Confident of returning to power, Modi, who was mobbed by his supporters, said, “I thank all the voters. In this election, people of Gujarat will make a hat-trick by giving a third term to us.”
Veteran BJP leader L K Advani and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitely were among theprominent voters.
The high voting till afternoon and huge turnout has once again sparked off a debate on vote swing, which political pundits predict could be anti-incumbency or swing in favour of a particular party.
Long queues were seen since morning across 23,318 polling stations, with men, women and youths coming out in large numbers.
