Gujarat polls live: 30.31% voter turnout at noon, BJP dismisses Cong’s complaint over EVMs, Rahul Gandhi attacks Modi over Amit Shah’s son, GST
The first phase of polling for the Gujarat assembly election began on Saturday morning, an important test for the ruling BJP that has been in power for 22 years in the state. Kutch, Saurashtra and South Gujarat will vote for 89 seats of the 182 seats.
The election is being held in two phases, with the second phase scheduled for December 14, and counting of the votes to be done on December 18.
The polling began at 8 am and will continue till 5 in the evening.