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Ahmedabad, Oct 3 (PTI) Voting for the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC) and three municipalities of Okha, Bhanvad and Thara in Gujarat began on Sunday morning, officials said.
Votes are also being cast for the by-elections to seats vacated in some municipal corporations, municipalities, as well as district and taluka panchayats.
People queued up outside the polling booths to cast their votes.
The process began at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm.
Nearly five per cent votes were cast in the first two hours in GMC, election officials said.
Elections are being held for 44 seats in GMC, for which a total of 161 candidates are in the fray, including 44 from BJP and Congress each and 40 from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), among others.