Gujarat election voting LIVE: In final stretch, Amit Shah, ex-CM Anandiben Patel, PM's mother cast their votes

Gujarat votes for 93 seats today, out of which 52 seats were won by BJP in the previous elections.

IndiaToday.in  | Written by Ekta Handa
December 14, 2017 | UPDATED 09:54 IST
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93 constituencies of North and Central Gujarat will be voting today in the second and last phase of the Gujarat assembly elections. Voting begins at 8 AM and will go on till 5 PM.

The results which will be announced on December 18 will decide the fate of the western state which has been under BJP's rule since the past two decades.

Of the 93 constituencies that go to vote today, 14 are districts. PM Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah will also be voting from their home state today.

Here are the live updates from the second phase of Gujarat elections:

9:50 AM - Technical glitches in EVM machines at Banaskantha Pallanpur Jampura School since the past one and a half hour. Officials installing new EVMs, voters annoyed. 

9:48 AM - 8 per cent voting recorded in Vadodra till 9 AM.

9:44 AM - Former Congress leader and ex-CM Shankarsinh Vaghela casts his vote.

9:20 AM - BJP chief Amit Shah casts his vote in Naranpura. (Photo courtesy: ANI)

 

9:15 AM - 6 booths that went to poll in the first phase of Gujarat elections will have re-polling today the presiding election officers in the booths forgot to wipe out mock drill poll results from EVM machines. Read more here. 

9:05 AM - Hardik Patel's parents Bharat Patel and Usha Patel cast their vote in Viramgam. (Photo Courtesy: ANI)

 

9:00 AM - PM Modi's mother Heeraben casts her vote in Gandhinagar.

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8:30 AM - PM Narendra Modi's mother arrives at a polling booth in Gandhinagar to cast her vote.

8:25 AM - Former Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel casts her vote in Ahmedabad's Ghatlodia. (Photo courtesy: ANI)

 

8:16 AM - Polling underway in Viramgam, Patidar leader Hardik Patel's hometown.

8:15 AM - "Our whole family will go together and vote against BJP. BJP needs to be taught a lesson. Hardik will arrive here betweem 9 am - 10 am and the we'll go to vote," Bharat Patel, Hardik Patel's father spoke to the media in Viramgam, Gujarat.

8:08 AM - As Gujarat gears up for the last phase of voting, Hardik Patel's are seen praying for their son's victory.

8:06 AM - Here are the smallest and largest constituencies in Gujarat by area and electorate. (graphic courtesy: ANI)

 

8:00 AM - Voting begins for 93 seats in the second phase of Gujarat assembly elections.

7:55 AM - PM Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi urged the people of Gujarat to go out and vote in the last phase of assembly elections.

WATCH: PM Narendra Modi's mother votes in Gandhinagar