Gujarat Assembly elections to be held in 2 phases, results on Dec 8

EC rubbishes Opposition parties' charge that it delayed announcing dates

Voting for the Gujarat Assembly elections will be held in two phases on December 1 and 5, respectively, and the results will be announced on December 8, along with those of Himachal Pradesh, the Election Commission of India (EC) said on Thursday.

Voting for 89 of the 182 Assembly seats will be held on December 1 and the rest on December 5, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said.

The EC rejected charges made by the Congress that it had “delayed” announcing the dates to give the BJP an advantage. Kumar said the Gujarat election dates were well