NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, NOV 4
A total of 60.75 percent voter turnout was recorded in byelections to eight Assembly seats in Gujarat, the state Election Commission said on Wednesday.
Byelections to eight seats — Abdasa, Karjan, Morbi, Gadhada, Dhari, Limbdi, Kaprada, and Dang — were held on Tuesday.
As many as 11,39,163 out of 18,75,032 registered voters exercised their franchise, said a release from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer.
Kaprada constituency in Valsad district registered the highest turnout at 77.50 percent, followed by Dang at 75.01 percent and Karjan at 70.01 percent.
Abdasa recorded 61.82 percent voting, Limbdi 58.01 percent, Morbi 52.32 percent, Gadhada 50.76, and Dhari 45.79 percent, the release said.
The counting of votes will take place on November 10.
As per the provisional figures released by the Election Commission on Tuesday, the voter turnout till 5 pm was 57.29 percent. Voting took place between 7 am and 6 pm.
81 candidates are in the fray across eight seats.
The by-elections were necessitated after the sitting Congress MLAs resigned ahead of Rajya Sabha polls held in June this year. Five of them later joined the ruling BJP and the party fielded them from the same seats in the by-polls.
