Live updates on the Gujarat Assembly Elections: The Election Commission stated on Thursday that the Gujarat. Assembly elections will take place in two stages on December 1 and 5. With results being released on December 8. In the first phase, 89 of the 182 seats in the legislative Assembly will be up for election; in the second 93. This year Gujrat more than 4.9 crore voters are eligible to cast ballots. More than 51,000 voting places will be put up, more than 34,000 of which will be in rural regions.
Before releasing the timetable, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar sent his sympathies. To the families of the Morbi bridge tragedy’s victims. He said that the tragedy, which left at least 135 people dead caused a delay in the announcement of the polling timetable.
The Gujarat Assembly’s current term expires on February 18, 2023
The Model Code of Conduct implemented in the state with the publication of the election calendar. Before the elections, the Center deployed 160 companies of the Central Armed Police Forces.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party engaged in a three-cornered struggle. In the eagerly anticipated, high-stakes elections (AAP). Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state ruled by the BJP for more than 20 years. The BJP won 99 seats in the most recent election, while the Congress took home 77. Garnering 49.05 percent of the vote to the BJP’s 42.97 percent. The BJP’s number climbed to 111 over time, while the Congress’ number decreased with time to 62.
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Nine others detained in the meanwhile on suspicion of culpable homicide (not amounting to murder). There are two managers of the Orewa Group (Ajanta Manufacturing Pvt Ltd), the business that the municipality hired to maintain the bridge, two ticket takers also two contractors that the firm hired to fix the bridge, and three security guards whose job it was to regulate traffic on the bridge.
