3rd list of Congress candidates for Gujarat polls out
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Gujarat elections to be held in 2 phases on December 9 and 14
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Results on December 18
The Congress party yesterday released its third list of 76 contenders for the second phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections 2017, nominations for which closes today.
Congress, which has been trying to oust the BJP from control in the western state, prior reported the names of 86 candidates in two stages.
However, Congress is yet to disclose the names of candidates for 20 more seats. Congress general secretary Oscar Fernandes released the third rundown to the media last evening. The list highlighted no less than 11 hopefuls from Scheduled Tribes and three from Scheduled Caste group.
The Congress has been out of power in the critical state for more than two decades. The polling for the two-stage elections in Gujarat, having 182 seats, will happen on December 9 and 14 and votes will be counted on December 18.
Eighty-nine seats of Saurashtra and South Gujarat locale are going to poll in the primary stage, while the rest of the 93 seats in central and northern district would go for polls in the second stage.
