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Gujarat elections will be held in December, EVM VVPATs to be used: EC

Exact dates yet to be finalised; Election Commission says EVM VVPATs will be used across all 50,128 polling stations

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BS Reporter Ahmedabad
While it is yet to fix a date or decide on whether to conduct it in a phased manner, the Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday said that the state assembly polls in Gujarat will be held in December.

On a visit to Gujarat for a review of the election preparedness ahead of the polls, the EC team led by chief election commissioner A K Joti said that EVM VVPATs will be used across all 50,128 polling stations.

VVPAT enables a voter to see the name of the candidate and the symbol of the candidate on paper to whom he has cast his