Ahmedabad: PM Narendra Modi on Monday cast his vote in the second phase of the ongoing Assembly polls in Gujarat.

He cast his vote in Ahmedabad city.

He tweeted: "Cast my vote in Ahmedabad. Urging all those voting today to turnout in record numbers and vote."

Amid cheering crowds, he visited the  polling booth at Nishan Public School to case his vote.

Gujarat is voting in the second phase of the Assembly polling as fates of several key leaders including, CM  Bhupendra Patel (Ghatlodia), Patidar leader Hardik Patel (Viramgam), will be decided on Monday.

The voting is being held in 93 out of 182 Assembly seats across 14 districts of the politically crucial state.

Voting started at 8 am and will continue till 5.30pm in the evening.

The first phase of the voting for 89 seats was held on Dec 1.

Nearly 2.51 crore voters are registered in the second phase of polling spread across Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Mehsana, Patan, Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, Aravali, Mahisagar, Panchmahal, Dahod, Vadodara, Anand, Kheda and Chhota Udaipur districts of the state.

"Urging all those who are voting in Phase 2 of the Gujarat elections, particularly the young voters and women voters to vote in large numbers. I will be casting my vote in Ahmedabad at around 9 AM," he tweeted.