Ahmedabad, 17 November 2012

The Election Commission of India today issued a notification for the first phase of Gujarat assembly elections covering a total of 87 seats of Saurashtra, South Gujarat and Ahmedabad rural.

The process of filing nominations for the first phase of the polls has begun with the issuance of this notification. The last date of filing nominations is 24 November. Scrutiny of forms will take place on 25-26 November. The last date of withdrawal of forms is 28 November. Polling for the first phase seats will be held on 13 December.