The high-voltage Assembly election in Gujarat will be held in two phases, on December 1 and December 5, the Election Commission announced today. The results for the election will be declared, along with that of the Himachal Pradesh polls, on December 8.

According to the Election Commission's schedule, the gazette notification will be issued the day after tomorrow and November 14 is the last date to file nominations to contest the polls. The last date for withdrawing nominations is November 17. While 89 seats will go to polls in the first phase, 93 will vote in the second. 

Gujarat is set for an exciting poll contest that may turn out to be a three-cornered fight with the entry of Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in its political landscape.

The AAP, buoyed by its thumping win in Punjab earlier this year, is pushing hard to emerge as a key player in Gujarat this time after its earlier attempts yielded little success.

The 2017 state polls had seen the Congress dent the BJP's performance by putting up its best show in decades. The ruling party, however, still managed to retain power.

The high-voltage Assembly election in Gujarat will be held in two phases, on December 1 and December 5, the Election Commission announced today. The results for the election will be declared, along with that of the Himachal Pradesh polls, on December 8.

According to the Election Commission's schedule, the gazette notification will be issued the day after tomorrow and November 14 is the last date to file nominations to contest the polls. The last date for withdrawing nominations is November 17. While 89 seats will go to polls in the first phase, 93 will vote in the second. 

Gujarat is set for an exciting poll contest that may turn out to be a three-cornered fight with the entry of Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in its political landscape.

The AAP, buoyed by its thumping win in Punjab earlier this year, is pushing hard to emerge as a key player in Gujarat this time after its earlier attempts yielded little success.

The 2017 state polls had seen the Congress dent the BJP's performance by putting up its best show in decades. The ruling party, however, still managed to retain power.