Gujarat Election 2022 HIGHLIGHTS: Voting In First Phase Of Polls Concludes
Gujarat Election 2022 HIGHLIGHTS: Follow this page for all the updates related to the first phase of voting across 89 seats in Gujarat.
"No untoward incident has been reported so far. We are monitoring sensitive polling stations through webcasting": Rajkot Collector Arun Mahesh told ANI
According to ECI's turnout app, 34% polling has been recorded till 1 PM in the first phase of Gujarat Elections.
On-ground polling situation from Kutch
"Today is an important day. Voting is underway for first phase of polls today & today itself Gujarat's gaurav (pride) PM Modi has become Head of G20 countries. It shows PM Modi's leadership & India's increasing reputation at the global level": UP CM Yogi Adityanath, in Aravalli, Gujarat
104-year-old voter Ramji Bhai casts his vote
Prafulbhai More, a man whose wedding is scheduled for today casts his vote in Tapi. "I urge everyone to vote, you shouldn't waste it. My wedding was scheduled for the morning but I rescheduled it for the evening, we've to go to Maharashtra for it," he said, as quoted by ANI.
AAP candidate Alpesh Kathiriya casts his vote
Union Health Minister and BJP leader Mansukh Mandaviya casts his vote
Voting Percentage till 11 am was 18.95%
Amreli - 19.00%
Bharucha – 17.57%
Bhavnagar - 18.84%
Botad - 18.50%
Dang - 24.99%
Dwarka - 15.86%
Gir Somnath - 20.75%
Jamnagar - 17.85%
Junagadh - 18.85%
Kutch - 17.62%
Morbi - 22.27%
Narmada - 23.73%
Navsari - 21.79%
Porbandar - 16.49%
Rajkot - 18.98%
Surat-16.99%
Surendranagar - 20.67%
Tapi - 26.47%
Valsad - 19.57%
Union minister Darshana Jardosh casts vote in Surat.
Centenarian voter shows her inked finger after casting her vote
Union Health minister Mansukh Mandaviya interacts with villagers, before casting his vote, in Hanol village.
"People of my village (Hanol) have always believed in the politics of development. I see that the trust of the people of Gujarat has increased in BJP. This time we will break our record & will create a new record," he said, as quoted by ANI.
Mandhatasinh Jadej Thakor Saheb and Kadambari Devi - members of the erstwhile royal family in Rajkot cast their votes.
Anirudhsinh Jadeja and Naina Jadeja - father & sister of cricketer Ravindra Jadeja - vote at a polling station in Jamnagar
Cricketer Ravindra Jadeja cast his vote at a polling station in Jamnagar
Gujarat Home minister Harsh Sanghavi cast his vote in Surat.
Mumtaz Patel, daughter of late senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel casts her vote at a polling booth in Ankleshwar, Bharuch.
"We are advocating a change. Chief Ministers were changed, so they can feel anti-incumbency. There is a neck-to-neck fight here (Ankleshwar)": Mumtaz Patel, late senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel's daughter, as quoted by ANI.
Congress's Arjun Modhwadia cast his vote in Porbandar.
4.92% voter turnout was recorded till 9 am in the first phase of Gujarat polls.
"Gujarat has been progressing and the people of the state have decided to vote for the BJP. People have trust in BJP and there'll be development further in the state. BJP will form the govt in the state,": Gujarat Finance minister Kanubhai Desai said, as quoted by ANI.
Gujarat BJP chief CR Paatil casts his vote in Surat
"Modi magic works every time, everywhere. He's in people's hearts. They trust him & he's capable of meeting their expectations": Guj BJP chief CR Paatil as quoted by ANI.
"Those who said that will get to know of their 'aukaat'," he added in reference to "aukaat" remark against PM by Congress leaders.
Former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani and his wife Anjali Rupani cast their votes in Rajkot
Amreli: Congress MLA Paresh Dhanani leaves his residence, to cast his vote, with a gas cylinder on a bicycle underscoring the issue of high fuel prices.
"Inflation and joblessness have increased in Gujarat due to the failure of BJP govt. Gas & fuel prices have skyrocketed, privatisation of education has happened. There will be a transition of power and Congres will come," he said, as quoted by ANI.
I appeal to people to cast their votes. Voting is necessary to safeguard democracy. I am confident that BJP is going to form the Govt in Gujarat for the seventh time. People have love & respect for PM Modi, they won't go anywhere else: Ex-Guj CM Vijay Rupani said, as quoted by ANI.
"People have taken a resolve to remove BJP. BJP knows about this that's why they changed the cabinet, including CM, a year ago. There were corruption allegations against them. New Govt running just like that. So, people are in the mood for change": Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia told ANI.
Agriculture Minister Raghavji Patel casts his vote in Jamnagar, watch his exclusive conversation with ABP news.
Long queue of voters in Kutch
"There's no difficulty. There can be people of different ideologies in the same family. I have trust in the people of Jamnagar, we will focus on overall development, and this time as well BJP will win with a good margin," BJP candidate Rivaba Jadeja said after casting her vote, as quoted by ANI.
Gujarat minister Purnesh Modi casts his vote in Surat
Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangubhai Patel and his wife cast their votes at a polling booth in Navsari.
BJP's Rivaba Jadeja casts her vote in Rajkot. She is contesting from Jamnagar North.
People cast their votes in the first phase of Gujarat elections today
Gujarat cabinet minister Purnesh Modi arrives at a polling booth in Surat to cast his vote
Voting begins for the first phase of Gujarat Elections 2022.
The fate of the political parties will be decided by over 2 crore voters today, with 89 constituencies spread across 19 districts of Kutch, Saurashtra, and South Gujarat going up for polling.
PM Modi urges electors to vote in "record numbers"
"To motivate and inspire young voters, for the first time, 33 polling centres will be managed by young polling parties. These are polling staff who have been appointed recently": CEC Rajiv Kumar said.
"Gujarat is celebrating festival of democracy today. On behalf of EC, my sincere appeal to all 4.9 cr voters of Guj to vote today & on 5th Dec during 2nd phase of elections. Over 4 lakh PwD voters & 9.8 lakh senior citizen voters in Gujarat": CEC Rajiv Kumar said, as quoted by ANI.
"We're giving them all facilitations. It's an occasion to give equity & equality & show respect to them. Participation of over 10,000 centenarian & PwD voters should be an inspiration for all of us, especially our young voters.Over 182 polling stations being managed by PwD staff," he added.
He mentioned, "Similarly, only women election staff will be present at 1274 booths. 4.77 lakh first-time voters would exercise their franchise in these elections & of these, over 3.3 lakh young voters have been added because of the recent electoral reforms."
Watch Gujarat assembly election preparations in Surat and Navsari.
Watch Gujarat assembly election preparations in Bharuch, Morbi, and Jamnagar.
Election officials conducted a mock poll at polling booths numbers 175 to 178, Piraman school in Bharuch
Background
Gujarat Election 2022 HIGHLIGHTS: The highly-anticipated two-phase Gujarat Elections 2022 kicked off on Thursday. A total of 89 constituencies are going to polls in the first phase while the rest of the 93 seats will be up for grabs on December 5.
As many as 1,621 candidates are in the fray for the Gujarat polls. While 788 candidates, including 339 independents, are contesting the assembly seats in the first phase, 833 candidates, including 285 independents, will be participating in the second phase.
According to the latest available data, around 4.9 crore voters, including 11.6 lakh first-time voters, have been found eligible to cast their ballot. Around 2.53 crore men and 2.37 crore women are eligible to choose their representative to the Gujarat Assembly this year.
In the first phase, 2,39,76,670 voters will cast their ballots.
While Ahmedabad district has the highest number of voters (59.9 lakh), Dangs has the lowest (1.93 lakh).
As many as 25,430 polling booths have been put in place. Of these, 16,416 are in rural constituencies and 9,014 are in urban areas. The task of conducting free and fair polls has fallen on the shoulders of 1,06,963 personnel. This number includes 27,978 presiding officers and 79,985 polling staffers.
The model code of conduct for phase 1 of the Gujarat elections kicked in on Tuesday.
The run up to the polling was marked by fiery speeches and barbs from leaders of the major political parties. The election is expected to be a three-corner contest between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, the Congress which was the second-largest party in the 2017 polls, and debutante Aam Admi Party.
The BJP has decided to go retain Bhupendra Patel as its chief ministerial candidate and the AAP has decided that Isudan Gadhvi would be the CM if the party won the polls. The Congress has decided not to name a CM face.
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