<span style="color: #222222;">In Chhattisgarh, the process for the by-election to Marwahi assembly constituency began yesterday with the issuance of notification. Polling will be held on November 3. After the issuance of notification for the by-election, no nomination papers were filed on the first day. The last date for filing nominations is 16th October. There are about one lakh ninety thousand voters in this assembly constituency. This assembly seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribes. The Marwahi constituency fell vacant following the death of former chief minister Ajit Jogi.<br />'' <br />'' In view of the guidelines issued by the election commission due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, not more than thirty star campaigners of national or state level political parties will be able to participate in the election campaign. In this by-election, corona-infected patients will also be able to cast their votes. For this, postal ballots will be issued to corona patients, whether they are in home isolation or admitted in Covid Hospital. This facility of postal ballot will also be given to people above eighty years of age and also to Divyang voters.<br />'' <br />''Meanwhile, Chhattisgarh Chief Electoral Officer Reena Baba Saheb Kangale recently visited this assembly constituency to review the preparations of the by-elections. During this visit, she also administered the pledge to polling parties to follow the guidelines issued to take all necessary precautions to prevent the spread of coronavirus.</span><br />