Assembly Election Results Highlights: Modi says BJP lost by historic low margin in Himachal but broke all records in Gujarat

With the BJP winning with a record tally in Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was overcome with emotions on the "phenomenal election results". Congress meanwhile slipped into political oblivion in the state, with less than 20 seats. The grand old party, however, bagged the crown for Himachal Pradesh, winning 40 of the 68 seats. Aam Aadmi Party, which had contested on 67 seats, failed to open account. The hill state has not voted any incumbent government to power since 1985. Here are the highlights of Assembly Election Results only with DH.

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi vows to strengthen party in Gujarat

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi says his party is not discouraged by its poor show in Gujarat Assembly polls, vows to work to strengthen it in state.(PTI)

It's historic day as Aam Adami Party made impressive entry into Gujarat: AAP chief Gopal Italia

It's historic day as Aam Adami Party made impressive entry into Gujarat, which is BJP stronghold. We gave tough fight to rival and won 5 seats. It's revolution in Gujarat and victory of Arvind Kejriwal's honest politics,Gujarat AAP chief Gopal Italia said.(PTI)

Congress workers celebrate outside AICC office in Delhi as party wins

Himachal Pradesh Congress MLAs have been asked to stay in Shimla

The results of Gujarat have proved how strong is the desire of the common man for a developed India. The message is clear that whenever there is a challenge before the country, people show their faith in BJP: Prime Minister Narendra Modi

People voted for BJP as it is taking all facilities to the poor and middle class at the earliest: Modi

'People's journalist' Isudan Gadhvi fails to strike chord with the masses; Gadhvi, who contested from Khambhalia seat, lost to BJP’s Ayar Mulubhai Hardasbhai Bera, who polled 10% more votes than the AAP leader

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Support to BJP shows people's anger against dynasty rule and corruption rising: PM Modi to BJP workers

People voted for BJP as it is taking all facilities to the poor and middle class at the earliest. Gujarat's love for BJP despite it being in power for 25 years is unprecedented, they have broken all records, written history: PM Modi on state election results

Gujarat results have shown that goodwill towards state and development plank will always win people because people want to believe in BJP's noble vision and intention: Modi

BJP has both vision and will towards 'vikas': Modi after Assembly results

Never has the margin of win been so low in Himachal. I assure the people that even though the party is behind by 1%, our support will be 100%: PM Modi

In no booth, was repolling needed: PM Modi

Modi addresses supporters after landslide win

Wins for most seats declared in Gujarat BJP

Victory celebrations at BJP headquarters

Victory celebrations at BJP headquarters in New Delhi: Nadda hails Modi after Gujarat gives sweeping mandate

PM Narendra Modi arrives at BJP HQ in Delhi after BJP's victory in the Gujarat Assembly elections.

Himachal continues its trend of alternating governments, Congress set to return to power

"Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra helped..." Kharge on Himachal results

BJP lost the Himachal Pradesh polls by less than 1% vote share, and Congress won with least vote share in the state's history.

Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani overcomes early losses, wins Vadgam assembly seat for Congress

Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrives at BJP HQ in Delhi after today's Assembly election results.

Priyanka Gandhi thanks Himachal for mandate

Samajwadi Party's Dimple Yadav registers thumping victory in Mainpuri bypoll with record 2.8 lakh votes

Samajwadi Party candidate Dimple Yadav on Thursday won the Mainpuri parliamentary bypoll in Uttar Pradesh, defeating her nearest rival and BJP candidate Raghuraj Singh Shakya by 2,88,461 votes.

Considered as the SP's bastion, the seat was held by party founder and Dimple Yadav's father-in-law Mulayam Singh Yadav and got vacated after his death on October 10.

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'Each of you is a champion': Modi thanks party workers for thumping win in Gujarat

I thank the people of Himachal for the affection and support for the BJP. We will keep working to fulfil the aspirations of the state and raise people’s issues in the times to come: Modi

I am overcome with a lot of emotions seeing the phenomenal election results: Modi

Bypolls Results

The unseating of the BJP in Himachal Pradesh has come as a consolation for the Congress that has almost perished in Gujarat where the saffron party surpassed its rival’s record in victory.

Himachal is Congress’ first victory in a state election after losing 18 Assembly polls after winning Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan in 2018. In Jharkhand and Tamil Nadu, it rode to victory as junior partners with credit going to alliance leaders JMM and DMK.

Rahul Gandhi congratulates party workers on Himachal win, silent on Gujarat debacle

CM Jai Ram Thakur submits resignation to governor

BJP wrests Congress bastion Anand in Gujarat

Gujarat Election: Anand Assembly Constituency Result 2022

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Yogesh Patel on Thursday appeared on course to wrest the Anand assembly constituency in Gujarat from the Congress.

Patel was leading by over 40,000 votes after 22 rounds over Kanti Sodha Parmar of Congress in Anand, which gave the world the famous Amuldairy brand.

The Congress and the BJP were locked in a neck and neck fight for the seat which the former had won in 2017 after a gap of 25 years.

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Kejriwal congratulated party workers and supports for turning AAP into national party

Amit Shah thanks people for wholehearted support as BJP sweeps Gujarat

It is a very emotional moment for me as I can see the same kind of support from people as it was for late Virbhadra Singh. Chandigarh is easily accessible meeting point for MLAs & we are not worried about poaching: Pratibha V Singh

Gujarat votes for politics of development. Some years ago, here prevailed politics of vote banking, divide & rule because of which people were fed up and they started voting for BJP: Purnesh Modi, BJP

I am not taking credit for it... In a democracy wins and losses happen. It's our ideological fight. We will correct the shortcomings and continue to fight: Congress President M Kharge party's performance in Gujarat

High command will decide next CM of HP. Priyanka Gandhi's 10-pointer manifesto worked there: Baghel

BJP concedes defeat in Himachal Pradesh

BJP concedes defeat in Himachal Pradesh, CM Jai Ram Thakur says he will shortly hand over his resignation to the governor.(PTI)

CM Bhupendra Patel wins Gujarat's Ghatlodia seat by a margin of 1.92 lakh votes

AAP & Asaduddin Owaisi were one of the reasons behind the vote cut (of Congress)during the polls: J Thakor, Gujarat Congress president

Congress wins Gujarat's Danilimda assembly seat despite splitting votes with AAP

Meanwhile in Himachal Pradesh, outgoing CMJairam Thakur has conceded defeat and said that he will resign. "I will tender my resignation to the Governor in a short while from now," BJP leader Thakur said.

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In Gujarat, BJP's Ishwarsinh Thakorbhai Patel wins from Ankleshwar constituency.

In Himachal Pradesh, state minister Suresh Bhardwaj loses to sitting Congress MLA Anirudh Singh from Kasumpti.

Congress sending top leaders to Chandigarh amidst poaching buzz

Congress has won 11 seats in Himachal and is leading in 28 while BJP has won in 10 and is leading in 16 at the moment

AAP headquarters decked up to welcome national party status

The Aam Aadmi Party headquarters in Delhi was decked up with colourful balloons, and music was blazing to exhibit the mood for celebrations that prevailed in the party as it is likely to get the national status after the Gujarat Assembly election results on Thursday.

Talking to media, Delhi state convenor Gopal Rai said, "With the support of the people of Gujarat, the Aam Aadmi Party is going to become a national party today. The politics of work is making a mark in national politics. Congratulations to all the workers of Aam Aadmi Party and the entire countrymen."

"The whole country now needs a change in the whole political landscape and they think that the Aam Aadmi Party can now bring this transformation, '' he said. "In such a short span of time, the AAP has achieved national recognition today. It indicates that the whole nation needs a change now," Rai said.

Gujarat rejected politics of revadi, appeasement and hollow promises: Amit Shah

Senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the people of Gujarat have given an unprecedented mandate to the party by rejecting those who do politics of hollow promises, freebies and appeasement.

"In the last two decades, under the leadership of Modi ji, the BJP broke all records of development in Gujarat and today the people of Gujarat have blessed the BJP and broken all records of victory," he said.

"Gujarat has rejected those who do politics of hollow promises, revadi (freebies) and appeasement and given an unprecedented mandate to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP, which worked for public welfare and development," Shah said.

BJP to retain Bhupendra Patel as Gujarat CM; oath-taking on December 12

Cricketer Ravindra Jadeja’s wife Rivaba takes big lead in Gujarat's Jamnagar North

I salute the people of Gujarat on this historic victory: Amit Shah

Independent candidate Ashish Sharma wins from Hamirpur

Independent candidate Ashish Sharma won the Hamirpur Assembly seat, defeating his Congress rival Pushpinder Verma by a margin of 12,899 votes.

Sitting BJP MLA Kisorebhai Kanai dashes AAP’s Surat hopes, leads in Varachha Road constituency

BJP’s Rathwa takes unassailable lead in Pavi Jetpur tribal seat in Gujarat

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Jayantibhai Rathwa was all set to defeat Aam Aadmi Party nominee Radhika Rathwa from Pavi Jetpur seat in Chhota Udepur district.

After 16 rounds of counting of votes, Rathwa was leading by over 31,000 votes over the AAP candidate, while Leader of Opposition in outgoing Assembly Sukhram Rathwa was at the third spot.

Congress's Baghel, Hooda, Shukla to head to Himachal as party likely to get majority

The Congress is sending Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, senior leaders Bhupinder Hooda and Rajeev Shukla to Himachal Pradesh on Thursday with the possibility of the party getting a majority in the hill state.

"The party is sending two observers -- Hooda and Baghel -- along with me. We will be travelling in some time to Himachal today," Shukla told PTI.

"Though the results are still coming in but it is a victory of the people. With the blessings of God, if the Congress wins, we will do everything possible for the interest of the people of Himachal Pradesh. Priyanka ji (Priyanka Gandhi Vadra) campaigned a lot, she worked really hard," he said.

Congress wins first seat in Gujarat; BJP bags five, according to official EC data

BJP candidate Desai Rakesh Gunvantbhai won the Navsari seat by a margin of 72,313 votes, defeating Congress' Dipak Barot.

BJP candidate Geetaba Jayrajsinh Jadeja beat Congress' Desai Yatish Govindlal by 43,313 votes to win the Gondal seat.

BJP candidate Mohanbhai Dhanjibhai Dhodiya defeated Congress candidateGarasiya Hemangini Dipakkumar by 31,508 votes to clinch the Mahuva seat.

BJP candidate from Dahod, Kanaiyalal Bachubhai Kishori, won the seatwith a margin of 29,350 votes.

BJP candidate Kamleshbhai Rameshbhai Patel defeated Congress's Dr Prakash Budhabhai Parmar by 17,954 votes to win Petlad.

Congress candidate Imran Khedawala won in the Jamalpur-Khadia seat by 13,658 votes

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Advantage Congress in Himachal Pradesh right now

It's a win of BJP's work, the removal of Art 370. We'll focus on the work to be done in next 20 yrs. There was no competition with AAP. Viramgam made Hardik Patel win for the further development of constituency: Hardik Patel

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Congress MLA Imran Khedawala leads in Muslim dominated Jamalpur-Khadia seat; AIMIM at 3rd place

Sitting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Gujarat's Bhavnagar Rural constituency and prominent Koli leader Parshottam Solanki is leading over his Congress rival Revatsinh Gohil

If Cong wins in HP, we'll do everything in people's interest; Priyanka Gandhi Vadra worked hard, campaigned extensively: Rajiv Shukla

We'll have to take care of our friends as BJP can do anything & go to any level: Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel on horse-trading suspicions

"Counting on. Still, we had hoped to form govt there & we can see it happening" "Won't bring them here but we'll have to take care of our friends as BJP can do anything & go to any level. We haven't begun anything for 2023 yet but Congress has won all the bye-elections by a good margin. It shows that people's support for the party has remained intact," Baghel says

Congress upbeat, begins celebrating in Himachal Pradesh

Bhupendra Patel set to retain Ghatlodia with big margin

Congress leads in Rajkot South, AAP trailing, BJP a distant third

BJP candidate Kamleshbhai Rameshbhai Patel defeats Congress's Dr Prakash Budhabhai Parmar by 17,954 votes to win Petlad in Gujarat

AAP’s CM face Isudan Gadhvi leads from Khambhalia in Saurashtra

Isudan Gadhvi, the Aam Aadmi Party’s CM face in Gujarat, on Thursday took an early lead over Congress party’s sitting MLA from Khambhalia, Vikram Madam, while BJP’s Mulubhai Bera was seen finishing third.

After four rounds of voting in the assembly polls, Gadhvi had polled 13,658 votes, compared to 9,889 votes polled by incumbent Madam. BJP’s Bera had picked up 5,703 votes, according to the latest update available from the Election Commission.

BJP’s Kantilal Amrutiya heading towards victory from Morbi assembly seat

Congress leads in Himachal with 38 seats, EC trends show

Vikramaditya Singh looks set to win from Congress bastion

SP candidate Dimple Yadav continues her comfortable lead, garnering a total of 1,58,485 votes so far.

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PM Modi's politics of development has once again won in Gujarat. I thank the people of the state: Pradipsinh Vaghela, General Secretary, BJP Gujarat

Current Himachal CM Jai Ram Thakur retains Seraj seat

Congress widens lead in Himachal Pradesh, leading in 36 now

BJP wins 1 seat in Himachal Pradesh: Sundernagar

AAP CM candidate Gadhvi leading in Khambhalia

Alpesh Thakor leading in Gandhinagar South

HP Poll results to be out soon. Will people go against historical penchant for anti-incumbency?

Gujarat Election results 2022: Hardik Patel exudes confidence in BJP’s victory

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Mevani trailing in Vadgam: ECI

Hardik Patel leading in Viramgram but AAP candidate not far behind

Uttar Pradesh bypoll | Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Madan Bhaiya leads in Khatauli Assembly seat; BJP candidate trailing

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Congress surpasses BJP in Himachal, trends show

Congress's Vikramaditya Singh leads from Shimla Rural

Will BJP create a record in Gujarat?

Its best performance in Gujarat goes back to 2002 when the party had won 127 seats in the 182-member state Assembly. This time around, exit poll predictions for the BJP winning seats range from 117 to 151. If the results come in line with the median value of these predictions, the BJP would have surpassed its own record of 2002.

As most exit poll surveys have predicted a tight contest between the incumbent BJP and the opposition Congress, with the former holding slight edge, the Thursday Assembly results in Himachal Pradesh will decide the fate of senior leaders of both states

Counting of votes for a new assembly in Gujarat got underway Thursday, with early trends pointing to a sweeping victory for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that has not lost an election in the state since 1995.

Congress, BJP both leading in 32 seats in Himachal Pradesh

Guj CM Bhupendra Patel surges ahead in Ghatlodia, BJP's Hardik Patel and AAP candidate neck and neck

Congress, BJP neck and neck in Himachal: BJP leading in 35 seats, Congress in 31

Congress expels 30 Himachal Pradesh leaders for six years over 'anti-party activities'

TheHimachalPradesh Congress on Wednesday expelled 30 office-bearers of its Chopal block committee for anti-party activities.

The expulsions came just a day before the counting of votes for the assembly polls held last month.

Acting on a resolution passed by the block committee,HimachalPradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) president Pratibha Singh expelled the functionaries from the primary membership of the party with immediate effect.

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For the Congress, its role as the main challenger to the BJP is at stake and Thursday’s results will show if the party’s ‘silent campaign’ has cut ice with people.

Top leaders of the party, which was projected to bag between 16 and 51 seats, were busy with Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra. The Congress bagged 77 seats in 2017.

Congress holds power only in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, both of which will go to polls in 2023, and party insiders say that any hopes for the party's revival has to start from Himachal Pradesh. It is expecting the electorate to go by the nearly four-decade old tradition of voting out the incumbent government in the hill state.

As the BJP battled anti-incumbency sentiments after 27 years of rule in Gujarat, Prime Minister Modi was the party’s trump card and the ruling party banked on 'Brand Modi' in a bid to contain the anti-incumbency factor.

Among the key issues in Gujarat campaign were unemployment, price rise, water not reaching certain pockets of the state, land acquisition for big projects and farmers not getting proper compensation for crop damage due to excess rains.

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Gujarat, Himachal elections: BJP eyeing new records; Cong, AAP keep fingers crossed

The BJP is eyeing a record seventh straight term in Gujarat and also hoping to buck the anti-incumbency trend in Himachal Pradesh witnessed for nearly four decades as the stage is set for counting of votes on Thursday for the Assembly elections in the two states.

Simultaneously, votes polled in by-elections in six assembly constituencies in five states and the high-profile Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh, where the opposition Samajwadi Party is locked in a battle for prestige with the BJP, will be also counted.

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The first official trends show BJP leading on 3 seats and Congress on 2 in Gujarat

Congress leads on one Assembly seat of 68 seats in Himachal Pradesh, as per EC official trends.

BJP leading in 39 seats in Himacal, Congress trailing with 27 leads

BJP exudes confidence it will win

BJP will break records. It will get the maximum number of seats &the highest voting percentage. All our candidates will be ahead of their rival candidates by a huge margin. BJP will have a huge victory: Guj Min & BJP candidate from Surat West, Purnesh Modi

BJP ahead with a comfortable margin in Gujarat

Early trends show BJP ahead in Himachal Pradesh; Exit polls had predicted a very close contest between Congress and saffron party

Hardik Patel predicts 135 to 145 seats for BJP in Gujarat

We are definitely going to form the govt: Hardik Patel

When votes get counted on Thursday for Assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party will be hoping to set a few new records.

Victory in Gujarat will make it the only party other than the Communist Party of India (Marxist) to have won seven straight Assembly elections. The CPI(M), which ruled West Bengal for 34 years from 1977 to 2011, had also won seven straight elections. On the other hand, no party has won a back-to-back election in Himachal Pradesh after 1985. If the BJP manages to retain power in the hill state, that would be another record.

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Exit polls predict photo finish in Himachal Pradesh elections

The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress prepare for a nervous counting day in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday after exit polls predict a photo finish.

The BJP’s top leadership asked Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur to keep channels open with party rebels who contested the November 12 election. As many as 21 BJP MLAs were denied tickets and the rebels are expected to cause trouble for the party in a post-poll situation.

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BJP confident of retaining power; AAP looking to make strong debut