Gujarat Election 2022 Live: 58.44% Voter Turnout Recorded Till 5.00 PM
Gujarat Election 2022 Live: Follow this page for all the updates related to the second phase of voting across 93 seats in Gujarat.
Background
Gujarat Election 2022 Live: The much-anticipated second phase of polling for the Gujarat Assembly elections kicked off on Monday.
A total of 93 constituencies are going to polls in 14 districts across North and Central Gujarat in the second phase of voting. With 833 candidates in the fray, the second phase will include high profile candidates, including Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel from Ghatlodia seat in Ahmedabad.
Polling for the second phase will start at 8am and conclude at 5pm on Monday.
A total of 2.54 crore voters will be eligible to exercise their franchise. Polling will be conducted at 26,409 booths where around 36,000 Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) will be used. The Election Commission has deployed 29,000 presiding officers and over 84,000 polling officers in 14 districts.
Among the high-stake seats that are going to polls on Monday include Ghatlodia assembly constituency from where incumbent Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel will be contesting, Viramgam, where BJP has fielded Patidar leader Hardik Patel, Gandhinanagar South from where Alpesh Thakor is contesting from BJP and SC-reserved seat Vadgam will have sitting MLA Jignesh Mevani contesting on a Congress ticket.
In a bid to maintain law and order in the state, women battalion of CRPF have been deployed in various parts of Ahmedabad.
“A total of 18 sections have been made with commanders. Personnel deployed at every booth to maintain peace & discipline,” CRPF official Vidhya M said.
The campaigning for the second phase of polls ended on Saturday, with three key competing parties BJP, Congress, and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) holding rallies, public meetings, roadshows, and door-to-door campaigning.
While Prime Minister Narendra Modi held massive roadshows in Ahmedabad on December 1 and 2, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and other senior party leaders also held public meetings across the state.
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.
Gujarat Election 2022 Live: 58.44% Voter Turnout Recorded Till 5.00 PM
About 58.44 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 5 pm on Monday in Gujarat.
Gujarat Election 2022 Live: Voter Turnout Improves To 50.51% At 3.00 PM, Says ECI
Till 3 pm latest trends of the Election Commission of India (ECI), a voter turnout of 50.51% has been recorded in the state.
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