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In the second phase, polling will be held on 93 seats in 14 districts on December 5.
In the second phase of Gujarat assembly elections, voting will be held on 93 seats in 14 districts tomorrow i.e. on 5th December. A large part of these are also in the seats bordering Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, including the tribal-dominated Panchmahal. These areas also include Gujarat’s capital Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Vadodara and Anand, world famous for milk production. The credibility of many stalwarts of Congress and BJP will be at stake in these 93 seats.
Areas of PM Modi and Home Minister Shah too
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a road show of about 50 kilometers in Ahmedabad on Thursday ahead of the second phase of polling for 93 seats in Gujarat. The constituencies of Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah are also included in the seats where elections are to be held in this phase. In such a situation, this phase will be important for the BJP to strengthen its electoral edge along with prestige. Especially North Gujarat where it lagged behind the Congress last time. This phase is also very important for the Congress.
Voting on how many seats?
Voting will be held on 93 seats in 14 districts of North and Central-East Gujarat, ie 51 percent of the total seats. In which 74 are general, 6 SC and 13 ST seats. Of the total 2.51 crore voters, 1.22 crore are women. There are 5.96 lakh voters in the age group of 18 to 19 years. There are 5400 voters above 90 years of age.
Which seats are important for the second phase?
The seats considered important in the polling on Monday include Ahmedabad Ghatlodia, Naroda, Vatva, Visnagar, Tharad, Mahesana, Viramgam, Gandhinagar (South), Khedbrahma, Manjalpur, Waghodia, Kheralu, Daskoi, Chhota Udepur, Sankheda etc.
Who are the main candidates in the seats where polling is held?
In the second phase elections, the Chief Minister and 8 other ministers are in the fray, including Health Minister Rishikesh Patel, Jagdish Vishwakarma, Manisha Vakil, Arjun Chauhan etc. Apart from this, Hardik Patel, Alpesh Thakor and Jijnesh Mevani, who became the face of the Patidar movement in 2017, are also candidates. Former BJP minister Shankar Chowdhary is also involved in this election battle.
Which party got how many seats out of 93 seats?
In 2017, out of these 93 seats, BJP had won 51 seats while Congress had won 39 seats. Three seats went to the independents. In which an independent Jijnesh Mevani is now the Congress candidate. The BJP in the middle and the Congress had the upper hand in North Gujarat.
Election Commission appealed
The Election Commission of India has appealed to the voters before the second phase in Gujarat to come from their homes and exercise their right to vote. In the first phase, less than average voting has been registered in many districts of Gujarat. A total of 63.31 percent polling has been held on 89 seats in the first phase in the state. This figure was 5.20% less than the 2017 election. Not only this, this time the lowest voting has happened in 10 years.