Election Duty Officers taking charge of EVMs and VVPAT machines from Navrang School Center to various polling stations, ahead of the Gujarat Assembly Elections 2022, on December 04, 2022. Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji
There are more than 25 million people are eligible to vote in the second phase of the assembly elections In Gujarat. Under the second phase, Voting is being held for 93 seats in 14 districts.in the north and central regions on Monday, including Ahmedabad and Vadodara.
There are 833 candidates in the fray, including high-profile candidates like Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel from Ahmedabad’s Ghatlodiya. Many other stalwarts like OBC leader Alpesh Thakor, Patidar quota movement leader Hardik Patel, Dalit activist Jignesh Mevani The voting for the last phase of the assembly elections is in the fray.
The Election Commission has set up 26,409 booths and around 36,000 Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) will be installed. Around 29,000 presiding officers and over 84,000 polling officers have been deployed in 14 districts to facilitate the polling process.
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Prime Minister Narendra ModiUnion Home Minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel will vote at different booths in Ahmedabad.
The counting of votes will take place on December 8, the same day as the Himachal Pradesh assembly elections.
first phase polling The average voter turnout for the 89 seats in Saurashtra, Kutch and South Gujarat was 63.31% on 1 December, lower than 67.79% last time.
Earlier, on the late night of December 4, 2022, sitting Congress MLA Kanti Kharadi had reserved the Danta seat of Banaskantha district in North Gujarat from the reserved seat. Allegedly assaulted. The party accused the BJP of attacking Mr Kharadi ahead of polling on the seat.
Two party leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, have tweeted condemning the alleged attack on Mr. Kharadi, questioning the silence of the Election Commission.
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Arvind Kejriwal urges people to vote for Gujarat’s progress
AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal urged the people of Gujarat to look towards the bright future of the state and vote for change and development.
PM Modi appeals to people to vote in large numbers in second phase of Gujarat assembly elections
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday appealed to people to vote in large numbers in the second phase of the Gujarat assembly elections and several bypolls across the country.
“I urge all those who are voting in the second phase of Gujarat elections, especially young voters and women voters, to vote in large numbers. I will cast my vote in Ahmedabad at around 9 am. , PTI
Voting has begun for the second phase of the assembly elections
Voting has begun for 93 seats in 14 districts of north and central Gujarat. Over 2.5 crore voters are eligible to vote for 93 assembly seats and 833 candidates are contesting.
Congress leader attacked
Kanti Kharadi, sitting MLA from ST reserved Danta seat in north Gujarat’s Banaskantha district, was allegedly attacked late last night. The Congress accused the BJP of attacking Mr. Kharadi. Congress party leaders claimed that their demand for deployment of additional paramilitary forces in the area was ignored by the authorities.