Gujrat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election Date Announced

Election commission of India on 3 October 2012 announced the election dates in New Delhi to the assemblies of Gujrat and Himachal Pradesh.

The date for Himachal Pradesh election is 4 November 2012 and for Gujarat it is 13 December and 17 December 2012.
The major competition in both States is between the ruling BJP and the Opposition Congress and the results for both the states will be announced on December 20.

From this election period Model Code of Conduct has come into operation and Election Commission is going to enforce it strictly and will monitor all activities related to elections in these states.

In Gujrat 37.8 million voters would be eligible to pick a 182-seat house and for Himachal Pradesh 4.5 million voters for 68-member assembly.

The Gujarat election is going to have an immense impact on the political future of Chief Minister Narendra Modi as he is counted among the prime ministerial candidate and also for the Bharatiya Janata Party with the next Lok Sabha election due in 2014.

The election is going to be the most important state elections since Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, voted in February-March this year, along with Goa, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Manipur.