Gujarat Election 2022 Phase 1 Updates: 60.23% turnout recorded as polling ends
Ahmedabad, Dec 01: A moderate voter turnout of 60.23 per cent was recorded in the first phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections covering 89 seats across 19 districts of Saurashtra-Kutch and southern regions of the state on Thursday with the polling ending on by and large peaceful note. The electoral fate of 788 candidates who were in the fray in the first phase was locked in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
Barring a few minor incidents and some reports of problems in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), the voting process, which commenced at 8 am, remained largely peaceful. The second phase of elections will be held on December 5 and results will be announced on December 8.
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Voters casting their vote at Polling Station made from Shipping container in Aliabet, an isolated place in 151- Vagra AC in Bharuch.
— Election Commission of India #SVEEP (@ECISVEEP) December 1, 2022
Initiative by #ECI,to facilitate Voters who earlier had to travel far to vote as there was no govt/semi govt building available. #GujaratElections pic.twitter.com/JfeR874v1Z
#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi warmly greeted by locals in Kalol, Gujarat after his rally, earlier today
— ANI (@ANI) December 1, 2022
(Source: PMO) pic.twitter.com/rD7dxBCMu0
Gujarat records 48.48% voter turnout till 3 pm in the first phase of the ongoing Assembly elections; 63.98% voting in Tapi
— ANI (@ANI) December 1, 2022
(Data source: Election Commission of India) pic.twitter.com/KPAIh6iHe8
District-wise voter turnout till 11am
#GujaratAssemblyPolls | Prafulbhai More, a man whose wedding is scheduled for today casts his vote in Tapi
— ANI (@ANI) December 1, 2022
He says, "I urge everyone to vote, you shouldn't waste it. My wedding was scheduled for the morning but I rescheduled it for the evening, we've to go to Maharashtra for it" pic.twitter.com/q1nWt9q8k1
Gujarat | AAP candidate Alpesh Kathiriya casts his vote in the first phase of #GujaratAssemblyPolls, at a polling station in Surat. pic.twitter.com/KwUplgVdTb
— ANI (@ANI) December 1, 2022
18.95% voter turnout recorded till 11 am in the first phase of #GujaratElections2022 pic.twitter.com/0yVvtuIopk
— ANI (@ANI) December 1, 2022
#GujaratElections2022 | BJP leader & Union minister Parshottam Rupala votes in Amreli. pic.twitter.com/n4CXly3JC1
— ANI (@ANI) December 1, 2022