Watch: Key Stats for Phase 2 of Gujarat Assembly Polls 2017

824 views · Published 13 December 2017 · 1:16 · Indexed 22 September 2026

Channel: The Quint · 2017 · News & Politics

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Phase 2 of Gujarat Assembly polls are on 14 December, when the voters in 93 constituencies will decide who their next Chief Minister will be. A total of 851 candidates from four national parties – Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) – 12 regional parties and 344 Independent candidates will try their luck.

Of these 851 candidates, 82 candidates have criminal charges slapped against them. 25 of them belong to Congress party. BJP is a close second. They have 22 candidates with criminal charges against them. BSP comes third with 11 candidates. They are followed by NCP and AAP with 4 and 2 candidates respectively. 23 Independent candidates also have criminal charges against them.

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