Raipur, Feb. 11 -- Voting began for Chhattisgarh urban body elections on Tuesday morning.

The polling for 10 municipal corporations, 49 Municipal Councils, and 114 Nagar panchayats across the state began at 8 am. It will continue till 5 pm, with the counting of votes set to be done on February 15.

There are a total of 44.74 lakh voters among which 22.52 lakh are male voters while 22.73 lakh are female voters.

The Election Commission has set a total of 597 polling stations across the state for urban body polling.

In January, the Chhattisgarh Election Commission announced that the state will hold urban local body elections on February 11, with results to be declared on February 15.

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