Stage set for Morva-Hadaf bypoll in Gujarat on Sat
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Gandhinagar, April 17 : Amid the huge surge in the number of Covid-19 cases in Gujarat, bypoll to the Morva-Hadaf Assembly constituency (ST) will be held on Saturday.
Considering the prevailing situation of rising Covid cases in the state in April, the opposition Congress had requested the Election Commission of India (ECI) to defer the polls. We had asked the ECI to postpone the elections, just like the State Election Commission (SEC) had postponed the local body polls in Gandhinagar, but the request was not considered, said Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi.
Gujarat civic polls see low voter turnout
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Six of the eight municipal corporations that went to polls in Gujarat on Sunday witnessed a significantly low voter turnout raising concerns among the ruling dispensation as poor turnout traditionally augurs bad news for the ruling party.
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Six of the eight municipal corporations that went to polls in Gujarat on Sunday witnessed a significantly low voter turnout raising concerns among the ruling dispensation as poor turnout traditionally augurs bad news for the ruling party. While Ahmedabad saw the least polling at 38.41% voting until 6 pm, Vadodara saw 42.82%, Surat had 42.72%, Rajkot 45.74%, Bhavnagar 43.66% and Jamnagar had the highest polling at 49.64%.