The voting began at 8 am to decide the fate of 788 candidates in 89 constituencies spread across 19 districts. The voter turnout was 48.48 per cent till 3 pm.
Cricketer Ravindra Jadeja, husband of Rivaba Jadeja, the BJP candidate from the Jamnagar North seat in Gujarat, on Thursday placed his faith in people of the constituency stating that they believe that his wife would do a good job and would stand up to their expectations.
After a gap of two days, Prime Minister Modi once again returned to the Gujarat election campaign trail. His three-hour-long mega roadshow is spanning across 16 assembly constituencies for the second phase of State Assembly elections.
Earlier today, PM Modi also hit back at Congress for the 'Ravana' remark. Addressing an election rally in Panchmahal, he said there is a competition among Congress leaders as to who will use the most abusive words for him.
The state has been a BJP stronghold for long and the party has set its sights on returning to power for the seventh term. Modi has been Gujarat's longest-serving chief minister from 2001 till 2014.
The voting began at 8 am in 89 constituencies spread across 19 districts of Kutch, Saurashtra and South Gujarat on Thursday and will continue till 5 pm. The voter turnout was 34.65 per cent till 1 pm.
"We are advocating a change. Chief Ministers were changed so that they could feel anti-incumbency. There is a neck-to-neck fight here (Ankleshwar) yet I am confident that Congress will win," said Mumtaz Patel daughter of late Congress leader Ahmed Patel
As Gujarat is all set to vote for the first phase of the assembly elections, Jambur, India's mini-African village will vote in its own tribal booth for the first time.
Ahead of Gujarat assembly polls, the Election Commission of India seized cash, jewellery, drugs worth Rs 750 crore in Gujarat, said Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar in an Exclusive interview with ANI. Tomorrow is the first phase of elections in Gujarat in which voting will be held on