarly, Jan ki Baat predicts a close call between Congress and BJP with 40 and 44 seats respectively. Whereas in CVoter Congress is predicted to win with 46 seats in comparison to 39 BJP seats. 

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In the state of Chhattisgarh there is a three-way contest between the BJP, Congress and the newly formed Mayawati-Ajit Jogi led coalition. With the Congress and BJP going head-to-head with each other, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi campaigning heavily in the state, along with long-time Chief Minister Raman Singh of the BJP and surprise face Navjot Singh Sidhu for the Congress, there is every chance that the election result may also be a referendum on the faces of the various parties.
 
BJP's Raman Singh being the longest serving Chief Minister in Chhattisgarh has been a familiar face among the voters, with the various pro-welfare schemes that he introduced during his tenure. 

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While there was a call for boycott of elections by Maoists in the state, there was a massive voters turnout who went ahead to cast their vote to form the new government.

In 2013, BJP won the majority in the state with 49 seats while Congress stood second with a wafer thin margin by winning 39 seats. Moreover, BSP secured only one seat in the state.

With the assembly elections, the final countdown to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections has begun. The results of the assembly polls in all five states, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Mizoram and Chhattisgarh will profoundly determine the national mood. 
Results for all 5 states will be declared on December 11
 

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