Gujarat regional bodies Election 2021: Voting for elections to 81 municipalities, 31 district panchayats and 231 taluka panchayats in Gujarat will take spot tomorrow. Campaigning for the polls had ended yesterday. The State Election Commission has informed that the counting of votes will take spot on March 2.
According to District Collector Shalini Agarwal, voting for Vadodara’s municipalities will take spot among 7 am and 6 pm. State Election Commission has currently deployed numerous returning officers and assistant returning officers for the very same.
According to the district collector, a total of 9,61,830 voters have registered for the Zilla and taluka panchayat polls and 94,250 have registered for Nagar Palika polls. A total of 1,308 presiding officers and 2,708 polling officers have been deployed.
State Director General of Police Ashish Bhatia informed that more than 44,000 policemen, such as State Reserve Police and 12 businesses of CAPF, along with 54,000 homeguards will be deployed on February 28 to make certain incident-totally free voting in 23,000 booths, reported PTI.
With the BJP retaining all six civic corporation and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) emerging a strong contender in Surat, it will be intriguing to see whether or not the Congress manages to carry out greater in the polls. Congress believes the hike in fuel costs and public disenchantment with the ruling party will turn the tide.
On the final day of campaigning yesterday, Gujarat BJP president CR Paatil led a road show in Navsari, even though Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, Paresh Dhanani, took portion in a motorcycle rally in Amreli.
Aam Aadmi Party head and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal sought votes through a road show in Surat.
For the initial time, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen has fielded candidates in minority-dominated seats in Godhra, Modasa and Bharuch municipalities, with party chief Asaduddin Owaisi holding public gatherings in Modasa and Godhra 3 days ago.