Gujarat Polls Phase 2: Final polling for 93 Assembly constituencies underway
The 93 poll-bound seats in the second phase are spread across Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Mehsana, Patan, Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, Aravali, Mahisagar, Panchmahal, Dahod, Vadodara, Anand, Kheda and Chhota Udaipur districts.
Polling for the second phase of the Gujarat Assembly Elections for 93 Assembly constituencies across 14 districts of north and central Gujarat began at 8 am on Monday.(PTI)
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833 candidates from 61 parties are in the fray in the second phase of the Gujarat elections.(PTI)
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Authorities have set up 26,409 polling booths and nearly 36,000 Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) will be used for the purpose.(PTI)
Around 29,000 presiding officers and over 84,000 polling officers have been deployed in 14 districts to facilitate the polls.(AFP)
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"Total of 2,51,58,730 voters will vote, of which, 1,29,26,501 are men, 1,22,31,335 are women and 894 are from the third gender," Gujarat's Chief Electoral Officer P Bharathi said.(AP)
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Tribals and farmers affected by the Ken-Betwa river-linking project stage a symbolic Chita Andolan (pyre protests), Jal Satyagraha and hanging satyagraha by placing nooses around their necks, over their demands of better compensation and rehabilitation, in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 15-day protest ended after police removed them from site.
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Parallelly, the crackdown on protesters to maintain law and order situation in the sensitive areas of Central Delhi continued with lathi charge, tear gas firing etc.
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Television evangilist Joni Lamb sings a praise song during 'Celebration', a show that she and her husband Marcus host on the Daystar Network, on July 30, 2001.
