First phase of voting is ongoing in Sourashtra, Kutch and South Gujarat. Though Bhavnagar is concerned as bastion of BJP where they won 6 seats last time, but this time they are aiming to win all 7 seats.

"We will get good numbers again in Bhavnagar and in other parts of state too. We will certainly score more than 150. Wait till 18th, you will get answers for all your questions." said Jitu Vaghani Gujarat BJP state president.

In Bhavnagar, people are considering the issue of Vikas while casting their vote as they feel development has taken place in this part of state. But anonymously, few also told us that finding a job is a concerning problem here as there are no industries in Bhavnagar.

Only two major industries are there; one is Diamond and another is ship breaking. Many have to migrate to other cities or states for jobs.

There is also a Patidar factor here in Bhavanagar but it's not at large scale like south Gujarat and Rajkot.

The seven assembly constituencies of Bhavnagar district have around 16.26 lakh voters. The largest caste group in Bhavnagar is the Koli Patels, an OBC community with nearly 3.91 lakh voters. With 1.61 lakh voters, Patidars form the second largest caste group, followed by non-Rajput Kshatriyas with 1.05 lakh voters.

Karadiya Rajputs, the community that head earlier expressed displeasure with Vaghani, has 45,000 voters.

Patidars, Kshatriyas and Karadiya Rajputs together form 3.11 lakh voters, nearly as much as Koli voters, who are considered to be BJP supporters.

We will win all 7 seats of Bhavanagar: BJP Gujarat chief Jitu Vaghani

In Bhavnagar, people are considering the issue of Vikas while casting their vote as they feel development has taken place in this part of state.