The process of nomination for the much-talked about Gujarat Assembly Polls will begin on Tuesday and continue till the next seven days.
Gujarat’s Chief Election Officer BB Swain said notification for the nomination process of the first phase of the assembly elections will be issued on November 14. The last date for the filing nomination would be 21st November, he said adding that on the next day on November 22, the process of scrutiny would be carried out. The nomination can be withdrawn till November 24, he added.
The notification for the second phase will be issued on November 20. The last date for nominations will be November 27. The date for scrutiny of nomination papers will be November 28 and last date for the withdrawal of nomination would be on November 30.
The polling will be conducted in two phases on December 9 and 14 for the 182 assembly seats. Counting of votes will take place on December 18. For the first time one booth in each of the 182 constituencies will be managed by women only. The total number of booths is 50128 all of which use EVMs fitted with VVPAT for the polls. In the first phase polling will be done for 89 seats across 19 districts in Saurashtra-Kutch and South Gujarat regions. In the second phase, polling will be done for 93 constituencies across 14 districts of North and Central Gujarat regions.
According to Swain there are 4.33 crore eligible voters in the State.
Out these electors, 2.11 crore comes under Saurashtra-Kutch and South Gujarat region where first phase of voting would be held, he said adding that remaining 2.21 crore from North and Central Gujarat regions.