In India, the Election Commission announced the dates for assembly elections in Gujarat on Wednesday. Election Commission has decided to hold elections in two phases.

Announcing the state assembly election program, Chief Election Commissioner AK Joti said that for the 182 seats of Gujarat, in the first phase, 89 seats will be held on December 9. At the same time, in the second phase, 93 seats will be held on December 14.

Jyoti told that after two phases of polling in Gujarat, the counting of votes will be held on December 18.

The formal process of the election process will be done only on the notification of the assembly elections on November 14. Along with this, candidates will be able to file their nomination papers for 89 seats in the first phase of 19 districts, out of 33 districts in the state.

He informed that in the second phase, notifications will be issued on November 20 for the remaining 93 seats.

Election Code of Conduct has come into force with the announcement of election schedule by the Election Commission.

Jyoti said that a total of 5,0128 polling booths have been set up for the two phases of elections in Gujarat, in which over 4.33 crore voters of the state can vote through EVMs with VVPATs.

The Election Commission has also created 182 polling stations fully operated by women in Gujarat. There will be such a polling station in each assembly area.

He said that adequate security arrangements have been made to ensure peaceful voting in the entire election process. Apart from this, extensive monitoring arrangements have also been made on social media and other publicity channels to follow the Code of Conduct.

It is notable that after the announcement of the Election Commission recently elections process for Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections have started on October 16. In Himachal Pradesh, the election will be held on November 9 in one phase, while the counting of votes will be done on December 18 along with the Gujarat assembly elections.

Jyoti said every candidate must open separate bank account to ensure the follow-up of the election expenditure limit. On the other hand, surveillance teams constituted by the Election Commission for peaceful voting will be linked to the GPS, whereas in the polling stations, the CCTV cameras will be monitored.

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