The Election
Commission of India (ECI) announced
the schedule of Assembly Elections in Gujarat on 25th October, 2017. Out
of the total 182 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Gujarat,
polling would be held in 93 ACs in the 2nd phase on 14th December
2017, from 8 AM to 5 PM. As per
information provided by the Chief Electoral Officer, there are NO
Recognized State Parties.
Smallest & Largest
Constituency by Area & Electorate:
Among the ACs by
area, the smallest is Dariapur (6 Sq.Km.) and
the largest one is Radhanpur (2,544 Sq.Km.). By
size of the Electorate, the smallest is Limkheda AC with 1,87,245 electors and
the largest being Ghatlodia AC with 3,52,316 electors. Further,
the size–wise
composition of electorates in the 93 ACs is as shown below:
|
Size of
|
Number of
|
|
<100000
|
NIL
|
|
100000 – 150000
|
NIL
|
|
150000 – 200000
|
7
|
|
> 200000
|
86
|
The electors who
have received the Electoral Photo ID Card (EPIC) are
further categorized by sex which, as the charts show, are fairly evenly
constituted by Males and Females. Further,
there are 455 electors reported from the ‘Others’ in
the electorate and there are a total of 29 NRI voters and 12,423 voters from
the Services.
Details of the
Electorate with EPICs: –
|
|
Male
|
Female
|
Others
|
Total
|
|
|
1,76,44,705
|
1,64,52,445
|
0
|
34097150
|
|
Size of Electorate
|
1,15,47,435
|
1,07,48,977
|
455
|
22296867
|
|
EPIC Issued To
|
1,15,47,435
|
1,07,48,977
|
455
|
22296867
|
Age and Sex–wise
Composition of Electorate:
|
Age
|
Male
|
Female
|
Others
|
Total
|
|
18–25 years
|
21,20,421
|
16,16,880
|
149
|
37,37,450
|
|
26–40
|
41,99,901
|
38,91,655
|
181
|
80,91,737
|
|
41–60
|
37,80,873
|
36,34,757
|
97
|
74,15,727
|
|
>60
|
14,46,240
|
16,05,685
|
28
|
30,51,953
|
|
Total Electors
|
1,15,47,435
|
1,07,48,977
|
455
|
2,22,96,867
|
The following is
a graphical representation of demographic statistics of the electorate based on
different age groups among males and females. There
are a total of 455 electors documented from the ‘Others’.
In the 2nd
phase of Gujarat Assembly Elections 2017, the Total
Number of EVMs to be used is 28,114 and the Total Number of
Polling Stations is 25,558.
The Total Number
of Contesting Candidates (Male &
Female)
are
as given below:
|
Male
|
Female
|
Total
|
|
782
|
69
|
851
|
The Number and
Name of AC with Maximum and Minimum Number of Candidates are
as given below:
|
|
No. & Name of AC
|
Candidates
|
|
Maximum
|
25–Mahesana
|
34
|
|
Minimum
|
130–Jhalod(ST)
|
2
|
The
Party–wise list of Candidates in 93 ACs, in 2nd
Phase of Assembly elections in Gujarat, is as given below:
|
Sr.No.
|
Party Name
|
Candidate
|
|
1
|
Bharatiya
|
93
|
|
2
|
Indian
|
91
|
|
3
|
Bahujan
|
75
|
|
4
|
All
|
46
|
|
5
|
Nationalist
|
28
|
|
6
|
Shivsena
|
17
|
|
7
|
Bahujan
|
15
|
|
8
|
Janata
|
14
|
|
9
|
Gujarat
|
13
|
|
10
|
Sardar
|
9
|
|
11
|
Aam
|
8
|
|
12
|
Navin
|
8
|
|
13
|
Bhartiya
|
7
|
|
14
|
Yuva
|
7
|
|
15
|
Lok
|
5
|
|
16
|
Aapni
|
4
|
|
17
|
Insaniyat
|
4
|
|
18
|
Manvadhikar
|
4
|
|
19
|
Bahujan
|
3
|
|
20
|
Communist
|
3
|
|
21
|
Lok
|
3
|
|
22
|
Lok
|
3
|
|
23
|
Bhartiya
|
2
|
|
24
|
Indian
|
2
|
|
25
|
Rashtriya
|
2
|
|
26
|
Rashtriya
|
2
|
|
27
|
Rashtriya
|
2
|
|
28
|
Socialist
|
2
|
|
29
|
Vyavastha
|
2
|
|
30
|
Apna
|
2
|
|
31
|
Indian
|
2
|
|
32
|
Rashtra
|
2
|
|
33
|
Loktantrik
|
2
|
|
34
|
Akhand
|
1
|
|
35
|
Bahujan
|
1
|
|
36
|
Bharatiya
|
1
|
|
37
|
Communist
|
1
|
|
38
|
Jan
|
1
|
|
39
|
Jantadal
|
1
|
|
40
|
Lokshahi
|
1
|
|
41
|
Rashtriya
|
1
|
|
42
|
Akhil
|
1
|
|
43
|
Democretic
|
1
|
|
44
|
Prajatantra
|
1
|
|
45
|
Yuva
|
1
|
|
46
|
Rashtriya
|
1
|
|
47
|
Rashtriy
|
1
|
|
48
|
Rashtriy
|
1
|
|
49
|
Vishva
|
1
|
|
50
|
Samajvadi
|
1
|
|
51
|
Socialist
|
1
|
|
52
|
Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha
|
1
|
|
53
|
Independent
|
350
|
|
Total
|
|
|
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