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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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.
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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)
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Up till 11 a.m., the second phase of the Gujarat Election 2022 saw a 19.17% voter turnout.
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.
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CM Bhupendra Patel casts vote, says BJP will break all its old records in elections. (ANI)
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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.
- 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.
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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.
- Phase 2 of the Gujarat election: 4.75% of voters were recorded as of 9 am.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi casts his vote for the second phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections at Nishan Public school, Ranip.
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- 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
- 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.
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.