Gujarat Elections Phase II 2022 Highlight: Congress to move EC against PM's roadshow on polling day

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• 05 Dec 2022, 05:47 PM

  Approximately 58.68 per cent voter turnout has been recorded till 5 pm in the Gujarat Assembly Elections 2022. 

   

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 05:17 PM

  The Gujarat Assembly Elections 2022:

  • Total seats: 182 
  • BJP: 99 seats
  • Congress: 77 seats
  • Others: 6 seats

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 04:56 PM

  Gujarat assembly election 2022 phase 2 polling has ended. 

   

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 04:55 PM

  The exit polls for Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will released in the evening after the voting is over. 

   

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 03:57 PM

  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.

   

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 03:08 PM

  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.

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 03:02 PM

  Voters in four villages in Gujarat's Mehsana district declared they would abstain from voting because there had been no progress in their communities.

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 02:54 PM

  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. 

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 02:19 PM

   

  A differently-abled voter casts his vote for the second phase of #GujaratAssemblyPolls in Nadiad, Kheda
  
  "I lost both my hands 20 years ago in an accident but that did never stop me from casting my vote. I use my feet to vote now," said Ankit Soni pic.twitter.com/mJW7IhWqRl

  — ANI (@ANI) December 5, 2022

   

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 02:00 PM

   

  #GujaratAssemblyPolls | Police bring the situation under control at Keshavpura polling station under Anklav assembly constituency in Anand where a scuffle between BJP and Congress workers reportedly took place during polling. pic.twitter.com/xLAOU3XZVP

  — ANI (@ANI) December 5, 2022

   

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 01:23 PM

   

  34.74% voter turnout recorded till 1 pm, in the second phase of #GujaratElections2022 pic.twitter.com/kPeATGLM4z

  — ANI (@ANI) December 5, 2022

   

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 01:23 PM

  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)

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 12:59 PM

   

  AAP's CM candidate Isudan Gadhvi casts his vote at a polling station in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.#GujaratAssemblyPolls pic.twitter.com/I4RccqMZbF

  — ANI (@ANI) December 5, 2022

   

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 12:38 PM

   

  #WATCH | PM Modi's brother Somabhai Modi gets emotional as he talks about PM who visited him earlier today
  
  People cannot ignore the kind of work Centre has done after 2014. I asked him (PM Modi) that he works a lot for the country, he should take some rest as well: Somabhai Modi pic.twitter.com/3SrGMj6A6O

  — ANI (@ANI) December 5, 2022

   

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 12:09 PM

   

  Gujarat polls second phase: Voter turnout at 19.17 per cent, Ahmedabad lowest with 16.95 pc
  
  Read @ANI Story | https://t.co/aLyqpWfFvw
  #GujaratBypolls #VoterTurnout #ahemdabad pic.twitter.com/jdpJbFe5K0

  — ANI Digital (@ani_digital) December 5, 2022

   

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 11:56 AM

  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.

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 11:56 AM

  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.

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 11:56 AM

  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.

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 11:56 AM

  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.

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 11:56 AM

  Up till 11 a.m., the second phase of the Gujarat Election 2022 saw a 19.17% voter turnout.

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 11:33 AM

   

  Gujarat polls: CM Bhupendra Patel casts vote, says BJP will break all its old records in elections
  
  Read @ANI Story | https://t.co/TRRS5kO0Az
  #GujaratPolls #BhupendraPatel #BJP #GujaratElections2022 pic.twitter.com/anR6qvK5gC

  — ANI Digital (@ani_digital) December 5, 2022

   

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 11:28 AM

  CM Bhupendra Patel casts vote, says BJP will break all its old records in elections. (ANI)

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 11:27 AM

   

  Gujarat polls: Hardik Patel casts vote, says BJP will win 150 seats
  
  Read @ANI Story | https://t.co/f6DWuoNGcw
  #GujaratAssemblyPolls #HardikPatel #BJP pic.twitter.com/u4onj9Bwqw

  — ANI Digital (@ani_digital) December 5, 2022

   

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 10:53 AM

   

  #GujaratElections2022 | Union Home Minister Amit Shah, along with his wife, and son Jay Shah, arrives at a polling booth in Naranpura to cast his vote#GujaratElections #GujaratAssemblyPolls
  
  Follow Gujarat Assembly Elections Voting Live Updates here:https://t.co/ld7bdONE4g pic.twitter.com/HR2nCV8lgf

  — Decision 2022 (@ieElections) December 5, 2022

   

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 10:46 AM

  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.

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 10:42 AM

  Shankersinh Vaghela, a former chief minister of Gujarat, told ANI, OBC-majority Assembly segments would be polled in the second round. Congress used the possibility that the CM candidate is an OBC to its advantage. Therefore, I anticipate that Congress will receive a majority of the vote in central Gujarat, north Gujarat, and the entire region. I perceive a shift in the BJP's 27-year rule.

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 10:42 AM

  Anandiben Patel, the governor of Uttar Pradesh, voted in the second round at voting station 95 at Shilaj Anupam School in Ahmedabad.

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 10:23 AM

  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.

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 10:23 AM

   

  Gujarat polls second phase: Voter turnout at 4.75 pc till 9 am, Gandhinagar highest with over 7 pc
  
  Read @ANI Story | https://t.co/wulQVw6LxR
  #GujaratPolls #GujaratElections2022 #VoterTurnout pic.twitter.com/ZvespB9Zga

  — ANI Digital (@ani_digital) December 5, 2022

   

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 10:02 AM

  Phase 2 of the Gujarat election: 4.75% of voters were recorded as of 9 am.

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 09:26 AM

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi casts his vote for the second phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections at Nishan Public school, Ranip. 

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 09:21 AM

   

  Ahmedabad | Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel casts his vote for the second phase of Gujarat Assembly elections at Booth 95, Shilaj Anupam School#GujaratAssemblyPolls pic.twitter.com/hCE4zgC8XH

  — ANI (@ANI) December 5, 2022

   

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 09:13 AM

  Three young candidates who were instrumental in influencing the narrative of the 2017 state Assembly elections are among the numerous well-known candidates running in the second round of the Gujarat elections: Hardik Patel, Alpesh Thakor, and Jignesh Mevani. The three leaders have mostly restricted themselves to their separate areas for what is being called their "battles of prestige," despite the fact that even this time they are regarded as "star candidates" of their parties.

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 09:11 AM

   

  Ahmedabad, Gujarat | Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves from Gandhinagar Raj Bhawan to cast his vote for the Gujarat Assembly elections at Nishan Public School, Ranip.#GujaratElections2022 

  — ANI (@ANI) December 5, 2022

   

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 08:35 AM

  #GujaratElections | Congress leader Bharat Solanki votes in Botad
  
  He says, "Congress received massive support in Saurashtra & south Guj in phase 1. Today, north Guj & central Gujarat are going to polls & you can see long queues. Come Dec 8, Cong will come to power with majority" 

  — ANI (@ANI) December 5, 2022

   

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 08:35 AM

   

  Voting underway for #GujaratElections2022; visuals from polling booth 95, Shilaj Anupam School in Ahemdabad
  
  Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel will cast his vote here. 

  — ANI (@ANI) December 5, 2022

   

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 08:14 AM

  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.

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 08:09 AM

   

  Ahmedabad | I appeal to everyone to vote. BJP has maintained law and order & has worked for the development of Gujarat. I want all Gujaratis to vote for BJP. We should exercise our power to vote as election is the beauty of democracy: BJP candidate from Viramgam, Hardik Patel — ANI (@ANI) December 5, 2022

   

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 08:09 AM

  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.

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 07:59 AM

  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.

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 07:46 AM

   

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi urges all those who are voting in Phase 2 of the Gujarat elections and by-polls taking place in different parts of the country, to vote in large numbers.
  
  "I will be casting my vote in Ahmedabad at around 9am," tweets Prime Minsiter Modi pic.twitter.com/YswPtIokiH

  — ANI (@ANI) December 5, 2022

   

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 07:45 AM

  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.

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 07:44 AM

  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.

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 07:42 AM

  39 political parties are running for election; the three most well-known are the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), and Congress.

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 07:13 AM

  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.

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 07:12 AM

  The BJP has pledged to increase employment opportunities and boost Gujarat's economy to $1 trillion in the next five years.

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 07:09 AM

  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.

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 07:09 AM

  The BJP won 37 seats in central Gujarat, surpassing the 22 won by the Congress. However, the saffron party received 14 seats while the Congress won 17 in north Gujarat.

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 07:07 AM

  "Preparations underway for Gujarat Assembly second phase polling, visuals from Nishan Public school, Ranip where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will cast his vote"

   

  Ahmedabad, Gujarat | Preparations underway for Gujarat Assembly second phase polling, visuals from Nishan Public school, Ranip where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will cast his vote#GujaratElections

  — ANI (@ANI) December 5, 2022

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 07:00 AM

  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.

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 06:51 AM

  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.

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 06:45 AM

  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.

  
• 05 Dec 2022, 06:44 AM

  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.