- No party will be allowed to hold press conferences and public meetings in the Assembly seats going to the polling in the first phase: CEO
- Central paramilitary forces have been deployed to ensure peaceful elections amid tight security.
- Total 788 candidates are in fray from 39 political parties and independent candidates
NE NEWS SERVICE
GANDHINAGAR, NOV 29
A campaign by political parties for multicornered contests came to an end on Tuesday evening as votes are all set to be cast for phase 1 of the Assembly elections in Gujarat on December 1 from 8 am to 6 pm. Out of 89 seats, triangular contest is likely among AAP, BJP and Congress candidates on 83 seats. Apart from these three major parties, AIMIM, BTP, Praja Vijay Party, Gujarat Navnirman Sena, NCP are also in the fray.
પ્રથમ તબક્કાના મતદાન માટે ચૂંટણી પંચ પણ સંપૂર્ણ સજ્જ
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) November 29, 2022
Gujarat Chief Electoral Officer P Bharathi said, “Voting will be held on Thursday, December 1. All arrangements have been made. Polling will happen in 19 districts. Training has been provided to polling staff. Webcasting will be done at 50 percent polling booths. Some 2,39,76,670 voters will exercise their rights to vote their representatives, total 788 candidates are in fray from 39 political parties and independent candidates. They will cast their votes in 25,430 polling booths, of which 16,416 are in rural areas, and 9,014 in urban areas.”
गुजरात विधानसभा चुनाव के अन्तर्गत प्रथम चरण की 89 विधानसभा सीटों के लिये साइलेंस पीरियड आज शाम 5 बजे से शुरू है। इस दौरान, चुनाव प्रचार प्रतिबंधित है। #GujaratAssemblyPolls #GujaratElection2022 #विधानसभाचुनाव2022 #ECI pic.twitter.com/DPm0wlW2tK
— Election Commission of India (@ECISVEEP) November 29, 2022
Total 1,06,963 election staff will be discharging duties, of which 79,985 are polling staff, and 27,978 are presiding officers.
The CEO informed that the Central paramilitary forces have been deployed to ensure peaceful elections amid tight security.
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Important message……Date Of Polling – 1st December
Time – 08:00AM to 05:00PM#GujaratElections2022 #wedding #GoVote #EveryVoteCounts #NoVoterToBeleftBehind #ECI #Gujarat #GujaratAssemblyPolls pic.twitter.com/edhx6cXV8T— Chief Electoral Officer, Gujarat (@CEOGujarat) November 29, 2022
According to the CEO, no party will be allowed to hold press conferences and public meetings in the Assembly seats going to the polling in the first phase.
While the BJP is trying hard to retain its 27-year-long rule in the state, the Congress is hoping to ride the ‘anti-incumbency’ to come to power. The Aam Aadmi Party, which could not open its account in the 2017 Assembly elections, is looking to make in-roads to yet another state after Punjab with its party chief Arvind Kejriwal claiming to form a government with over 90 seats.
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Date Of Polling – 1st & 5th December
Time – 08:00AM to 05:00PM@ECISVEEP @bhavyagandhii#BhavyaGandhi #PowerOfOneVote #AVSAR #GoVote #NoVoterToBeleftBehind #GujaratElections2022 #EveryVoteCounts #gujaratassemblypolls pic.twitter.com/vs8pSPeJZ0— Chief Electoral Officer, Gujarat (@CEOGujarat) November 29, 2022
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah held various election rallies to seek votes for the BJP, while Rahul Gandhi who is leading the Bharat Jodo Yatra also campaigned for a brief period. Senior Congress leader and Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot along with newly-elected Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge are spearheading the party’s campaign.
Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia also visited the poll-bound state repeatedly to appeal to vote for the Aam Aadmi Party.
