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The Times of India
The Times of India
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Kumar Shakti Shekhar | TIMESOFINDIA.COM

How voter turnout is linked to BJP's seats in Gujarat assembly elections since 1980

NEW DELHI: Gujarat, which faced assembly election in two phases, registered a voter turnout of about 63 per cent. Since the BJP’s inception in 1980, a direct correlation is observed between the polling percentage and the number of seats the party wins in every assembly election in the state.

Gujarat saw a voter turnout of 63.3 per cent in the first phase of polling held in 89 seats on December 1. The state registered a voter turnout of about 64 per cent in the second phase of election held in 93 seats on Monday.

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