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On Thursday, PM Modi had a 54 km road show in Ahmedabad.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold 4 rallies in Gujarat today. His first rally will be at Nathpura village in Banaskantha, second rally at University Ground in Patan, third rally at CB Patel English Medium School in Anand and last rally at Vikram Mill Compound in Ahmedabad.
Voting for 89 seats on Thursday
Out of 182 assembly seats in the state, voting took place on Thursday in 89 seats in Saurashtra-Kutch and South Gujarat. Now the second phase of polling will be held on December 5. Tomorrow i.e. 3rd December is the last day of campaigning. That’s why smoke-filled rallies of all parties are going on today and tomorrow.
14 seats were covered in the 54 km road show in Ahmedabad.
PM did 54 km roadshow in Ahmedabad
PM Modi did a 54 km long roadshow in Ahmedabad on Thursday. The 4-hour-long roadshow started at Naroda at 5:15 pm and ended at Chandkheda at 9:05 pm. The PM stopped his motorcade to give way to an ambulance during the roadshow. On the way of the roadshow, 35 stops were made at the statues of personalities like Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, PM paid floral tributes at all the statues. 14 assembly seats of Ahmedabad were covered under the purview of the road show. Prior to the roadshow, the PM had also held rallies at Kalol in Panchmahal, Bodeli in Chhota Udepur and Himmatnagar.
5.49% less turnout than last election
Voting for the first phase of the Gujarat assembly elections was completed at 5 pm on Thursday. The fate of 788 candidates who contested for 89 seats in 19 districts has been sealed in EVMs. In the first phase, 62.89 percent people voted. This figure was 5.49% less than the 2017 election. Not only this, this time there was the lowest voting in 10 years.
Last time 4% less voting reduced BJP’s 15 seats.
In the last election, BJP had lost 15 seats in this region due to about 4% less voting as compared to 2012. Patidar, OBC and tribal votes are considered crucial in this region. Out of these 89 seats, 32 are Patidar dominated and 16 are tribal dominated seats. More than 70% voting has been done in only two districts Narmada and Tapi. Voting in 9 districts has been between 50% to 60%.
More voting in tribal areas
Look at the overall voting, there is less voting in metros, Patidar areas, but more voting in tribal areas. However, in comparison to 2017, there has not been more voting in a single district. Importantly, the urban area is considered a stronghold of the BJP. But the voting has decreased by 11% in the cities as well. This time the seats of BJP-Congress can also increase or decrease due to the arrival of the third force Aam Aadmi Party. On the other hand, 67.65% votes were cast in Morbi, which came into limelight after the cable bridge accident. There was 73.66% voting in 2017 and 74.9% voting in 2012.
Interesting facts related to Gujarat elections
- The 2012 assembly elections in Gujarat were the last elections fought under the direct leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Modi was the face of the Chief Minister’s post then.
- Compared to 2012, in 2017 the average voting in the first phase of seats had decreased. Its direct loss was to the BJP.
- In 2012, when the voting was high, BJP got 61 seats in its account. In 2017, the BJP’s seats also came down to 48 due to the decrease in voting.
With the help of the graphic below, you can understand the seats won by different parties in the last two assembly elections in Gujarat…
Voting will be held on December 5 on 93 seats in the second phase of this election for 182 seats. The results will come on December 8 i.e. along with the Himachal assembly elections. This time 4.6 lakh people will vote for the first time in the state. Before the announcement of election dates, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar expressed grief over the Morbi bridge accident in Gujarat.
