Day 14

Birthday Greetings to the Youngest member of Desai Pariwar - Divyaraj Desai. God Bless You. 

An epic day ended at 5pm on 17th December 2012 with 70% of voters turning out to vote for the party they want as their government. 70% if calculated in number of voters, it would turn out to be 1.99 Crore. Before the election started the poll stated that a tough battle of votes would be fought where BJP this year would only get 105 seats at max from 182 seats. After the 70% turn out, the polls states BJP will continue it's administration with Shri Narendra Modi as the Chief Minister for the 3rd Consecutive Time. Political Analyst also quoted, "BJP would sweep 120 seats to the least".

Over the years I have been only observing elections and my family going to booths to cast their vote. A new space was created with in my mind & heart for a new memory to be registered. Me teenage days saw me going to each houses in the society to check wether all the eligible members casted their votes & if not, I would ask them to go n cast their vote. Every vote is important for the candidate, yourself and society. I was 16 years old when last Gujarat Election took place. 

Gujarat Election 2012 was very deeply attached to me. I was eagerly waiting for the Election Commission to announce the dates. The dates were announced, 13th Dec 2012 - Phase 1 & 17th Dec 2012 - Phase 2. The wait to cast my vote for the first time was finally going to get over on 17th Dec 2012. I was filled with immense excitement, sense of being a Gujarat citizen. The wait to cast the vote for the first time was so bad that I reached the voting booth I was assigned before 1 hour of the said time. I finally got a chance of the seeing the arrangement done by the government for the common man. They people assigned various election duties were cooperative & peaceful. I went in the room no. 7 to cast my vote. The feeling to have the ink on the index finger was OMG. I did cast my first vote.

Elections are finally over. I am happy I voted. Finally, the campaigning is over, the radio advertisements are over. One more day for the results to be announced. The announcement of the Gujarat Elections is 20th December 2012. 

Bye for now, love to all ...