Gujarat Election Date 2022 Phase 1 Polling area wise VIP candidates: The Gujarat assembly elections Phase 1 will take place on 89 assembly seats on December 1 (Thursday). The state, which has traditionally witnessed a bipolar contest between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress, has a third player this time in the form of Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) which has fielded candidates on 181 out of total 182 seats in the Assembly. 

Gujarat Election Date 2022 Phase 1 Polling timing

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The Gujarat assembly elections Phase 1 on 89 assembly seats on December 1 (Thursday) will take place between 8 a.mm to 6 p.m.

Gujarat Election Date 2022 Phase 1 Polling Key facts

1) 2,39,76,670 voters will exercise their rights to vote their representatives in the Gujarat assembly elections Phase 1.

2) Total 788 candidates are in fray from 39 political parties and independent candidates.

3) 25,430 polling booths, of which 16,416 are in rural areas, and 9,014 in urban areas.

4) Total 1,06,963 election staff will be discharging duties, of which 79,985 are polling staff, and 27,978 are presiding officers

5) For next 36 hours, party candidates and Independents will be aggressively campaigning door to door as well as through social media.

Gujarat Election Date 2022 Phase 1 Polling Key Candidates in fray District wise, seat, constituencies

 

1) Isudan Gadhvi (Aam Aadmi Party's chief ministerial candidate) -  Khambhalia (Devbhumi Dwarka district)

 

2) Parshottam Solanki (Former BJP Gujarat minister) - Bhavnagar Rural (Bhavnagar district)

The BJP has once again put its trust in Parshottam Solanki, the sitting MLA from Bhavnagar Rural and a former minister. A prominent Koli leader, Solanki is considered a ‘strongman’ in Gujarat.

3) Kunwarji Bavaliya (Seven-time MLA) -  Jasdan (Rajkot district)

A seven-time MLA from Jasdan seat in Rajkot district, Bavaliya was a senior Congress leader before he switched sides. A prominent Koli community leader, Bavaliya won six times from Jasdan on a Congress ticket. He was also elected to the Lok Sabha from Rajkot as a Congressman in 2009.

After winning in 2017 from Jasdan on a Congress ticket, Bavaliya tendered his resignation in 2018 and later joined the BJP. He was soon made a minister in then-Vijay Rupani government. He subsequently won the by-poll from the same seat on a BJP ticket.

The Congress has fielded a Koli leader, Bholabhai Gohel, to take on Bavaliya. Gohel had won this seat in 2012 on a Congress ticket. After he was replaced by Babaliya in 2017, Gohel joined the BJP. After Bavaliya jumped ship, Gohel went back to the Congress in 2018.

4) Kantilal Amrutiya Morbi ‘hero’ (Five-time former BJP MLA) - Morbi (Morbi district)

When a suspension bridge over a river in Morbi town collapsed two weeks back, Amrutiya, a five-time former BJP MLA who was almost forgotten in political circles, suddenly came into limelight as videos showing him jumping into the water to rescue the victims went viral.

Along with his popularity among the masses, it was this brave act which helped him get ticket for the Morbi Assembly seat from the BJP. Amrutiya, better known as Kanabhai, had won from the Morbi seat in 1995, 1998, 2002, 2007 and 2012, but lost in 2017. In 2017, he lost to Congress candidate Brijesh Merja, who later joined the BJP and won by-election from Morbi to again enter the Assembly. He is currently serving as a minister in the BJP government.

5) Babu Bokhiria (BJP) - Porbandar (Porbandar district) 

69-year-old Bokhiria, who belongs to the Mer community, has been re-nominated from the Porbandar seat by the BJP. He won the seat in 1995, 1998, 2012 and 2017. In 2002 and 2007, Bokhiria was defeated by his arch-rival and former Gujarat Congress president Arjun Modhwadia. Both are face-to-face this time too.

6) Bhagwan Barad (BJP) - Talala (Gir Somnath district)

 A day after resigning as the Congress MLA from Talala (Gir Somnath district) and joining the BJP, the 63-year-old politician has been given a ticket by the saffron party from the same seat. Bhagwan Barad is an influential leader of the Ahir community. He won from the Talala constituency in 2007 and also in 2017. His brother Jashubhai Barad represented the seat in 1998 and 2012. Talala is one of the four Assembly segments in Gir Somnath district. In the 2017 Assembly elections, the BJP could not open its account in the district as the Congress bagged all the four seats.

7) Rivaba Jadeja (BJP)  - Jamnagar North (Jamnagar district)

In a surprise move, the BJP has fielded Indian cricketer and Jamnagar native Ravindra Jadeja’s wife Rivaba, who does not have any prior experience of politics or contesting elections, from Jamnagar North. The ruling party has dropped sitting MLA from the seat Dharmendrasinh Jadeja.

8) Paresh Dhanani (Congress) - Amreli (Amreli district) 

Dhanani, fielded from Amreli, was crowned a ‘giant killer’ after he defeated state BJP stalwart Parshottam Rupala at a young age in 2002. Though he lost in 2007, he once again captured the Patidar-dominated seat in 2012 and 2017. He has also served as the Leader of Opposition in the Gujarat Assembly.

9) Virji Thummar (Congress) - Lathi (Amreli district) 

He is the sitting MLA of Lathi (Amreli district) and one of the senior leaders and vocal voices of the opposition party. He was also elected to the Lok Sabha from Amreli on a Congress ticket.

10) Gopal Italia (AAP) - Katargam (Surat district) 

This young leader was recently made Gujarat AAP president and has been now fielded from the Patidar-dominated Katargam Assembly seat in Surat city, currently held by the BJP. Despite strong sentiment prevailing against the BJP in 2017 due to the Patidar quota agitation, the Congress could not snatch this seat from the ruling party.

11) Alpesh Kathiriya (AAP) - Varachha Road (Surat district) 

A former close aide of Hardik Patel, Kathiriya has been given ticket from the Patidar-dominated Varachha Road seat in Surat city, currently represented by ex-minister Kishor Kanani of the BJP. Kathiriya is facing sedition charges for allegedly inciting people during the Patidar agitation which was spearheaded by Hardik Patel.

Full schedule of Gujarat Assembly Election 2022

 

Gujarat Election Date 2022

The Gujarat assembly elections will be held in two phases on December 1 and 5.

First Phase - 1st December, 2022

Second Phase - 5th December, 2022

Gujarat Election Result Date 2022

The election results to the 182-member Gujarat assembly will be announced on 8th December, 2022.

In the 2017 polls, the BJP's winning tally came down to two digits at 99 while the Congress bettered its performance by winning 77 seats. With its aggressive campaign, AAP is projecting itself as the main challenger to BJP in the state, where polls have typically remained a bilateral contest between the saffron party and Congress.

Gujarat Election Exit Poll 2022

As per the rule, the exit poll will be aired on TV channels after the completion of polling. The exit poll will be telecast live on December 5 after the second phase polling ends. 

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Gujarat Election 2022: BJP Chief Minister Candidate 

Bhupendra Patel will remain the chief minister of Gujarat if BJP secures a majority in the next month's Assembly elections, senior party leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Monday. Shah's statement makes it clear that Patel is the chief ministerial candidate of the BJP, which is eyeing the seventh consecutive term in the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Shah.

"If BJP gets a majority in Gujarat, Bhupendra Patel will be the next chief minister," PTI quoted Shah as saying.

Gujarat Election 2022: AAP Chief Minister Candidate 

Earlier, Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party had declared party leader Isudan Gadhvi as the chief ministerial candidate after conducting a "public survey". 

Gujarat Election 2022: Congress Chief Minister Candidate 

Congress has decided not to declare the CM face for the Gujarat elections 2022.

(PTI Inputs)

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