Ahmedabad, Nov 29: The 87 assembly seats, spread across Saurashtra, South Gujarat and four tehsils of western Ahmedabad, have a total of 846 candidates in the fray.
Additional chief electoral officer Ashok Manek told PTI that 846 candidates were in the fray for the first phase after withdrawal of nomination forms.
Limbayat constituency in Surat district has the highest number of candidates -- 20.