Despite tight security, some incidents of violence were reported from both Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, which went to the polls on November 17. The final voter turnout in Madhya Pradesh is 76.22% of the 5.6 crore eligible voters, as voting was held to elect the 230-member Assembly. Seoni district recorded the highest voting percentage at 85.68%, while Alirajpur voted the lowest at 60.10%
In Chhattisgarh, where 70 constituencies voted in the second phase of polling for the 90-member Assembly, there was a provisional voter turnout of at least 74% of the 1.63 crore eligible voters.
A jawan of the Indo Tibetan Border Police was killed in a blast triggered by Naxalites in the Gariaband district of Chhattisgarh. A woman also died due to unknown reasons while standing in a queue to cast her vote at a polling booth in the Balodabazar-Bhatapara district, and a man was killed in an elephant attack when he was heading towards a polling booth in Korea district. In Madhya Pradesh, a clash between two groups resulted in the death of a Congress leader’s aide in the Rajnagar constituency.
