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Gujarat Assembly election 2017 results: As it happened
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that development has won as his party retained Gujarat and secured a massive lead in Himachal Pradesh
Highlights
- Counting of votes is currently underway at 37 centres across 33 districts in Gujarat
- BJP has so far secured a comfortable lead in Gujarat
- BJP now looks set to form govt for a record 6th straight term in Gujarat
- Negative sentiments against GST, demonetisation made no impact in Gujarat
- The voter turnout in the 2nd phase of voting on Dec 14 was 69.99%
- In the first phase of polls held on Dec 9, voter turnout was 66.75%
Latest Updates
Results declared for all the 182 seats in Gujarat - BJP wins 99 seats, Congress wins 77, 1 seat won by NCP. Bhartiya Tribal Party and Independent win 2 and 3 seats respectively.
This is a blessing by the people to the leadership of PM Modi and his government. It shows that they support his vision for development and the vision for the future of India, says Railway Minister Piyush Goyal.
We received 49% votes, more than what was predicted in exit polls. This is a victory for development. It was tough to change development into victory but our workers did it. Congress must introspect what went wrong for them, says Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
FM Arun Jaitley and general secretary of the party Saroj Pandey will go as observers to Gujarat and discuss the leadership in the state. Similarly, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Narendra Tomar will go to Himachal Pradesh to discuss about the leadership there, says JP Nadda.
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PM Modi asks BJP workers to raise slogan - 'jeetega bhai jeetega, vikas hi jeetega' (only development will win), says PM Modi. Party workers chant after him.
I once again congratulate the party workers for the win in Gujarat. This is a unique and historical victory, PM says once again.
PM also talks about his vision of 'new India'.
We took three decades to remove the poison of casteism from Gujarat. We took Gujarat on the path of 'sabka saath, sabka vikas', says PM.
I want to tell the people of Gujarat that it's great you have rejected the politics of caste. However, you have to be careful. You have voted for us, still I am daring to say this - all Gujaratis are one. Forget what has happened, he adds.
Six crore Gujaratis are one and they want to move ahead on the path of progress. Let every Gujarati embrace one another, we cannot and won't be divided... only think of unity and brotherhood, says PM Modi.
After 2014, discourse in the nation is about development only. Opposition is free to celebrate when BJP loses, but for now they will have to agree that we have the courage to take decisions and change the country, says PM.
We have the guts to take tough decisions. Our intention is clean, adds PM.
We hold elections every year in different states and people campaign differently, but development is the need of the hour. BJP has brought in the developments that were required in the country, says PM.
There may be differences in opinion on development, but people of the nation will never accept politicising development, says PM.
It's shameful that development was mocked, says PM.
I compliment the people of Gujarat. There was so much misinformation. Congress was hatching all kinds of conspiracies, says PM Modi.
Poeple from the Opposition were busy campaigning, Congress struggled and made plans to defeat us in Gujarat, says PM.
After I left Gujarat on becoming PM, it gives me immense satisfaction that my colleagues there continued the good work, says PM.
On a personal level, the win in Gujarat gives me extreme happiness, says PM.
The continuous win in Gujarat on the plank of development is unique in the history of India, says PM.
BJP won all the seats it contested in 1989 Lok Sabha polls. We won most of the seats we contested in 1990. In 1995, in 1998, in 2002, in 2007 and in 2012 we won. We won most seats in Lok Sabha polls too, adds PM.
Gujarat poll results are historical. In this day and age, for a party to keep winning for so long, says PM.
The results in Himachal Pradesh show that if you don't do development and are embroiled in all wrong acts then after 5 years people will not accept you, says PM Modi.
People of Himachal have voted for development, says PM.
The aspirations of our middle class are rising. We have to fulfil them, says PM.
It was said before Gujarat polls that the BJP would lose because of GST, says PM Modi. However, these elections have proved that the country is ready for reforms.
I bow to the people of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, says PM Modi. He adds, "I am grateful to the people of Gujarat and Himachal as they chose the path of development."
PM Modi begins his victory speech.
We have never won elections and today we have reached to having 19 BJP govt states across the country, says Shah.
This is not the sole victory that we have achieved, with this we have progressed from where we were in the previous elections, says Shah.
Shah addresses the media at BJP headquarters in Delhi.
At the onset, I would like to thank the people of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh for this victory, says Shah.
BJP president Amit Shah and other leaders felicitate PM Narendra Modi.
Election Commission of India was approached for counting at two booths in different constituencies. ECI has given instructions to conduct counting through VVPAT in those two particular booths, says BB Swain, Chief Electoral Officer of Gujarat.
The Congress party congratulates BJP, says "we aren't taking off our gloves just yet, see you on the campaign trail in 2018."
Senior Congress leader and former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi tweets:
I would like to give credit for this victory to the people of Gujarat, also give assurance that in the coming 5 years BJP will work towards what the people of the state want, says Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani.
Personal loss is not of much importance.The gain that victory has brought to state BJP is important. Thankful to people of the state for voting for BJP. In politics, sometimes one wins, sometimes one loses. I was not expecting to lose, I will do an analysis, says PK Dhumal.
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My Congress brothers and sisters, you have made me very proud. You are different than those you fought because you fought anger with dignity. You have demonstrated to everyone that the Congress’s greatest strength is its decency and courage, tweets Congress president Rahul Gandhi
The Congress party accepts the verdict of the people and congratulates the new governments in both states. I thank the people of Gujarat and Himachal with all my heart for the love they showed me, tweets Rahul Gandhi
We won comfortably, increased our vote share. It was not a close contest at all: Amit Shah, BJP chief
This is a lesson to the parties which indulge in caste-politics and dynasty: Amit Shah, BJP president
We are confident that when we go into 2019 elections under the leadership of PM Modi we will once again get people's support and Modi ji's aim for the youth in 2022 will become a reality: Amit Shah, BJP president
The 2/3rd lead in Himachal Pradesh shows that people there want to join PM Narendra Modi in the journey to development: Amit Shah
Under PM Modi's leadership, BJP will also win Meghalaya, Mizoram and Karnataka... 2019 is once again prove how the people of India trust Modiji: Shah
Amit Shah, BJP president addresses press conference, says, ''This is a victory of development over dynasty and polarisation.''
Development has won, tweets PM Modi as BJP retains Gujarat, wins in Himachal
I bow to the people of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh for their affection and trust in BJP. I assure them that we will leave no stone unturned in furthering the development journey of these states and serve the people tirelessly: PM Modi
Election results in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh indicate a strong support for politics of good governance and development. I salute the hardworking BJP Karyakartas in these states for their hardwork which has led to these impressive victories: PM Modi
BJP chief Amit Shah says party's victory in Gujarat & Himachal is a victory of PM Modi's model of development
Jignesh Mevani, who is leading by 19696 votes from Vadgam, thanks voters of Gujarat.
BJP parliamentary party meeting to be held at Parliament Library building on 20 December.
Nitish Kumar congratulates PM Modi over victories in Gujarat & Himachal, takes a dig at Congress
Gujarat Minister Chimanbhai Sapariya trailing from Jamjodhpur to Congress's Rameshbhai Kalariya.
Photo Gallery: BJP supporters celebrate saffron wave in Gujarat, Himachal
BJP victory because of EVMs, tweets Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam.
"In his opening innings, he scored zero" says Goa CM Manohar Parrikar on Rahul Gandhi.
Undoubtedly, a major victory. The kind of work which Party workers have done right from booth workers level till PM's level, everybody put their best foot forward and both #Gujarat & #HimachalPradesh have recognised the good work going on in the name of development: N Sitharaman
Union Minister Rajnath Singh flashes victory sign outside Parliament as trends indicate BJP's victory in both Gujarat & Himachal Pradesh.
In Pics: BJP workers celebrate Gujarat verdict in Maharashtra
"I firmly believe that our EVMs, VVPATs cannot be tampered with. This matter should be closed once and for all as it is tried and tested. EVM is a standalone machine, question of hacking doesn't arise" says former CEC of India, HS Brahma
Tough fight from Congress? Jo jeeta wohi sikandar, says Smriti Irani on Gujarat election results
Tajinder Singh Bagga, Delhi BJP spokesperson, celebrates victory with mushroom cakes.
Congress demands recounting of votes in Dabhoi.
Visuals of BJP workers celebrating in Jammu #GujaratVerdict #HimachalPradeshElections.
-In Deodar, Congress' Bhuriya Shibabhai Amarbhai wins, BJP Chauhan Keshaji Shivaji loses.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi reaches Parliament.
"Jo jeeta wohi sikandar. It is a victory of every booth worker's hard work and the people who trusted development," says Irani.
''It is a matter of happiness for us, this is the victory of development," says Union Minister Smriti Irani.
-In Dhari, BJP's Dilip Sanghani loses to JV Kakadiya
Gujarat verdict shows Muslim marginalisation has increased, says AIMIM's Owaisi
-Congress worked better in Gujarat than in Uttar Pradesh: Akhilesh Yadav
People have rejected the divisive politics of Congress, this win is due to the dynamic leadership of PM Modi and the hard work of BJP workers: UP CM Yogi Adityanath
-Shaktisinh Gohil, Arjun Modhwadia, Siddharth Patel and Tushar Chaudhry are among top Congress who have been defeated in assembly polls.
-BJP's Nimaben Acharya defeated by Congress' Aadam Chaki in Bhuj, In Pardi, BJP's Kanu Desai wins; BJP's Raman Patkar wins in Umargaam; In Dharampur, BJP's Arvind Patel tastes victory; Bharat Patel of BJP wins in Valsad
Congress wins on all 4 seats of Gir Somnath; Congress's Gyasuddin Sheikh wins Dariyapur seat by beating BJP'S Bharat Barot.
On Majura seat, BJP's Harsh Sanghvi wins, Congress' Ashokbhai Kothari loses.
Celebrations in #Mumbai as trends indicate BJP's victory in both #Himachal and #Gujarat #ElectionResults2017.
-Jamnagar North: Dharmendrasinh Jadeja of BJP wins against Congress' Jiwan Kumbharwadiya.
BJP's Jayesh Radadiya wins from Jetpur, Suresh Patel (BJP) wins from Maninagar.
Massive celebration erupt at the BJP national headquarter in Delhi as trends indicate party's victory in both #Himachal and #Gujarat
Congress's Arjun Modhwadiya loses from Porbandar to BJP's Babubhai Bokhiriya by 1855 votes #GujaratElection2017.
It seems to be a see-saw ride for Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia. He is now trailing by 1800 votes from Porbandar
EC Official trends: BJP leading on 105 seats, Congress on 69, Bhartiya Tribal Party on 2, NCP on 1 & Independent candidates on 4 seats.
With a victory in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, the Narendra Modi-powered BJP is certain to increase its footprints on the national political landscape.
BJP's Jayesh Radadiya from Jetpur wins.
BJP's Jainarayan Vyas loses from Siddhpur.-Congress office wears a deserted look in Ahmedabad as trends indicate BJP's victory in both Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.
-Here are some more picture of celebrations at the BJP office in Bhopal. MP
Party workers celebrate at party HQ, as trends indicate BJP's victory in both Gujarat & Himachal Pradesh #GujaratVerdict #HimachalPradeshElections2017.
-Independent candidate Jignesh Mevani is leading by 10785 votes in Vadgam.
Here's the video of PM Narendra Modi flashing victory sign as he arrives at the Parliament. #ElectionResults.
Vijay Rupani has won by over 21,000 votes from Rajkot West.
Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani has won from Rajkot West.
Here's the picture of PM Modi flashing victory sign in view of encouraging results coming from Gujarat.
PM Narendra Modi flashes a victory sign as BJP moves ahead in 108 seats in Gujarat.
-Trends available for all 182 seats; BJP ahead in 103, Congress in 75 and others in 4.
-Trends available for all 182 seats; BJP ahead in 107, Congress in 71 and others in 4.
-BJP improves its tally, leading in 105 seats, Congress in 71, while others on 6. Trends available for all 182 seats in Gujarat.
-EC official trends for #GujaratElection2017: BJP crosses halfway mark, takes lead on 94 seats, Congress ahead on 64.
Sensex recovers, Nifty in green as BJP crosses halfway mark in Gujarat Assembly elections 2017.
EC Official Trends for #GujaratElection2017: BJP leading on 83 seats, Congress leading on 62.
BJP crosses halfway mark, ahead in 100 seats, Congress 80, others 2; trends available for all 182 seats now.
BJP crosses halfway mark, ahead in 94 seats, Congress 86, others 2; trends available for all 182 seats
Gujarat energy minister Saurabh Patel in Botad trailing
BJP's Vipul Patel leading in Sojitra seat in Anand, Gujarat
BJP leading in Navsari, Gandevi and Jalalpur while Congress leads in Vansda.
CM Vijay Rupani leading by 7800 votes-The mood of the people of Gujarat will lead Congress to victory, can't comment much on initial trends; let the final results come, says state party in-charge Ashok Gehlot as counting continues #GujaratVerdict.
EC official trends for #GujaratElection2017: BJP leading on 65 seats, Congress leading on 56.
-BJP 2 short of halfway mark, ahead in 90 seats, Congress in 88, as per latest trends.
-Trends available for 179/182 seats in Gujarat; BJP ahead in 89, Congress 88, others 2.
-Gujarat energy minister Saurabh Patel in Botad trailing, BJP's Vipul Patel leading in Sojitra seat in Anand, Gujarat
-Trends available for 177/182 seats in Gujarat; BJP ahead in 87, Congress 88, others 2.
BJP's Nitinbhai Patel trailing by over 3000 votes from Mahesana.
-Congress nears half-way mark in Gujarat, leading 90 seats, BJP on 82, others in 2
-Congress leading on 13 seats in Gujarat, BJP on 10, according to the latest Election Commission figures.
-Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani trailing in Rajkot West.
Congress's Shaktisinh Gohil trailing by 1300 votes from Kutch's Mandvi, as per latest EC figures.
BJP leading on 2 seats, Porbandar and Bhavnagar East; Congress also leading on 2 seats, Mandvi & Nadiad.
Congress also leading in Palanpur in Gujarat.
Live: Trends available for 159/182 seats in Gujarat; close contest in BJP, Congress, as of now.
-Trends available for 159/182 seats in Gujarat; BJP ahead in 87, Congress 70, others 2.
The Election Commission shares trends/vote share for Gujarat.
-Trends available for 139/182 seats in Gujarat; BJP ahead in 83, Congress 55, others 1
-Ishwarbhai Parmar of BJP leading from Bardoli (SC) in Surat.
-Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani leading from Rajkot West.
-BJP's Pankajbhai Desai from Nadiad leading.
-Ramanbhai Solanki of BJP leading from Borsad in Anand, Gujarat.
#GujaratElection2017 Postal ballot counting underway; visuals from a counting center in #Surat
-Trends available for 126/182 seats in Gujarat; BJP ahead in 77, Congress 48, others 1.
-Trends available for 99/182 seats in Gujarat; BJP ahead in 62, Congress 36, others 1.
Congress supporters jump the gun, congratulate Rahul Gandhi for winning Gujarat, Himachal
#GujaratElection2017 Postal ballot counting underway; visuals from a counting center in #Vadodara.
-Trends available for 89/182 seats in Gujarat; BJP ahead in 52, Congress 35, others 2.
-On 58 seats in Gujarat, BJP leading on 32 seats while Congress is leading on 25 seats, others leading on 1.
-Trends available for 44/182 seats in Gujarat; BJP ahead in 28, Congress 23.
-I assure you that there can be no tampering with the EVMs, says CECommissioner AK Joti #GujaratElection2017 #HimachalPradeshElections.
Counting of postal ballots underway; visuals from a counting center in #Shimla's Kasumpti #HimachalPradeshElections
LIVE: Trends available for 21/182 seats in Gujarat; BJP ahead in 16, Congress in 4.
-Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani leading from Rajkot West, as per trends available.
-Trends available for 13/182: BJP ahead in 10, Congress in 3.
-Supporters perform 'Hawan' outside Congress president Rahul Gandhi's residence in #Delhi ahead of counting of votes, set to begin shortly.
Counting of votes for election to 182-seat Gujarat assembly begins.
#GujaratElection2017: Counting of votes for all the 182 assembly seats of the state to begin at 8 AM, visuals from a counting center in #Ahmedabad
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-Visuals from BJP office Gandhinagar ahead of counting of votes for all 182 assembly seats in the state.
Some more visuals of the counting centre set up at Surat's Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology.
-Heavy security deployed outside all counting centres across Gujarat.
-Here are the first visuals from outside a counting centre set up at Polytechnic College in Vadodara.
-The party's landslide win of over 300 of UP's 403 seats was dubbed Modi wave 2.0.
-In the 2014 General Election, the BJP riding on the "Narendra Modi wave" won all the state's 26 seats.
-The BJP had won 115 in the last election, the Congress had won 61.
-BJP chief Amit Shah, who is also from Gujarat, had set his party a target of winning more than 150 seats in the state.
Exit polls have unanimously projected a BJP win in Gujarat where the party is seen to be winning anywhere between 99-146 seats, comfortably crossing the majority mark of 92.
-Results will be in favour of BJP, says Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani
Criticism of EVMs is due to fear of defeat, said Bihar CM Nitish Kumar
Election Commission on Sunday withdraw its showcause notice to Rahul Gandhi over TV interviews.
-In Himachal the exit polls projected a clear majority for the saffron party, unseating the Congress.
-Meanwhile, most of the exit polls predicted more than 100 seats for the BJP in Gujarat.
-The influential Patidar community accounts for around 12 percent of the state's population.
-Patel led a long agitation of his community for reservation, while Thakor led a counter-protest against the inclusion of Patidars in the OBC reservation list. Mevani raised his voice against Dalit atrocities.
-The Congress also stitched a broad social coalition with prominent Patidar, OBC, and Dalit leaders - Hardik Patel, Alpesh Thakor and Jignesh Mevani - in its bid to unseat the BJP.
-On the other hand, Rahul persistently attacked PM Modi and the BJP for "not talking about the future of Gujarat" and skipping key issues being faced by the people of the state.
-During the campaign, PM Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah trained guns on the Congress on issues like Ram Temple, alleged Pakistani interference in the Gujarat polls and (suspended Congress leader) Mani Shankar Aiyar's remarks.
-While the BJP is seeking a sixth straight term in office in Gujarat, the Congress is aiming to stage a comeback in power after being in the Opposition for over two decades.
-According to the EC data, the tribal-dominated Narmada district witnessed the highest voter turnout of 79.15 percent, while Devbhumi-Dwarka of Saurashtra region recorded the lowest at 59.39 percent.
-According to the final figures released by the Election Commission, the voter turnout in the second phase of voting on December 14, for 93 seats in the north and central Gujarat, stood at 69.99 percent.
-Counting of votes will be done for Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections too. In the hill state, counting will take place at 42 centres.
-The voting was held following an acrimonious campaign, where both the main political parties indulged in no-holds-barred attacks on each other.
-Elections in Gujarat have become a prestige battle for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his home state and a litmus test for new Congress president Rahul Gandhi.
-Counting of votes will be held at 37 centres spread across Gujarat's 33 districts amid tight security.
-Counting of votes will begin shortly under the watchful eyes of the Election Commission in a short while.
Ahmedabad/New Delhi: Surmounting the incumbency factor, attempted caste-based social engineering by the Congress and perceived anger over the GST, the BJP clinched the Gujarat Assembly polls sixth time in a row on Monday, winning 99 seats in the 182-member House.
The saffron party's tally, however, was 16 less than 115 in the previous election. It is also for the first time it has slipped below the 100 mark since the BJP formed its maiden government on its own in 1995. It was in a coalition government with the Janata Dal in 1990 but the two parted ways soon.
The Congress, which had won 61 seats in the previous elections, made handsome gains, adding 16 seats to its tally.