Around 64.8 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 5 pm in the final phase of the Chhattisgarh Assembly polls held on Tuesday, an official said. The voting time ended at 5 pm, but voters were still standing in queues, waiting for their turn at several polling booths. The voting percentage is, therefore, likely to rise.

A total of 1,079 candidates, including 119 women, are contesting in 72 constituencies of the state with an electorate of 1,54,00,596. This was the last of the two-phase polls to the 90-member Assembly.