VERDICT SEALED FOR 89 SEATS IN GUJARAT, 60% POLLING IN PHASE 1

AHMEDABAD/SURAT: Over 23,976,670 people across 89 constituencies in the battleground regions of Saurashtra and South Gujarat voted on Thursday in the first phase of the assembly elections and recorded a provisional turnout of over 60.47%.

Data from the Election Commission of India (ECI) pegged the turnout number at 60.47% at 10pm. The number is likely to be revised upwards on Friday. In 2017, the figure in these 89 seats was 68%. “We will have the exact figures by midnight, as in some places the polling is still going on and in some places the data is still being gathered,” P Bharti, the chief electoral officer (CEO), Gujarat said.