Gujarat Election 2022: Campaigning to end today for first phase

The poll campaigning for the first phase of elections in Gujarat's 89 seats will end on Tuesday. For the first phase voting will be held on December 1.

For the remaining 93 seats voting will be held on December 5.

Bharatiya Janata Party president J P Nadda and Union minister Smriti Irani are scheduled to campaign today in Bhavnagar and Gandhidham (Kutch district) for the BJP candidates contesting in the first phase.


Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will also campaign today for the BJP candidates contesting in the second phase of polls on December 5.

Some prominent candidates in the first phase are-- Isudan Gadhvi, Parshottam Solanki, Kunwarji Bavaliya, Kantilal Amrutiya, Rivaba Jadeja and Gopal Italia.

Isudan Gadhvi is Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) chief ministerial face Isudan Gadhvi, who is contesting from Khambhalia seat in Devbhumi Dwarka district.

Former Gujarat minister Parshottam Solanki, six-time MLA Kunwarji Bavaliya, Morbi 'hero' Kantilal Amrutiya, Indian cricketer Ravindra Jadeja's wife Rivaba and Gujarat AAP president Gopal Italia are also among the prominent candidates in the fray for the first phase of the state Assembly elections.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Nadda and other BJP leaders have already held rallies to garner support for their party nominees contesting in the first phase.

AAP's national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has also extensively campaigned for his party candidates and made a slew of promises to the people of Gujarat, if his party is voted to power in the state, governed by the BJP for last 27 years.

From the Congress side, its president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot have been among the prominent campaigners for their party nominees.