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Guj polls: 3.80 crore voters to decide fate of 1666 candidates

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Press Trust of India Ahmedabad

"For the upcoming two phase Assembly elections at 182 constituencies, total registered voters are 3,80,77,454, which is 62 per cent of the total population of the state," said Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Anita Karwal while addressing the media.

"Maximum number of voters, 1,00,69,061, are in the age group of 20-29 years and interestingly there are 4,25,564 voters in the state who are 80 years and above", she said.

As per the EC data, 1,666 candidates are in the fray for 182 seats and total of 44,579 polling stations will be set up for the voting in two phases, on December 13 and 17.

 

Election Commission has declared 17,029 polling booths as critical and vulnerable in the state, where authorities have decided to carry live web casting of polling.

There are 16 Assembly constituencies in the state where more than one woman candidate is contesting and on Limbayat seat in Surat, four women candidates are in the fray, out of total 95 women contestants in the state.

In this Assembly elections, Limbayat is the seat where maximum 20 candidates are in fray and at Fatepura in Dahod only 3 candidates are contesting.

As per official data, area wise Abdasa in Kutch is the largest Assembly constituency with 6,278 sq km and electorate wise largest Assembly constituency is Kamrej in Surat with 3,04,621 voters and smallest is Karanj with 1,44,161 voters. MORE

  

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First Published: Dec 05 2012 | 9:25 PM IST

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