Lok Sabha Election in Gujarat 2024: Date, schedule, constituency details

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India on Saturday announced the schedule for the polling dates for Gujarat for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Committing to provide a festive democratic environment to 96.8 crore voters, the Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced that the polling for Lok Sabha elections will be held in 7 phases from April 19 to June 1 and counting of votes on 4th June.

Gujarat will go into polls on May 7 in the third phase of the elections. The date of issue of gazette notification will be April 12, while the last date of nominations will be April 19.

Home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah, Gujarat is one of the important political arenas of the upcoming elections. The state has 26 Lok Sabha seats each claimed by the Bhartiya Janata party.

Lok Sabha election Schedule

Gujrat is celebrated as the bastion of Bhartiya Jana Party. Party's dominance in Gujarat was re-established in 2019 when it managed to win all 26 seats for the consecutive second time. However, it is notable that BJP has dropped five sitting MPs in its second list of candidates highlighting a stragic shift. This decision follows after the party's initial list of 195 candidates which covered 15 nominees in the 15 Lok Sabha seats.

The opposition parties including, Indian National Congress, Aam Aadmi party and other regional parties of the state will also look forward to reclaim their grounds in the state. Earlier in 2019 as well as 2014, INC faced major setback as it failed to win any seats in Gujarat.

In the assembly elections in 2022, The Bhartiya Janata party won a super majority of 156 seats, The most ever won by any party in Gujarat's history. Meanwhile Congress fell to its lowest count in the state for three decades and Aam Aadmi Party gained five seats.

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