68% voting till 5.00 pm: POLL UPDATES, Gujarat Election 2012 First Phase Polling figures, Gujarat News

Ahmedabad, 13 December 2012:

-Average 68% voting by 5.00 pm.

-Average 64% voting by 4.30 pm.

-53% voting by 3.00 pm.

-According to Additional Chief Election Officer Shri Ashok Manek, there has been 18% voting till 11.00 am.

-According to an official communication received from the Additional Chief Election Officer Shri Ashok Manek, there has been 6% voting till 9.00 am today.

-Keshubhai Patel casts his vote in Rajkot. He said his party would get clear majority in first phase and second phase too. Keshubhai at 84 can’t stand on feet, so he spoke to media briefly sitting on chair.

-After voting, Vajubhai Vala told media persons that BJP would win 150 seats.

-On polling day morning, Shri Narendra Modi tweeted: A vote is the foundation of a strong and vibrant democracy. I urge you all to exercise your franchisee.

-After casting his vote in Bharuch district, Shri Ahmed Patel said that rise in voting shows that there is dissatisfaction among the people.

-Show cause notice has been served to Keshubhai Patel for using pilot car and siren. He has been asked to give explanation by 15 December.

-Nirmala Sitharaman will meet the press at Gujarat BJP headquarter in Amdavad at 5.30 pm.

-A person was held with more than 50 fake election cards in Surat’s Kapodra.

source:deshgujarat.com