On December 5, voting for 93 Assembly seats spread across 14 central and northern Gujarat districts came to a close in the second and the last round. According to the Election Commission, the 2nd phase of polling saw a turnout of nearly 59% around 5 pm. Over 2.51 crore voters will determine the destiny of 833 contestants from 61 political parties in the 2nd round of the Gujarat polls.
There were roughly 36,000 EVMs and 26,409 polling places. To streamline the elections, about 84,000 polling officials and over 29,000 supervising officers were stationed in 14 districts. 93 voting stations were model booths, 93 environmentally friendly booths, Divyang handles the remaining 93, and young people administered 14 out of a maximum of 26,409 polling stations.
In the 2nd phase, live streaming occurred in 13,319 polling places. Gandhinagar, Chhota Udaipur, Panchmahal, Anand, Patan, Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Banaskantha, Mehsana, Aravali, Mahisagar, Sabarkantha, Dahod, and Kheda districts are home to the 93 constituencies that went to the polls in the second round.
Ghatlodia is a constituency that will decide Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel’s election destiny; Viramgam is a constituency where Patidar leader Hardik Patel run as a BJP contender; and Gandhinagar South, where the saffron party has chosen Alpesh Thakor, are among the critical constituencies in the 2nd and the final round of the elections in Gujarat.
On December 1, election authorities stated that an average turnout of 59.24% had been achieved across 89 assembly constituencies. While voting took place from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, the final participation would be more significant as it went on in the polling places where people had gathered before 5 pm and were waiting in lines. In the first phase, 788 applicants’ futures will be chosen.
With a few exceptions, voting in the 89 constituencies in southern Gujarat and Saurashtra-Kutch that were up for election in the first round was mainly calm. The Election Commission stated that the voter turnout number was preliminary since it did not account for postal votes, and statistics from certain polling places were yet to be received.
Meanwhile, the vote tallying will take place on December 8.
