Gujarat polls second phase: PM Modi casts vote in Ahmedabad

Prime Minister Narendra Modi cast his vote in the second phase of assembly elections in Gujarats Ahmedabad on MondayPM Modi exercised his franchise at Nishan Public School Ranip in Ahmedabad Earlier he left from Gandhinagar Raj Bhawan to cast his votePM 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 voteEarlier 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 pmUrging 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 tweetedUnion Home Minister Amit Shah will also cast his vote in the second phase in Ahmedabad todayAlso read Mumbais air quality stays in lsquopoorrsquo category AQI at 293Polling in the second and final phase is being conducted for 93 Assembly constituencies across 14 districts of north and central Gujarat As 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 another 93 are managed by Divyang and 14 are managed by youth Webcasting is being 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 districtsAmong the key constituencies in the final phase are Ghatlodia which will determine the poll fate of Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel Viramgam where Patidar leader Hardik Patel will contest as a BJP candidate and Gandhinagar South where the saffron party has fielded Alpesh ThakorThe Leader of the Opposition Congress Sukhram Rathava will contest from Chhota Udaipur while Lakhabhai Bharwad Jignesh Mevani and Amee Yajnik are some other prominent Congress names from Viramgam Vadgam and Ghatlodia seatsFrom the Aam Aadmi Party AAP Bharat Vakhala from Devgadhbaria Bheema Chaudhary from Deodar Dolat Patel from Gandhinagar South Kunwarji Thakor from Viramgam and Vijay Patel from Ghatlodia will test their electoral fortunes in the second and final phase on MondayThe highoctane campaigning for the second phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections came to an end on Saturday evening which saw big shots across parties trying to woo votersAmong prominent names who will cast their votes in the final phase in Gujarat are PM Modi Union Home Minister Amit Shah Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel Isudan Gadhvi Gujarat Congress president Jagdish Thakor and cricketers Irfan Pathan Hardik Pandya and Krunal PandyaDuring 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 regionsThe 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 results of the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly election will be announced 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