Gujarat Elections Phase II 2022 Highlight: Congress to move EC against PM's roadshow on polling day
Gujarat Assembly Election 2022 Phase 2 polling has been ended.
During the polling day, PM Modi did a roadshow of two & half hours while he went to cast his vote. Will appeal to EC against it, seems like Election Commission is willingly under pressure, said Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera on Gujarat Polls 2022.
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Gujarat Assembly Election 2022 Phase 2 polling has been ended.
Approximately 58.68 per cent voter turnout has been recorded till 5 pm in the Gujarat Assembly Elections 2022.
The Gujarat Assembly Elections 2022:
- Total seats: 182
- BJP: 99 seats
- Congress: 77 seats
- Others: 6 seats
Gujarat assembly election 2022 phase 2 polling has ended.
The exit polls for Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will released in the evening after the voting is over.
The Election Commission stated that an average of 50.51 percent voter turnout was recorded on Monday till 3.00 pm in the Gujarat Assembly Election.
Mamata Banerjee, the chief minister of West Bengal, criticised the prime minister on Monday for doing a roadshow in Gujarat on the day of the assembly election.
Voters in four villages in Gujarat's Mehsana district declared they would abstain from voting because there had been no progress in their communities.
On election day, PM Modi performed a two-and-a-half-hour roadshow before casting his vote. Will appeal to EC against it; it appears that EC is willingly giving in to pressure: Congressman Pawan Khera on the Gujarat Elections in 2022.
Sonia Gandhi had said nobody can replace Ahmed Patel&we'll always feel his absence. In these polls, we felt his absence. But people saw the tactics BJP had used to defeat Ahmed Patel & they haven't forgotten. They'll vote against BJP as tribute: Shaktisinh Gohil. (ANI)
In Gujarat's second round of elections, which included 93 of the state's 182 constituencies distributed over 14 districts in the north and centre, voting got underway at 8 a.m. in 14,975 polling places. In the second phase, the destiny of 833 candidates—including CM Patel—will be decided.
In Gujarat's second round of elections, which included 93 of the state's 182 constituencies distributed over 14 districts in the north and centre, voting got underway at 8 a.m. in 14,975 polling places. In the second phase, the destiny of 833 candidates—including CM Patel—will be decided.
In Gujarat's second round of elections, which included 93 of the state's 182 constituencies distributed over 14 districts in the north and centre, voting got underway at 8 a.m. in 14,975 polling places. In the second phase, the destiny of 833 candidates—including CM Patel—will be decided.
In Gujarat's second round of elections, which included 93 of the state's 182 constituencies distributed over 14 districts in the north and centre, voting got underway at 8 a.m. in 14,975 polling places. In the second phase, the destiny of 833 candidates—including CM Patel—will be decided.
Up till 11 a.m., the second phase of the Gujarat Election 2022 saw a 19.17% voter turnout.
CM Bhupendra Patel casts vote, says BJP will break all its old records in elections. (ANI)
In the second round of the Gujarat assembly elections, Patidar leader Hardik Patel, who is running as the BJP's candidate in Viramgam, casts his ballot.
Anandiben Patel, the governor of Uttar Pradesh, voted in the second round at voting station 95 at Shilaj Anupam School in Ahmedabad.
At voting booth 264 in Chandranagar Primary School, BJP candidate from Viramgam Hardik Patel cast his ballot in the second round of the Gujarat assembly elections.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi casts his vote for the second phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections at Nishan Public school, Ranip.
Today, more than 2.5 crore voters will decide the fate of the political parties in 93 constituencies spanning across 14 districts in central and northern Gujarat.
The second phase's 93 seats that are up for election are dispersed throughout the districts of Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Mehsana, Patan, Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, Aravali, Mahisagar, Panchmahal, Dahod, Vadodara, Anand, Kheda, and Chhota Udaipur.
Following the intense campaigning, voters will decide the destiny of the 833 candidates in the second and final round of voting for 93 of Gujarat's 182 assembly seats.
A heated contest is anticipated on a number of seats as the BJP seeks to maintain control and the AAP seeks to gain ground in yet another state.
While Arvind Kejriwal's AAP is taking a chance by attempting to capitalise on "anti-incumbency," the state's incumbent BJP is radiating confidence in maintaining its 27-year reign. In contrast, Congress is keen to keep its second-place status in the state.
39 political parties are running for election; the three most well-known are the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), and Congress.
Kanti Kharadi, a sitting Congress MLA from the ST-reserved Danta constituency in North Gujarat's Banaskantha district, claims to have been attacked. Prior to the election for the seat, the party charged the BJP for targeting Mr. Kharadi.
The BJP has pledged to increase employment opportunities and boost Gujarat's economy to $1 trillion in the next five years.
In its manifesto for the 2022 state Assembly elections, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) planned to open 100 "Annapurna canteens" across Gujarat where meals will be served for Rs 5. On Saturday, the BJP unveiled its platform, which included pledges for 20 lakh new jobs, free meals, and free education for girls.
"Preparations underway for Gujarat Assembly second phase polling, visuals from Nishan Public school, Ranip where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will cast his vote"
The second voting period will run from 8 AM to 5 PM. This election, a total of 1,621 candidates are running for 182 constituency seats in the state. There will be 833 people running for the remaining 93 seats in Phase 2. 285 of the 833 candidates are independent, and 69 are women.
As the battle for Gujarat enters the final stretch in 93 seats across 14 districts on Monday, voter enthusiasm will be just as important as votes for the BJP, Congress, and AAP, despite a nearly 5% reduction in turnout from the first round of voting in 89 constituencies in 2017.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP's most prominent candidate, finished his campaign for the party on Friday. In Gujarat, he has spoken at over 31 rallies and organised three sizable roadshows, including one on Thursday in Ahmedabad that the party dubbed the "longest and largest" in the nation.
As the campaigning for the second round of the Assembly Elections came to an end on Saturday, prominent politicians travelled to Gujarat. Smriti Irani, a union minister, Yogi Adityanath, a chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, and Manoj Joshi, an actor, all participated in public rallies for the saffron party in the state. Bhagwant Mann, the chief minister of Punjab, Isudhan Gadvi, an AAP candidate for governor of Gujarat, and leader Gopal Italia also continued their campaigns.