There are 788 candidates in the fray for 19 districts of South Gujarat and 89 seats in the Kutch-Saurashtra regions. For which voting will be held on Thursday i.e. December 1. A total of 2,39,76,670 voters are registered in the areas covered under the first phase.
gujarat assembly election 2022
Gujarat Assembly Election The campaigning for the first phase of polling ended at 5 pm on Tuesday. Voting for the first phase is to be held on December 1. In this phase, voting will be held in 19 districts of South Gujarat and 89 seats in Kutch-Saurashtra regions. A total of 788 candidates are trying their luck in the first phase. Traditionally, this western state of India has traditionally seen a contest between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress, but this time a third party in the form of the Aam Aadmi Party is also in the fray. The Aam Aadmi Party, which is in power in Delhi and Punjab, has fielded candidates for 181 out of the total 182 seats in Gujarat.
Among the main candidates in the first phase, the fate of AAP’s chief ministerial candidate Isudan Gadhvi, who is contesting from Khambhalia in Devbhoomi Dwarka district, is also at stake. Former Gujarat minister Purushottam Solanki, six-time MLA Kunvarji Bavaliya, Morbi’s ‘nayak’ Kantilal Amritiya, cricketer Ravindra Jadeja’s wife Rivaba and AAP’s Gujarat unit president Gopal Italia are also in the fray.
BJP has done bumper rallies
Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the BJP’s campaign for the first phase. At the same time, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, party president JP Nadda, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and many other BJP leaders also addressed several rallies during this period. In the first phase, 89-89 candidates of BJP and Congress, while 88 candidates of AAP are in the fray. AAP candidate from Surat (East) seat withdrew his nomination on the last day.
How many candidates from which party
In the first phase, BJP has fielded nine women candidates, Congress six and AAP five. Out of the total 788 candidates in the first phase, 718 are male and only 70 are female candidates. Whereas, Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) fielded 57 candidates in the first phase, Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) 14, Samajwadi Party 12, Communist Party of India (Marxist) four, Communist Party of India two candidates. is lowered. Apart from this, 339 independents are also in the fray.
According to the Election Commission, a total of 2,39,76,670 voters are registered in the areas covered under the first phase. These include 1,24,33,362 men, 1,15,42,811 women and 497 transgender voters. Gujarat has a total of 4,91,35,400 registered voters. In the first phase of polling, polling will be held at 25,434 polling stations, out of which 9,018 polling stations have been set up in urban areas and 16,416 in rural areas.
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