The Election Commission of India (ECI) on November 3 announced the schedule for the polling to be held in Gujarat.  The voting in the state will take place on December 1 and December 5 and counting of votes will be done on December 8 to constitute a new 182-member state assembly.

Chief Election Commissioner (CEO) Rajiv Kumar said the notification for the polls will be announced on November 5 for first phase 1  and November 10 for second phase.

Over 4.9 crore total electors eligible to vote for the Assembly elections ECI said adding 4,61, 494 are the first time voters. There are going to be 51,782 polling stations in the state.

With the announcement of the poll schedule by the ECI, Model Code of Conduct comes into effect.

He also informed that all the polling stations would be accessible to every one. Certain number of polling stations will be managed by women only.