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Economic Times | 01 Dec, 2022 | 08:22AM IST
Gujarat Election 2022 News LIVE Updates: Voting begins in first phase across 89 seats
Gujarat Assembly elections 2022: Voting is being held today for the first phase of Gujarat Assembly elections in 89 seats spread across 19 districts. These districts are in the Saurashtra-Kutch and southern parts of the state where 788 candidates are in the fray. Voting will be held between 8 am and 5 pm across 14,382 polling stations.
Out of the 89 seats going to polls in the first phase, the BJP won 48 in the 2017 election, the Congress had won 40, while one seat was bagged by an independent candidate.
Apart from the BJP, Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), 36 other political outfits, including the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Samajwadi Party (SP), Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) have also fielded candidates in various seats which will go to polls in the first phase.
The BJP and Congress are contesting in all the 89 seats. New player AAP is contesting in 88 seats. Its candidate from Surat East constituency had withdrawn his candidature, leaving the party with one less seat to contest in the first phase.
Among other parties, the BSP has fielded 57 candidates, BTP 14 and CPI-M four candidates.
As many as 339 independents are also in the fray in the first phase of polls.
Out of the total 788 candidates, 70 are women including nine fielded by the BJP, six by the Congress and five by the AAP.
AAP's chief ministerial candidate Isudan Gadhvi is contesting from Khambhalia seat. Among other prominent candidates in the first phase are Rivaba Jadeja, the wife of cricketer Ravindra Jadeja, who is contesting from Jamnagar (North), and BJP MLAs Harsh Sanghavi and Purnesh Modi from different seats in Surat and five-time MLA Parshottam Solanki from Bhavnagar (Rural).
Sitting Congress MLAs like Lalit Kagathara, Lalit Vasoya, Rutvik Makwana and Mohammad Javed Pirzada are among the candidates in fray in the first phase from seats in Saurashtra region.
Seven-time MLA and veteran tribal leader Chhotu Vasava is contesting from Jhagadia in Bharuch.
With 54 seats, the Saurashtra-Kutch region will be crucial for the Congress as it seeks to better its performance.
Out of the 89 seats going to polls in the first phase, the BJP won 48 in the 2017 election, the Congress had won 40, while one seat was bagged by an independent candidate.
Apart from the BJP, Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), 36 other political outfits, including the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Samajwadi Party (SP), Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) have also fielded candidates in various seats which will go to polls in the first phase.
The BJP and Congress are contesting in all the 89 seats. New player AAP is contesting in 88 seats. Its candidate from Surat East constituency had withdrawn his candidature, leaving the party with one less seat to contest in the first phase.
Among other parties, the BSP has fielded 57 candidates, BTP 14 and CPI-M four candidates.
As many as 339 independents are also in the fray in the first phase of polls.
Out of the total 788 candidates, 70 are women including nine fielded by the BJP, six by the Congress and five by the AAP.
AAP's chief ministerial candidate Isudan Gadhvi is contesting from Khambhalia seat. Among other prominent candidates in the first phase are Rivaba Jadeja, the wife of cricketer Ravindra Jadeja, who is contesting from Jamnagar (North), and BJP MLAs Harsh Sanghavi and Purnesh Modi from different seats in Surat and five-time MLA Parshottam Solanki from Bhavnagar (Rural).
Sitting Congress MLAs like Lalit Kagathara, Lalit Vasoya, Rutvik Makwana and Mohammad Javed Pirzada are among the candidates in fray in the first phase from seats in Saurashtra region.
Seven-time MLA and veteran tribal leader Chhotu Vasava is contesting from Jhagadia in Bharuch.
With 54 seats, the Saurashtra-Kutch region will be crucial for the Congress as it seeks to better its performance.
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Among the early voters in Gujarat phase 1 polls
Gujarat minister Purnesh Modi casts his vote at a polling booth in Surat
Gujarat polls: MP governor among early voters
Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangubhai Patel and his wife cast their votes at a polling booth in Navsari ( ANI)
Rivaba Jadeja casts her vote in Rajkot
BJP's Rivaba Jadeja casts her vote in Rajkot. The wife of cricketer Ravindra Jadeja is contesting from Jamnagar North.
In Gujarat phase 1 elections, queues outside polling stations
People queue up to cast their votes at polling booths at Piraman School in the Ankleshwar Assembly constituency in Bharuch. ( ANI)
Gujarat Phase 1 polls at a glance
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Voting begins in the first phase of Gujarat Assembly elections in 89 seats
Today is the first phase of the Gujarat elections. I call upon all those voting today, particularly first time voters to exercise their franchise in record numbers
- PM Narendra Modi
Gujarat elections Phase 1: Key contests today
- Bhavnagar Rural: Former Gujarat minister Parshottambhai Solanki, a five-time MLA vs Cong's Revatsinh Gohil vs AAP's Khumansinh Gohil
- Khambhalia: AAP's CM face Isudan Gadhvi vs Cong's Ahir Vikrambhai Arjanbhai Madam (sitting MLA) vs BJP's Ayar Mulubhai Hardasbhai Bera
- Morbi - BJP's Kantilal Amrutiya (Morbi 'hero') vs Cong's Jayantilal Patel vs AAP's Kantilal Pankaj
- Jasdan: BJP's Kunwarji Bavaliya (a six-time MLA, who left Cong in 2018) vs Cong's Bholabhai Bhikhabhai Gohel vs AAP's Tejasbhai Bhikhabhai Gajipara
- Jamnagar North: Cricketer Ravindra Jadeja's wife Rivaba fighting on a BJP ticket against Cong's Bipendrasinh Chatursinh Jadeja and AAP's Karshanbhai Karmur
- Katargam: Gujarat AAP president Gopal Italia Cong's Variya Kalpesh Harjivanbhai BJP's Vinodbhai Amarshibhai Moradiya
- Rajkot West: BJP's Dr Darshita Shah vs Cong's Kalariya Mansukhbhai Jadavbhai vs AAP's Dinesh Joshi
- Jhagadia: Seven-time MLA and veteran tribal leader Chhotubhai Vasava is contesting as an independent against BJP's Ritesh Vasava and Cong's Fatesing Vasava
- Varachha Road (Surat): Patidar community leader Alpesh Kathiriya from AAP vs BJP's Kishor Kanani (Kumar) vs Cong's Prafulbhai Togadiya (Papanbhai)
Gujarat Phase 1 polling: How the 89 seats fared in 2017
Out of the 89 seats going to polls in the first phase, the BJP won 48 in the 2017 election, the Congress had won 40, while one seat was bagged by an independent candidate
Gujarat polls phase 1: 'Mini African village' to vote
Jambur, India's 'mini African village' will vote in its special tribal booth for the first time. Ancestors of the people there are said to have come from Africa years ago when the fort of Junagadh was being built. The villagers there now follow the tradition of India and Gujarat.
Gujarat Phase 1 polls: Saurashtra-Kutch region crucial for Congress
With 54 seats, the Saurashtra-Kutch region will be crucial for the Congress as it seeks to better its performance. The Congress here won 30 seats in 2017 compared to 16 in the 2012 election. The BJP, on the other hand, was reduced to 23 seats in 2017 as against 35 won by it in the previous election.
In south Gujarat, the Congress in 2017 bettered its tally to 10 compared to six in the previous polls, while the BJPs tally dropped to 25 in the last election from 28 earlier.
In south Gujarat, the Congress in 2017 bettered its tally to 10 compared to six in the previous polls, while the BJPs tally dropped to 25 in the last election from 28 earlier.
Gujarat polls: All set for Phase 1 polling
Election officials conducted a mock poll at polling booths numbers 175 to 178, Piraman school in Bharuch. Voting will start at 8 am.
Gujarat polls phase 1: Rivaba Jadeja from Jamnagar North
The BJP has fielded Indian cricketer and Jamnagar native Ravindra Jadeja's wife Rivaba, who does not have any prior experience of politics or contesting elections, from Jamnagar North. The ruling party has dropped sitting MLA from the seat Dharmendrasinh Jadeja. Interestingly, Ravindra Jadeja's sister Naina Jadeja was campaigning for the Congress candidate from the same Jamnagar seat. They said there was no 'nanad-bhavhi tussle there. The cricketer appealed to his followers to vote for Rivaba
Gujarat assembly elections: Model polling stations
The election body has set up 89 'model polling stations', as many stations run by differently-abled people, 89 eco-friendly polling stations and 611 run by women. There are also 18 polling stations run by the youth
Gujarat Polls Phase 1: Some prominent candidates today
- Parshottam Solanki (BJP): Former minister, prominent Koli leader from Bhavnagar Rural
- Paresh Dhanani(Congress): Former Leader of Opposition, Patidar leader from Amreli
- Kantilal Amrutiya (BJP): Five-time former MLA, who was seen saving people during bridge collapse in Morbi
- Gopal Italia (AAP): Gujarat AAP president contesting from Patidar-dominated Katargam
- Rivaba Jadeja (BJP): Cricketer Ravindra Jadeja's wife, a political novice, from Jamnagar North
Gujarat elections Phase 1: Total number of candidates
- Of total 788 candidates in the fray in the first phase, 718 are male and only 70 female.
- 89 candidates each of the BJP and Congress, and 88 of AAP are in the fray today
- BSP has fielded 57 candidates in the first phase, Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) has fielded 14, SP 12, CPI (M) 4, CPI 2. There are 339 independents.
Gujarat elections Phase 1: Total polling booths, VVPATs etc
- 25,434 polling booths in the first phase of election -- 9,018 in urban areas and 16,416 in rural areas.
- A total of 34,324 ballot units, 34,324 control units and 38,749 VVPATs (voter-verified paper audit trail) will be used
- A total of 2,20,288 trained officers-employees will be on duty. In the first phase, 27,978 presiding officers and 78,985 polling officers will be on duty
AAP is the third player this time
Third player this timeThe state, which has traditionally witnessed a bipolar contest between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress, has a third player this time in the form of Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
The 89 seats that go to polls today are spread over 19 districts of Kutch, Saurashtra and South Gujarat.
Polling will be held between 8 am and 5 pm today. Voting will be held at 25,434 polling booths.
Good morning! Polling in the first phase of Gujarat elections 2022 will be held today. 89 of the total 182 Assembly seats will go to polls and there are a total of 788 candidates.
