Raipur: Nearly 48 per cent voters cast their votes in 18 assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh assembly polls, marred by attacks by Maoists on polling parties and security personnel, in which one CRPF jawan was martyred.
The provisional polling percentages are: Bastar 60 pc, Kanker 76, Narayanpur 62, Konta 40, Dantewada 67, Rajnandgaon 79, Khairagarh 67, Dongargarh 72, Jagdalpur 67 and Keshkal 77 pc.
In Dantewada, a CRPF jawan B D Joseph was martyred when Maoists fired at a security party. Maoists carried out five to six IED blasts in Katekalyan area of Tanapal Nanaar in Dantewada .
Soon after polling ended and with dusk descending, the Maoists came out of forests in large groups and engaged the security personnel and polling parties trying to transfer electronic voting machines.