Gujarat polls: 18 per cent polling in first three hours

December 13, 2012 12:19

Update on the Gujarat polls. A moderate 18 per cent voting was recorded in the first three hours of polling across 87 seats in the first phase of Gujarat polls which will decide the fate of state political big-wigs like Keshubhai Patel, BJP's R C Faldu and Congress' Arjun Modhwadia.

Long queues where seen outside some polling booths as people preferred to come early to vote. The constituencies where polling started include 48 in seven districts of Saurashtra, 35 seats in seven districts of south Gujarat and four seats in Ahmedabad district. Leaders like former Chief Minister and GPP president Keshubhai Patel, BJP state unit president R C Faldu, state finance minister Vajubhai Vala and state Congress president Modhvadia cast their vote in the early morning hours.

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