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Gujarat Polls 2022 | Voting begins on 89 seats in the first phase in Gujarat today, 788 candidates are trying their luck. Navabharat (New India) A to Z Counsel

Gujarat Polls 2022 | Voting begins on 89 seats in the first phase in Gujarat today, 788 candidates are trying their luck. Navabharat (New India)


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New Delhi. Today i.e. on Thursday, December 1, in the first phase of the Gujarat Vidhansabha Elections, voting has started on 89 seats in the state. Today, 788 candidates are currently in the fray for these seats in 19 districts of the state. This time in this first phase more than two crore voters will use their vote. Significantly, out of total 89 seats in the first phase, this time BJP has maximum 58, Congress has 26 and BTP has 2, NCP has only 1 seat.

Voting starts from 8 am

Information given by the administration 25393 polling stations have been set up for the first phase of voting. Voting on these started from 8 am today. It will run till 5 pm today. With this, the fate of 788 candidates is going to be sealed in EVM today. This time 339 independents are also in the fray in the first phase. Of the 89 seats going to polls in the first phase, the BJP had won 48 in the 2017 elections. Whereas the Congress had won 40 seats here.

Tweet of PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah

On the other hand, regarding the voting in UP today, PM Modi tweeted that, “Today there is voting for the first phase in Gujarat. I appeal to all those voting today, especially first-time voters, to exercise their franchise in record numbers.” Along with this, Home Minister Amit Shah tweeted that, “In the last two decades, Gujarat has become synonymous with development and peace, which every Indian is proud of. But this was possible because of the strong government elected by the people of Gujarat. I appeal to the voters of the first phase to vote with unprecedented enthusiasm and numbers to continue this development journey.

Mathematics of candidates

If you look at the mathematics of seats and candidates of Gujarat elections, this time a total of 788 candidates are in the fray for 89 seats in its first phase. 70 women candidates and 339 independent candidates are also contesting here. BJP and Congress have fielded their candidates on all 89 seats, while AAP has fielded 88, BSP 57 and Asaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) has also fielded six candidates. have been Apart from this, SP is supporting an independent candidate on one seat here, while BTP has also fielded its candidates.

electorate equation

Now if we understand the equation of voters, then there are total 4,91,35,400 voters in Gujarat at present. In which 2,39,76,670 voters will vote in the first phase. The first phase covers 5.74 lakh voters in the age group of 18-19 years and 4,945 voters above the age of 99 years. In this way polling will be held at a total of 14,382 polling stations, out of which 3,311 have been set up in urban and 11,071 in rural areas.



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