Lok Sabha polls in all 26 seats of Gujarat and by-polls for seven state assembly seats began Wednesday, officials said.
A total of 334 candidates are in the fray for the Lok Sabha.
Balloting is taking place at 45,380 polling stations where over 234,000 polling personnel have been deployed.
More than 40 million people are eligible to vote in all 26 constituencies where voting is being held in a single phase.