gujarat election results

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) faced a setback in Gujarat local body elections, with the BJP showing a strong performance. Meanwhile, three AAP Rajya Sabha MPs, including Raghav Chadha, announced their decision to merge with the BJP, citing the party's deviation from its core ideology and pursuit of personal benefits.

Early trends from Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation elections show the BJP leading in several wards as vote counting progresses. Polling across Gujarat's local bodies saw a significant turnout, with municipal corporations recording 51.81% in Ahmedabad. The elections, a key exercise before next year's assembly polls, featured major parties and new municipal corporations.

Election officials in Dahod and Panchmahal districts were kept on their toes after allegations and rumours of suspected movement of people in the campuses of colleges where the strong rooms for keeping EVMs and counting centres are located.

All 42 Muslim candidates in the Gujarat’s LS election fray, including Sherkhan Pathan — the Congress’s lone minority contender — have been defeated.

Considering the excitement and anxiety among political workers and members of the general public for the election results, authorities have made arrangements to facilitate huge crowds outside the counting centrers in the city on Thursday.

Gujarat polls are historical and a matter of double joy for me. I am so happy that after I left the state, my colleagues there continued the good work," said PM Modi at BJP Headquarters in Delhi.

The BJP beat anti-incumbency, GST jitters, a resurgent Congress and the spirited fight put up by three young turks to romp home to victory for the sixth straight time in Gujarat, the home state of its president and the Prime Minister. The saffron party is convincingly ahead in 101 of 182 seats.

As counting of votes continues in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, leaders from both ends of the contest reacted to the early trends and results of the polls. In both the states, BJP is looking forward to scoring an impressive victory with leads on 101 seats in Gujarat and 43 seats in Himachal Pradesh. Here are the reactions of political leaders on the results of the elections.

Following a better-than-expected performance in the Gujarat assembly elections, Congress today termed the results of the Gujarat assembly elections a "moral victory" for the party.

After the victory in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh assembly elections, PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday pitched for 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Not only is the BJP set to take Gujarat again , it appears it has retained most of the seats in Surat where it faced significant resentment over the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax Act (GST).

Gujarat’s countryside was painted saffron on Tuesday as BJP captured all 31 district panchayats, the majority of the 81 municipalities and over 200 of the 231 taluka (block) panchayats that had gone to polls on February 28.

Responding to the results of the assembly elections in Gujarat, Patidar leader Hardik Patel today alleged that EVMs have been tampered in Surat, Rajkot and Ahmedabad.

gujarat election results: Aam Aadmi Party on Monday said that “EVMs have won and Gujarat has lost”. AAP sought to know why the Election Commission wasn’t ready to count at least 25% of VVPAT slips if the EVMs used in the polls were not tampered with.

The Shiv Sena has said the people were not happy with the BJP in Gujarat, going by the trends of counting. The BJP appeared to be on its way to retain power in the state, with trends from 182 seats giving it a lead in 103 while the Congress followed with 72.

Chief minister Nitish Kumar remained unavailable to the media on Thursday for his reaction on the Gujarat results.

In a unique attempt to spread scientific thinking among the masses, the Bharat Jan Vigyan Jatha has challenged all clairvoyants to predict accurate gujarat election results by December 7 night and win Rs 25 lakh as reward.

The gujarat election results have come as a "warning bell" to those who believe in autocratic rule, the Shiv Sena said on Tueday. In an editorial in party mouthpiece 'Saamana', the Sena asked the BJP to pay heed to the 'sterling performance' of Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Patidar leader Hardik Patel in Gujarat.

The BJP set new records in Gujarat assembly elections with its victory as it stormed back to power with 156 seats. The Congress party finished second, winning 17 seats. Here's the full list of the assembly constituencies and the winning candidates:

With the polls come the model code of conduct (MCC) - an administrative whip to ensure free and fair elections.

The BJP is leading all 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat. Party president Amit Shah has a massive lead in Gandhinagar.

Congress complained to the chief electoral officer that a Wi-Fi connection, named 'NaMo', had been detected close to Surat and Mehsana strong rooms where EVMs using in elections were stored.