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Gujarat election first phase LIVE updates

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Gujarat election first phase LIVE:

#GujaratRound1 polling for #GujaratElection2017 records 60% voting till 4pm. Was 45 till 2pm.

Gujarat Assembly Election Final Voter Turnout 68 % 

In 2012 #GujaratElection voters turnout was over 71 percent.

The first phase polling took place for 89 constituencies out of the total 182 constituencies that went to polling on Saturday. 21 million voters wud decide fate of 977 candidates.

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani voted for the Gujarat polls

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani voted for the Gujarat polls

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani had also cast his vote for the Gujarat polls

Early morning on Saturday, PM Modi, BJP and Congress leaders urged people to come out and vote.

1st Phase of #voting for #GujaratElection2017 begins. BJP urges voters to vote for devp Vikas. PM #Modi urges particularly youngsters to turnout in record numbers.
PM @narendramodi to address 4 #election rallies in North & Central #Gujarat today. #GujratElections @VisheshBaat


 

During voting, there were reports of faulty EVMs from various constituencies. It is said that over 70 EVMs were found faulty in Surat constituency alone.

The election commission is said to have replaced the faulty EVM promptly streamlining the voting process. 

 

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Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has asked whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi had visited houses of the Dalits and the Patidars when the youths of the two sections of the society were attacked.

On the other hand, on the day of polling in 89 constituencies in Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held four rallies in North and Central Guajrat.

PM thanks people of Gujarat for the record voter turnout