According to Additional Election Officer (Gujarat) Ashok Manek, the voting percentage was around 20 percent at noon.u00a0It was 18 percent at 11 a.m., he said.

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Among prominent people who cast ballots were Ahmed Patel, political secretary to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.u00a0Casting his vote at a booth in Bharuch, Patel said the rising voting percentage "shows how much dissatisfaction is there among the people".u00a0

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Former chief minister and Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP) supremo Keshubhai Patel cast his vote in Rajkot.u00a0Chandu Vaghasia of the Nationalist Congress Party, cast his vote at Kotda Sanghani in Gondal.

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