Ahmedabad, May 7 (IANS) Amid the rising temperatures, voters were queuing up at the booths taking the voting percentage to 24.35 in the first four hours of polling, said the election officials here on Tuesday.
Banaskantha district led the voter participation with 30.27 percent, followed closely by Valsad at 28.71 percent. Sabarkantha and Chhotaudepur are not far behind, recording 27.50 and 26.58 percent turnout rates, respectively.
However, some constituencies have witnessed comparatively lower numbers, with Porbandar at 19.83 percent, Vadodara at 20.77 percent, and Jamnagar at 20.85 percent.
The voting scenario showed Amreli registering 21.89 percent, Dahod at 26.35 percent, Navsari at 23.35 percent, Bardoli at 27.77 percent, Bharuch at 27.52 percent, Junagadh at 23.32 percent, Ahmedabad East at 21.64 percent, and Ahmedabad West at 21.15 percent.
Despite the challenging weather conditions, voters across the state are exercising their democratic rights. The mercury in Ahmedabad has soared to 44 degrees Celsius.
According to official figures from the Election Commission, Gujarat has an electorate of 4.97 crore eligible voters. This includes 2.56 crore males, 2.41 crore females, and 1,534 individuals from the third gender.
The voting process spans over 50,788 polling booths, strategically distributed with 17,275 in urban areas and 33,513 in rural regions.
The constituencies are Kachchh, Banaskantha, Patan, Mahesana, Sabarkantha, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad East, Ahmedabad West, Surendranagar, Rajkot, Porbandar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Anand, Kheda, Panchmahal, Dahod, Vadodara, Chhota Udaipur, Bharuch, Bardoli, Navsari, and Valsad.
–IANS
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