Gujarat Assembly Elections 2017: First phase polling went off peacefully enlisting 68% voting
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Gujarat on Saturday held the first of its two-stage polling, enlisting 68 percent voting, which is relied upon to cross 70 percent- like the 2012 figure. The election was tranquil, except a few occurrences of conflicts, while around 100 dissensions of EVM malfunctioning were gotten.
Till late at night, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Gujarat office, B Swain was all the while gathering information on the final polling figures for the first stage, that will decide the destiny of 977 candidates for 89 Assembly seats in 19 districts of Saurashtra-Kutch and South Gujarat.
Excepting a few occurrences, the primary stage went off gently. "We are extremely upbeat that in spite of misgivings, wherever the elections were completed calmly, aside from two or three episodes, yet that too were outside the polling booths," said CEO, Gujarat, Swain.
A conflict happened between two people outside a polling booth in Jaar town in Bhayavadar taluka of Rajkot area. While turning out from the polling booth with his wife, a man, Jann Mohammad Sora, had a squabble with Piyush Babubhai, both matured around 30. The two were raced to the Upleta general clinic subsequent to accepting wounds in the conflict.
In Surendranagar's Sayla taluka's Chorvira vilage, a conflict happened between two gatherings outside the polling booth. In another episode in Junagadh, a man named Mitbhai Arunbhai who was not a voter, went with a man, Amitbhai Thummar, inside the polling booth and began taking pictures, which was ceased by a lady constable on obligation. A squabble took after. A FIR has been recorded by both the people against the constable, Vijetaben Parmar.
In Amod close Jambusar, a voter told the Returning Officer (RO) that the Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) was demonstrating an alternate voting inclination than the one for which he had voted. At the point when the RO requesting to file a written complaint, he denied.
The last hour of ballotting saw an expansion of around 10 percent voting. In Amreli, in the most recent hour it expanded from 56.38 to 67 percent, while in Rajkot at 4 pm it was 60.32 percent which expanded to 70 at close of polling at 5 pm. Thus, around 10 % increment was seen in Devbhoomi Dwarka where it was 53.54 %, and rose to 63. In Surat, it was 60.64 % at 4 pm and rose to 70 following 60 minutes. The polling was done even after the announced time of 5 pm as individuals were as yet arranged in lines at polling booths, which went ahead till 6.30 pm.
The most extreme polling was seen in Navsari and Morbi regions with 75 %, while the lowest was in Bhavnagar and Botad regions with 60 %. The polling rate in 2012 Assembly polls remained at 70.7 %, while in 2007 it was around 60 %.
Both the BJP and Congress guaranteed to have an edge over the other by the day's end. "The sort of investigation and data that we are accepting, BJP is slated for a major win. This will be an avalanche triumph for the party," Finance Minister and election in-control for BJP in Gujarat Arun Jaitley said.
Paresh Dhanani, candidate and sitting MLA from Congress from Amreli in Saurashtra, stated, "I think the general population have voted to free Gujarat from dread, hunger and the corrupt rule of BJP and enable Congress to win."
Among the critical spots that went to polls on Saturday incorporates Surat, representing 16 seats. In the last polls in 2012, BJP had snatched 15 of these. Surat saw a few disturbances in the previous two years, first by the Patel people group and after that over the GST by textile merchants.
While the Congress is planning to hold its Mandvi (ST) seat in Surat and make an imprint in the BJP bastion, as Patels hold influence in bodies electorate as Varachha, Kapodara, Kamrej, and Surat (North), the saffron party is trusting that the voting public profile of voters would enable it to oversee and limit the harm. The most youthful legislator in Gujarat Assembly, 31-year-old Harsh Sanghvi, is challenging from Majura Assembly fragment of Surat.
The Bharuch region in South Gujarat, from where senior Congressman Ahmed Patel hails, additionally went to polls in the first phase. The electorate in the locale voted to choose five representatives.Tribal strongman Chhotu Vasava of Bharatiya Tribal Party is battling to hold this seat for the seventh time.
In Saurashtra, it involved renown for Chief Minister Vijay Rupani to hold Rajkot (West) seat held by his party for most recent 32 years. He was tested by the wealthiest competitor in the shred and Congressman Indranil Rajyaguru, who had started battling in the supporters for over 18 months and had tested to challenge Rupani from whichever voting demographic he challenged. The profile of this voting demographic is to such an extent that Karnataka Governor and once official from this body electorate, Vajubhai Vala, had flown down from Bengaluru to make his choice.
The destiny of BJP chief Jitu Vaghani too was sealed from Bhavnagar (West) constituency . In spite of the fact that the caste conditions in the seat support him over his Congress equal Dilipsinh Gohil, the issue of hostile to incumbency and outrage of Patels could influence his ride to harsh.
Rajkot, which is known for its 'break time' from 1 to 4 toward the evening, enlisted high voting with individuals in vast numbers lining up toward the evening to vote. Rajkot's Visavadar saw their voter, previous Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel, practice his rights coming the distance from his residence in Gandhinagar.
Villagers of Limdi town in Surendranagar locale have boycotted the decisions over their different grievances.
The second period of the state get together decisions will be on December 14. Tallying of votes will be on the December 18 alongside that of Himachal Pradesh.
In New Delhi, Deputy Election Commissioner Umesh Sinha said that there were a few objections of Electronic Voting Machines being associated with Bluetooth, however it was observed to be "absolutely false".
He likewise said that it was the first run through EVMs with VVPAT were utilized on such a huge scale.
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