Gujarat Polls: Voter turnout at 50.51 per cent till 3 pm in 2nd phase of voting

Gujarat witnessed a voter turnout of 5051 per cent till 3 pm in the ongoing second phase of the state Assembly elections on MondayThe voting began at 8 am today The voting percentage was recorded at 3474 per cent till 1 pmAccording to the State Election Commission Sabarkantha recorded the highest voter turnout of 5723 per cent in the polling while Ahmedabad recorded the lowest voter turnout of 4467 per centMeanwhile in Gandhinagar where the top leaders of the BJP including PM Narendra Modi Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel cast their votes witnessed 5205 per centPolling for the second and final phase of the Gujarat Assembly Elections for 93 Assembly constituencies across 14 districts of north and central Gujarat began at 8 am amid tight security arrangements on MondayAlso Read Gujarat polls second phase PM Modi casts vote in AhmedabadAs many as 833 candidates from 61 parties are in the fray in the second phase of the Gujarat elections whose fate will be decided by over 251 crore electoratesThe Election Commission has established 26409 polling booths and nearly 36000 Electronic Voting Machines EVMs will be used for the purpose Around 29000 presiding officers and over 84000 polling officers have been deployed in 14 districts to facilitate the pollsAccording to Gujarats Chief Electoral Officer P Bharathi of the total 26409 polling stations 93 are model polling booths 93 are ecofriendly booths Divyang and 14 manage another 93 are managed by youth Webcasting will be done in 13319 polling booths in the second phaseTotal of 25158730 voters will vote of which 12926501 are men 12231335 are women and 894 are from the third gender Bharathi saidThe 93 pollbound seats in the second phase are spread across Ahmedabad Gandhinagar Mehsana Patan Banaskantha Sabarkantha Aravali Mahisagar Panchmahal Dahod Vadodara Anand Kheda and Chhota Udaipur districtsDuring the first phase of polling on December 1 Gujarat saw an overall turnout of 6314 per cent The voting began at 8 am in 89 constituencies spread across 19 districts of Kutch Saurashtra and South Gujarat regions The first phase of voting for 89 seats in Kutch Saurashtra and South Gujarat ended on December 1 with an overall turnout of 6331 per centThe counting of votes will be done on December 8This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever