TNI Bureau: The Election Commission of India on Thursday announced schedule for the much awaited Gujarat Assembly polls.
While elections in Gujarat will be held in two phases on December 1 and 5, the counting of votes for all 182 assembly seats will take place on December 8, informed the Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar.
Voting for 89 seats will be held on December 1 while voting for 93 seats will take place on December 5.
Filing of nominations will begin on November 5 and end on November 14 in first phase. Similarly, nominations will begin on November 10 and end on November 17 in second phase.
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Withdrawal of candidature allowed till November 17 for first phase and till November 21 for secondnd phase.
A total of 51,782 polling stations will be set up across Gujarat including more than 34,000 in rural areas.
There are over 4.9 crore electors eligible to vote this year.
The term of the 182-member state Assembly ends on February 18, 2023.
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