70% turnout as voting ends for 1st phase Chhattisgarh polls
Voting has ended for the first phase of Chhattisgarh Assembly election 2018 and voter turnout is 70% till 5 pm, the Election Commission said. "Figures will be updated later," the Election Commission added. Nearly one lakh security personnel were deployed in eight districts, amid threat from Maoists who have called for a boycott of the elections.