Gujarat Votes For 89 Seats, Surat The Big Focus

Thursday, 1 December 2022newsdesk

89 seats will vote in the first phase of assembly polls in Gujarat today, in which the BJP is hoping for a seventh consecutive term. Its big challenger is the Aam Aadmi Party, which has managed to push aside the Congress in terms of visibility.

New Delhi 01 December 2022

As per news report of NDTV, Provisional voter turnout till 11 am was 18.86 per cent. The 89 seats are spread across 19 districts of Kutch and Saurashtra region and the southern part of the state. For the BJP, which has been ruling the state since 1995, the real challenge is arresting the slide in numbers. The party's score has been shrinking since the 2002- dropping from 137 to 99 in the 2018 election. Setting the party a target of 140 of the state's 182 seats, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has been directly controlling the operations. The BJP has conducted a high voltage campaign, carpet-bombing the state with high-profile leaders.

Source - NDTV