After the high-voltage campaigning, voting for 93 of Gujarat's 182 assembly seats will be held today, in the second and final phase of polling, deciding the fate of the 833 candidates.
The polling parties in Gujarat have gathered at the EVM distribution centre in Gandhinagar ahead of the second phase of polling in the state on Monday.
The overall voter turnout till 9 am was 4.94 per cent, at 11 am it was recorded at 19.24 per cent, at 1 pm it was recorded at 36.65 per cent and at 3 pm the overall voter turnout was recorded at 48.65 per cent.
PM Modi will address four public rallies in Gujarat on Friday starting with Kanakraj, then Patan and Sojitra, and finally Ahmedabad, where he will hold a roadshow as well.
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.
As the voting for the first phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections began, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called upon all the voters to come out in large numbers to exercise their franchise, especially the first-time voters.
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.