The election is being seen as a neck to neck battle between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Newly Congress President Rahul Gandhi
Prominent candidates in the battleground of Gujarat include state deputy chief minister Nitin Patel, who is contesting from Mehsana in opposition to Jivabhai Patel of Congress.
Former Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel casts her vote in Ahmedabad's Ghatlodia. BJP's Bhupendra Patel is up against Congress's Shashikant Patel on this seat.
For the Second phase BJP Chief Amit Shah, FM Jaitley cast their votes along with Alpesh Thakor.
Alpesh Thakor, who coupled with the Congress, is in the hunt for election from Radhanpur constituency. Lavingji Thakor of the saffron BJP is contesting in opposition to him.
The Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in Sankheda's Sodhaliya village in Chhota Udaipur has recovered glitches for 50 minutes, so voting progress felt stop for that duration.
Now we fixed the EVM machine and the voting is in progress: Gaurang Rana, Polling Officer saying about glitches of EVM
