Chhattisgarh election Phase 1: Key constituencies and candidates

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Out of these seats, the Congress had won 17 in the 2018 assembly elections while the BJP could bag just two..

Raman Singh is contesting from the Rajnandgaon assembly seat, where he has been pitted against Girish Dewangan of the Congress..

He will be contesting from the Kawardha assembly constituency, where he contested for the first time in 2018 and emerged victorious against the BJP's Ashok Sahu, despite the seat having a significant population of Sahus..

She is the wife of late Congress MLA Manoj Mandavi, who secured a win from the seat in 2018..

After the death of Manoj Mandavi, his wife took charge of the constituency as an MLA after securing a win in the 2022 Bhanupratappur bye-elections..

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