Voting for 2nd phase of Gujarat assembly elections to be held tomorrow

Gandhinagar, December 04

In Gujarat, polling for the second phase of assembly elections will be held tomorrow. Voting will take place at 93 constituencies spread over 14 districts including Ahmedabad, Vadodara and Gandhinagar between 8 am to 5 PM.

A total of 833 contestants are in the fray including 69 women candidates. The Counting of votes for both the phases will be held on 8th of December.

Election Commission has made all the necessary arrangements to ensure peaceful elections. Over 26 thousand polling booths have been set up in the poll-bound districts. Meanwhile, State Chief Electoral Officer P Bharati has appealed the urban voters to vote in large numbers.

All the polling parties along with the polling materials are being dispatched to their designated polling booths in order to make necessary arrangements for the polling. To facilitate elderly and Divyang voters, all the polling stations have been set up on the ground floor.

There will be one Model Polling Station, One Polling booth manned by Divyangjan and one eco-friendly booth in all 93 constituencies.

Apart from this, there will be around 650 Sakhi polling booths where all the polling and Police staff will be women. To ensure free and fair elections, live webcasting will be arranged in over 13 thousand 300 booths in this phase.