In Chhattisgarh, elaborate arrangements are in place for the second phase of elections in 72 Assembly constituencies going to polls tomorrow. The electoral fate of 842 candidates, including 75 women, will be decided tomorrow.

Polling parties are being sent to their respective polling stations while polling teams deputed to the Maoist affected areas, have already reached their base camps under tight security. Nearly 20,000 polling parties, comprising 80,000 polling personnel, are engaged for the smooth conduct of polling.

The highest number of candidates in the fray are in Raipur (South) constituency while the lowest is in Saraipali where five candidates are testing their fortunes. More than one crore 39 lakh voters are eligible to exercise their franchise. Out of this, 68 lakh are female voters.

One polling station at Seradand village in Koriya district only has two voters. Nearly a dozen polling staff, including security personnel, have to walk through the forest for about five kilometres to conduct polling at Seradand polling station. In almost all the previous elections, this polling booth recorded cent per cent voting.