Over 60 % Voter Turnout at 5 PM as voting for first phase of Gujarat Polls 2022 ends

Gandhinagar: As the voting for the first phase of Gujarat assembly elections came to an end at 5 PM the voter turnout stood at over 60 % approximately.

Voter turnout at 11:00 AM was 19.16% (approx) after the polling process began at 8 am today, and at 1 PM the voter turnout was 34.38%. Later, at 3 PM about 48.48 % (approx) of voter had cast their votes in the first phase of Gujarat assembly polls.

Tapi District has shown the highest voter turnout with 72.32 %  followed by Narmada where 68.09 % voter turnout was recorded till 5PM.

 

District Turnout Trend
AMRELI 52.73 %
BHARUCH 63.08 %
BHAVNAGAR 57.81 %
BOTAD 57.15 %
DANG 64.84 %
DEVBHUMI DWARKA 59.11 %
GIR SOMNATH 60.46 %
JAMNAGAR 53.98 %
JUNAGADH 56.95 %
KACHCHH 54.91 %
MORBI 61.96 %
NARMADA 68.09 %
NAVSARI 65.91 %
PORBANDAR 53.84 %
RAJKOT 57.48 %
SURAT 57.83 %
SURENDRANAGAR 60.71 %
TAPI 72.32 %
VALSAD 65.24 %

The turnout is drastically low compared to the previous State assembly election phase-1, covering the same areas of Saurashtra-Kutch and South Gujarat. Presented below is the comparison of provisional figures of turnout at 5 pm in 2022 and 2017.

 

 

Assembly Polls Turnout in Gujarat in the Past
1980 – 48.37%
1985 – 48.82%
1990 – 52.50%
1995 – 64.39%,
1998 – 59.30%
2002 – 61.54%
2007 – 59.77%
2012 – 71.85%
2017 –  68.41%

 

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