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The voter turnout in the first phase of the Gujarat Assembly election on Saturday was 68 per cent — just short of the record in the last polls, 70.75 per cent.
The high turnout split the opinion of political pundits. Some claimed it showed anti-incumbency; others said the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) campaign strategy of blitzkrieg rallies by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had given it an advantage.
At 89 of the 182 constituencies in the state, 68 per cent of the 21,231,652 voters turned up at polling booths to decide the fate of 977 candidates. Some of
The high turnout split the opinion of political pundits. Some claimed it showed anti-incumbency; others said the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) campaign strategy of blitzkrieg rallies by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had given it an advantage.
At 89 of the 182 constituencies in the state, 68 per cent of the 21,231,652 voters turned up at polling booths to decide the fate of 977 candidates. Some of
