Gujarat election 2017: Phase-1 candidates with 'criminal records'

Of the 182 Gujarat Assembly seats, 89 went to the polls in the first phase on December 9. Of these, 'Red Alert' was declared on 21, meaning these had 3 or more candidates holding criminal records

The Gujarat Assembly Election 2017 saw 89 of the 182 constituencies going to the polls in the first phase on December 9. The second phase of vioting will take place on December 14, and the results will be announced on December 18.

Of the two main parties in the Gujarat election battle, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been ruling the state for over 20 years, while the Congress, under Rahul Gandhi, is looking for an electoral revival.

In the first phase of polling, a total of 977 candidates were in the fray. According to a report by the ADR,