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The people of Gujarat are today exercising their right to vote in the second and final phase of the state Assembly elections. 93 constituencies spread across 14 districts in north and central Gujarat will go to polls. A total of 851 candidates are in the fray and over 2.22 lakh people will take part in the election to decide their fate. In the 93 seats voting today, the 2012 polls had seen the Congress challenge the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) more strongly than in the 83 that voted in the first phase. Of these 93 seats, the Congress won 39 to the BJP’s 52, winning 3 seats for every 4 lost; of the first 83, the Congress had only 22 to the BJP’s 63, losing thrice as many as it won. (Express Photo by Bhupendra Rana)
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi after casting his vote at a polling booth in Sabarmati. (Express Photo by Javed Raja)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday cast his vote in Sabarmati’s Ranip locality in the ongoing second and final phase of the Gujarat assembly polls. Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) sitting MLA Arvind Patel is contesting against Congress’ Jitubhai Patel from Sabarmati seat. (Express Photo by Javed Raja)
BJP President Amit Shah after casting his vote from Naranpura, Ahmedabad. (Express Photo by Express photo by Javed Raja)
Priests from the Swaminarayan temple sect queue up to cast their votes at a polling station in Babajipura in Vadodara (Express Photo by Bhupendra Rana)
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A police person on duty at a polling station. (Express Photo by Bhupendra Rana)
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Voters brave the morning chill to cast their votes (Express Photo by Bhupendra Rana)
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The 89 Assembly seats that voted in the first phase on December 9 fall in three regions — Saurashtra, Kutch and South Gujarat. That phase saw a voter turnout of 68 per cent. (Express Photo by Bhupendra Rana)
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people of Gujarat to vote in “record numbers” in the second and final phase of assembly polls. (Express Photo by Bhupendra Rana)
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"Today is Phase 2 of the Gujarat elections. I request all those voting today to vote in record numbers and enrich this festival of democracy," Modi tweeted. (Express Photo by Bhupendra Rana)
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Security arrangements have been made at polling stations. (Express Photo by Bhupendra Rana)
What voters want: Gujarat assembly elections: In heritage city Ahmedabad, voters talk of peace and prices, not heritage
Priests from the Swaminarayan temple before casting their votes. (Express Photo by Bhupendra Rana)
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An elderly couple makes it to a polling station to cast it's ballot. (Express Photo by Bhupendra Rana)
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