Curtains come down on Gujarat Assembly elections campaign
The Campaigning for the first phase of elections in 89 out of the total 182 seats in Gujarat ended on Tuesday evening.
A long campaign by political parties with allegations and counter-allegations ended as votes are all set to be cast for phase 1 of the Assembly elections in Gujarat on December 1.
Voting for the remaining 93 seats will be held on December 5, while the counting of votes will take place on December 8. The ruling BJP is looking to expand its 27-year-long tenure in the state, while the Congress is hoping to ride the anti-incumbency to come to power.
The Aam Aadmi Party, which could not open its account in the 2017 Assembly elections, is looking to make in-roads to yet another state after Punjab with its party chief Arvind Kejriwal claiming to form a government with over 90 seats. Speaking to ANI, Gujarat Chief Electoral Officer, P Bharathi said that all arrangements have been made for the first phase of polling on Thursday.”