Raipur, November 20, 2008: Polling in 51 seats of Chhattisgarh was started today with a peaceful note.
Ten districts are going to poll today out of which Balrampur, Surajpur, Sarguja, Korea and Jashpur are naxal infested where as other districts going to polls today are Raigarh, Korba, Bilaspur, Janjgir-Champa and Raipur.
Today also 15 Scheduled Tribe, six scheduled caste and 30 seats are going to poll out of which 15 have been identified by the Election Commission as politically sensitive.
Elaborate security arrangements have been made for the election, Additional Director General of Police Giridhari Nayak told ChhattisgarhTopNews.Com.
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