Tribal constituencies had registered only 50 percent voting in 2007, the Congress leader pointed out.
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Around 1.98 crore voters will seal the fate of 820 candidates contesting in this phase.
The counting of votes for all the 182 constituencies, which went to polls in two phases on 13 and 17 December, will be held on Thursday.
Modi may not be the favourite candidate among those who support right wing groups but the rest of the state might not have backed the BJP if he wasn't the chief ministerial candidate.
The exit poll predicts that BJP will get 53-63 seats out of the 87 seats that went for polls in the first phase on 13 December.
The vote share of the party and seats are expected to dip further in Modi’s state.
Those who say Modi won't find it easy on the national stage are overestimating his challenges, just as his supporters are underestimating it.
Like the West Wind, Modi is both Destroyer and Creator - and he has already rustled the dead winter leaves in far-off Delhi.
Posting a record turnout, 71.32 percent electorate had exercised their franchise.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said the outcome of Gujarat State Assembly elections should not be seen as a reflection on the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls scheduled to be held in 2014.
Bookies are giving lower odds on the BJP coming to power but are less inclined to believe that the Gujarat Chief Minister will go beyond his tally in 2007.
Assuming he wins big on 20 December, Modi is in no hurry to shift to Delhi to target his ultimate ambition. Many loose ends have to be tied up before that
Bharwad allegedly absconded from a private hospital here in the wee hours today where he was admitted yesterday for head injuries.
Amidst this high turnout, the Model Code of Conduct Cell received 70 complaints of violation, including one against the Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
CNN-IBN predicted Congress to get between 29 and 35 and the same for BJP. It also said Congress would get a vote share of 41 per cent and BJP 40 per cent.
The 71.32 per cent huge turnout in Gujarat, recorded for the first time since its formation in 1960, has raised the anxiety among the political parties.
If the age of blind claims is over (not just for the Congress, but for all political parties), so is the issue of anti-incumbency. Voters will vote in the existing government if the government has performed – that’s the only yardstick that they care about any more.
The exit polls for the first phase of Gujarat elections clearly indicate Modi hogging the limelight. But will his dominance become a problem for the party in future?
Narendra Modi and the BJP seem set to romp to victory in Saurashtra as well, according to the survey conducted for CNN-IBN and The Week.
The second and final round of polling has got underway in Gujarat today to decide if Chief Minister Narendra Modi can get another five-year term or the Congress can bounce back to power in the state assembly. Live updates of all the action.
Gujarat has reported as many as 126 confirmed cases of paid news, while Himachal reported 91 such cases in the Assembly elections in the two states which created a record in the voter turnout.
Buoyed by the impressive voter turnout in the second and final phase as well of the Assembly elections, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today said the impressive percentage will force political experts to consider "pro-incumbency" factor in their discussions.
The suspense was essentially around the victory margin and the role Keshubhai.
The BJP rebel makes no dent in Narendra Modi's vote bank; Saurashtra lands in BJP's kitty.
PCI chairperson Justice Markandey Katju said that the information provided by the panel, appointed by him, only shows that self regulation by media was proving to be ineffective.
"In Gujarat, electors and candidates won't have to wait for too long a period as the results would be out after two days. But my concern is for the voters and candidates in Himachal Pradesh," Advani said.
The BJP leader said that the Congress will not be able to hold to its traditional bastion in north and central Gujarat
A Bhutanese delegation was surprised that electors in India dress as they wish on the voting day while in Bhutan it is mandatory to dress up in National Dress on that day.
Bharwad also sustained some injuries on his head in the stone pelting and has been admitted to a hospital in Godhra town.