Leads: BJP crosses halfway mark in Gujarat, says EC

December 18, 2017 10:21

EC official trends for Gujarat Election 2017: BJP crosses halfway mark, takes lead on 94 seats, Congress ahead on 64. Remember these numbers are leads, not results.

92 seats is the halfway mark in the 182-seat Gujarat polls.

A total of 977 candidates were in the fray in the first phase of elections, out of which 57 were women candidates and over 2.22 lakh people took part in the election to decide their fate. While in the second phase, 851 candidates fought, out of which 69 women candidates contested.The voting in first phase of the Gujarat polls took place on 24,689 polling stations, while in the second phase, a total number of 25,558 polling stations were used.

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