Gujarat Phase 1: 63% Turnout Recorded As Voting Ends
Track the first phase of Gujarat's Assembly elections here.
62.90% Turnout Recorded Till 05:00 PM
62.90% voter turnout recorded till 05:00 pm in the first phase of Gujarat Election.
Tapi district recorded the highest turnout of 72.32%.
Narmada recorded 68.09% turnout.
Bhavnagar in Saurashtra region recorded 51.34%
Navsari 65.91%, Dang 64.84%, Valsad 62.46% and Gir Somnath 60.46%.
The voter turnout was less than 66.75% recorded in the first phase of the 2017 Assembly polls.
Voting for the second phase will be held on December 5.
(Inputs from PTI)
(Source: Election Commission Of India)
Polling officials seal Electronic Voting Machines and VVPATs (Source: ANI official twitter handle)
Voting In Gujarat Assembly Election Ends
Voting has ended in 89 constituencies of Gujarat Assembly election across 19 districts.
48.48% Turnout Recorded Till 03:00 PM
48.48% voter turnout recorded till 03:00 pm in the first phase of Gujarat Election.
Tapi recorded the highest voter turnout at 63.98%, followed by 63.95% in Narmada
Dang recorded 58.55% voting during the period.
Navsari and Valsad in south Gujarat, and Gir Somnath and Bhavnagar in Saurashtra also recorded more than 50% voting.
Jamnagar recorded turnout at 42.44%
As many as 26,269 ballot units, 25,430 control units and 25,430 VVPATs are being used in polling stations across the 19 districts.
(Inputs from PTI)
Source: Election Commission Of India
A Group Of Visually Impaired Voters (Source: Election Commission of India Official Twitter Handle)
34.48% Voter Turnout Recorded Till 01:00 PM
34.48% voter turnout recorded till 01:00 pm in the first phase of Gujarat Election
Tapi recorded the highest voter turnout at 46.29%, followed by Dang 46.22% and Narmada 46.16%.
Porbandar recorded 30.06% and Botad reported 30.12% voting.
Surat recorded 33.40% and in Rajkot at 32.89%.
(Inputs from PTI)
Source: Election Commission Of India
An elderly couple after casting their vote. (Source: Election Commission of India Official Twitter Handle)
Voters Undergoing Health Check Up
Voters are undergoing health check up at India's first health booth in Junagadh district during the first phase election of Gujarat.
(Source: Election Commission of India Official Twitter Handle)
AAP Candidate Alpesh Kathiriya Casts His Vote
Alpesh Kathiriya casts his vote in the first phase of Gujarat assembly polls, at a polling station in Surat.
AAP Candidate Alpesh Kathiriya (Source:ANI)
Union Health Minister And BJP Leader Mansukh Mandaviya Casts His Vote
Union Health Minister and BJP leader Mansukh Mandaviya casts his vote for the first phase of Gujarat elections in Hanol, Bhavnaga.
Union Health Minister And BJP Leader Mansukh Mandaviya (Source:ANI)
18.95% Voter Turnout Recorded Till 11:00 PM
18.95% voter turnout recorded till 11 am in the first phase of Gujarat Election.
Tapi district recorded 26.47% and Dang 24.99%.
Devbhumi Dwarka district recorded the lowest 15.86% turnout so far.
In Surat district, 17.92% polling was recorded, while in Amreli it was 19%.
(Inputs from PTI)
Source: Election Commission of India
Glimpses of voting in Gujarat Election(Source: Election Commission of India Official Twitter Handle)
4.92% Voter Turnout Recorded Till 9:00 PM
18.95% voter turnout recorded till 11 am in the first phase of% voter turnout was recorded in the first hour of polling on Thursday in the first phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections in 89 seats.
Surat district recorded a turnout of about 4%, while Dang and Tapi, recorded voting 7.76% and 7.25%, respectively.
Porbandar recorded turnout of 3.92% so far, while Kutch district reported 5%.
(Inputs from PTI)
Source: Election Commission of India
BJP, Congress, AAP Are The Major Parties In Fray
The BJP and the Congress are contesting all 89 seats.
The AAP is contesting 88 seats. Its candidate from the Surat-East constituency had withdrawn his candidature, leaving the party with one less seat to contest in the first phase.
Apart from the BJP, Congress, and AAP, 36 other political outfits including the Bahujan Samaj Party, Samajwadi Party, Communist Party of India-Marxist, and Bharatiya Tribal Party have also fielded candidates in various seats, up for grabs the first phase.
Voting Across 89 Constituencies Begins
Voting for the crucial Gujarat elections began on Thursday at 8 a.m. for the first phase of Gujarat Assembly elections in 89 out of the total 182 seats across 19 districts in the Saurashtra-Kutch region and southern parts of the state to decide the fate of 788 candidates.
The voting is being held across 14,382 polling stations, of which 3,311 are in urban areas and 11,071 are rural, the office of the state Chief Electoral Officer said.
The election body has set up 89 model polling stations and as many eco-friendly polling stations. There are 89 stations run by differently-abled people, and 611 by women.
A total of 34,324 ballot units, an equal number of control units, and 38,749 voter-verifiable paper audit trail machines are being used for the election in the first phase, the release said.
Voting for the second phase in 93 seats will be held on Dec. 5. The counting of votes will be taken up on Dec. 8.
(Inputs from PTI)