Gujarat elections live betting market predicts bjp win as amit shah votes

Gujarat elections LIVE: Betting market predicts BJP win as Amit Shah votes

Gujarat Assembly election 2017: 182 candidates are contesting 2nd phase of polls. For live updates on Gujarat polls follow Business Standard

Election News Gujarat Assembly election 2017: The second phase of polling that started at 8 am will end at 5 pm today. Mostly in the north, west and central parts of Gujarat, these 93 constituencies are spread across 14 districts. Of the state’s 182 Assembly seats, 89 had seen voting in the first phase held on December 9. The results to the Gujarat state election, as well as the Himachal Pradesh elections held earlier, will be announced after counting of votes cast in both phases of Gujarat polling on December 18.

As for Thursday’s phase of Gujarat polling, some 2.22 million people are expected to exercise their franchise to elect 93 legislators from among 851 candidates – including 69 women – who are in the fray. According to the Election Commission of India, a total of 28,114 electronic voting machines (EVMs) have been pressed into service at 25,558 polling stations.

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