Gujarat Election 2022 Live Updates: PM Modi wraps up his Gujarat campaign, addresses 31 rallies
THE TIMES OF INDIA | Dec 02, 2022, 23:29:25 IST
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Gujarat Election 2022 Live Updates: PM Modi wraps up his Gujarat campaign, addresses 31 rallies

Modi said Congress's attacks may have been directed at him but were tantamount to insulting Gujarat. "One Congress functionary said I would die a dog's death; another said I will die like Hitler. So much hate for the people of Gujarat" he said. Stay with TOI for all updates
08:30 (IST) Dec 01
BJP's Rivaba Jadeja casts her vote in Rajkot. She is contesting from Jamnagar North.
BJP's Rivaba Jadeja casts her vote in Rajkot. She is contesting from Jamnagar North.
08:27 (IST) Dec 01
The BSP has fielded 57 candidates, BTP 14 and CPM four candidates. As many as 339 independents are also in the fray in the first phase.
08:26 (IST) Dec 01
Apart from the BJP, Congress and AAP, 36 other political outfits including the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Samajwadi Party (SP), Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) and Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) have also fielded candidates in various seats up for grabs the first phase.
08:23 (IST) Dec 01
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress are contesting in all 89 seats. The Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP is contesting in 88 seats. Its candidate from Surat East constituency had withdrawn his candidature, leaving the party with one less seat to contest in the first phase.
08:20 (IST) Dec 01
Live webcasting is being done from 13,065 polling stations to keep a close eye on the process.
08:19 (IST) Dec 01
People queue up to cast their votes at polling booths at Piraman School in the Ankleshwar Assembly constituency in Bharuch.
08:07 (IST) Dec 01
The voting is being held across 14,382 polling stations, of which 3,311 are in the urban and 11,071 in rural areas, the office of the state chief electoral officer (CEO) said.
08:04 (IST) Dec 01
Fate of political parties will be decided by over 2 crore voters today, with 89 constituencies spread across 19 districts of Kutch, Saurashtra and south Gujarat going up for polling.
08:01 (IST) Dec 01
Voting for the first phase of Gujarat elections begins
08:01 (IST) Dec 01
We're providing them all facilitaties. It is an occasion to give equity & equality and show respect towards them. Participation of over 10,000 centenarian and PwD (persons with disabilities) voters should be an inspiration for all of us, especially our young voters. Over 182 polling stations are being managed by PwD staff: CEC
07:58 (IST) Dec 01
Gujarat is celebrating the festival of democracy today. On behalf of the Election Commission, my sincere appeal to all 4.9 crore voters of the state to vote today and on December 5 during the second phase of elections. There are over 4 lakh PwD voters and 9.8 lakh senior citizens in Gujarat: CEC Rajiv Kumar
07:38 (IST) Dec 01

Today is the first phase of the Gujarat elections. I call upon all those voting today, particularly first time voters to exercise their franchise in record numbers

PM Modi

07:37 (IST) Dec 01

Today is a very important day. The hard work of all BJP candidates is going to pay off. I request people to vote as much as possible

Rivaba Jadeja, BJP's Jamnagar North candidate

07:37 (IST) Dec 01
Mock poll conducted at some polling booths in Bharush
07:02 (IST) Dec 01
89 seats voting today spread across 19 districts
05:54 (IST) Dec 01
Nadda, Rajnath target Congress for using 'abusive' words against PM Modi
BJP on Wednesday intensified its attack on the Congress over its president Mallikarjun Kharge's 'Ravan' jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said people will give a befitting reply to the opposition party. BJP president J P Nadda said Kharge's barb and another Congress leader Madhusudan Mistry's 'aukat' remark at Modi expose the party's mindset and betray its frustration as the party stands nowhere while the BJP is getting one-sided support across the state.Defence Minister Rajnath Singh told reporters that the people of Gujarat will give a befitting reply to those using abusive words for the prime minister who, he asserted, is Gujarat's "honour and pride".
05:50 (IST) Dec 01

Preparations are complete, now is the time to call upon the voters to come out of their homes and vote. Participate in the festival of democracy, enjoy it and vote. Forces are deployed everywhere. A lot of monitoring is being done to ensure that the election is free from inducement. No other incident should happen

Rajiv Kumar, Chief Election Commissioner