NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, DEC 5
માનનીય પ્રધાનમંત્રી શ્રી @narendramodi એ લોકશાહીના આ મહાપર્વમાં મતદાન કર્યું.
તમે કર્યું? pic.twitter.com/ZycBlSSDAH
— BJP Gujarat (@BJP4Gujarat) December 5, 2022
PM Modi exercised his franchise at Nishan Public School, Ranip in Ahmedabad. Earlier, he left from Gandhinagar Raj Bhawan to cast his vote.
Cast my vote in Ahmedabad. Urging all those voting today to turnout in record numbers and vote. pic.twitter.com/m0X16uCtjA
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 5, 2022
PM Modi also greeted people on his way to the school ahead of casting his vote. At the polling booth, he stood in the queue waiting for his turn to vote.
Urging all those who are voting in Phase 2 of the Gujarat elections, particularly the young voters and women voters to vote in large numbers. I will be casting my vote in Ahmedabad at around 9 AM.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 5, 2022
Earlier today, he urged the people of the state to vote in large numbers. The voting began at 8 am today and will continue till 5 pm.
ગુજરાત વિધાનસભાની ચૂંટણીના બીજા તબક્કાના મતદાનમાં સૌ નાગરિકોને, ખાસ કરીને યુવા તેમજ મહિલા મતદારોને, અચૂક મતદાન કરવા માટે અનુરોધ કરું છું.
હું સવારે 9 વાગ્યે અમદાવાદમાં મારો મત આપીશ.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 5, 2022
“Urging all those who are voting in Phase 2 of the Gujarat elections, particularly the young voters and women voters to vote in large numbers. I will be casting my vote in Ahmedabad at around 9 am,” PM Modi tweeted.
ગુજરાતમાં આજે બીજા અને છેલ્લા તબક્કાનું મતદાન છે. આ તબક્કાના તમામ મતદારોને, ખાસ કરીને યુવાનોને અપીલ કરું છું કે ગુજરાતમાં શાંતિ અને સમૃદ્ધિ સુનિશ્ચિત કરતી સરકારને પ્રચંડ બહુમતી સાથે વિજયી બનાવવા વિક્રમજનક સંખ્યામાં મતદાન કરીએ.
તમારા એક મતમાં ગુજરાતનું સુવર્ણ ભવિષ્ય સમાયેલું છે.
— Amit Shah (Modi Ka Parivar) (@AmitShah) December 5, 2022
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will exercise his franchise at a municipal centre in Naranpura area here.
A total of 833 candidates from 61 political parties, including Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), are contesting the polls in these Assembly segments spread across Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Gandhinagar and other districts.
લોકશાહીના પર્વ ચૂંટણીમાં માનનીય મુખ્યમંત્રી શ્રી @Bhupendrapbjp સહપરિવાર મતદાન કર્યું.
આપ સૌ પણ પોતાના મતાધિકારનો ઉપયોગ કરી અમૂલ્ય મત આપો.#પ્રચંડ_જીત_તરફ_ભાજપ pic.twitter.com/HRJo3kSO5P
— BJP Gujarat (@BJP4Gujarat) December 5, 2022
The second and final phase of voting for the Gujarat Assembly elections began at 8 am on Monday in 93 constituencies across 14 districts in the central and north regions of the state.
લોકશાહીના મહાપર્વ નિમિત્તે મતદાન કરી દેશના જાગૃત નાગરિક તરીકેની ફરજ નિભાવી.
આપ સૌને વિનંતી છે કે ખૂબ મોટા પ્રમાણમાં મતદાન કરી સમગ્ર ગુજરાતમા સત્તા પરીવર્તન લાવવાનો સંકલ્પ કરીએ.#voteforchange#vote #democracy #Congress pic.twitter.com/QFIZCyCKo2
— Jagdish Thakor (@jagdishthakormp) December 5, 2022
A total of 833 candidates from 61 political parties, including Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), are contesting the polls in these Assembly segments spread across Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Gandhinagar and other districts.
On the eve of polling, PM Modi took blessings of his mother Hiraba by visiting her residence in the state capital Gandhinagar.
The BJP is seeking a seventh straight term in Gujarat where the new poll entrant Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has added a third dimension to the traditional bipolar contest between the saffron party and the Congress.
The first phase of voting for 89 seats in Saurashtra, Kutch and south Gujarat regions was held on December 1, when an average voter turnout of 63.31 per cent was recorded.
The counting of votes for the total 182 Assembly seats will be taken up on December 8.
The 833 candidates in the fray for the second phase of polls include 285 independents.
A total of 2.51 crore voters are eligible to exercise their franchise for the second phase of elections, including 1.29 crore men and 1.22 crore women. There are 5.96 lakh voters in the age group of 18 to 19 years, according to the Election Commission.
The poll body has set up 14,975 polling stations for which 1.13 lakh election staffers have been deployed.
The BJP and the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP are contesting in all 93 seats. The Congress is contesting 90 seats and its alliance partner Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in two segments.
Among other parties, the Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) has fielded 12 candidates and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 44.
Some of the important constituencies in the second phase of polls include Ghatlodia (in Ahmedabad district) of CM Bhupendra Patel, Viramgam seat (also in Ahmedabad) from where Patidar leader Hardik Patel is fighting on the BJP’s ticket, and Gandhinagar South from where Alpesh Thakor is fighting as the saffron party candidate.
Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani is contesting as the Congress candidate from Vadgam seat in Banaskantha district, and Leader of Opposition in the Gujarat Assembly Sukhram Rathva is the nominee from Jetpur in Chhota Udepur district.
BJP rebel Madhu Shrivastav is contesting as an independent candidate from Vaghodia seat in Vadodara district.
PM Modi conducted a whirlwind campaign for the BJP candidates on December 1 and 2, including two back-to-back road shows in Ahmedabad.
During the last leg of the campaign, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held rallies in Dholka, Mahudha and Khambhat towns, while Union minister Smriti Irani held roadshows in Modasa and Siddhpur towns of north Gujarat.
AAP leader and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann also held road shows for the second phase of the elections.
