Ahmedabad: BJP is seen registering a historic victory in Gujarat. As per the counting trends, BJP has won 52 out of 182 seats and is ahead on 102. If the trends translate into results, the BJP will break Congress's record of winning 149 seats in 1985. According to sources, Bhupendra Patel will take oath as CM on December 11 at the Narendra Modi Stadium.
The Congress won 149 seats in the 1985 elections under the leadership of Madhav Singh Solanki. On crossing the 150 mark, the BJP will break the record of Congress's biggest victory.
The BJP had won 127 seats in the 2002 elections when Modi was the CM of Gujarat. The interesting thing is that during the election campaign PM Modi had said – Bhupendra will break Narendra's record. This is visible in the results.
BJP crosses 150, Congress confined within 20
In the trends, BJP has taken a one-sided lead in 154 out of 182 seats in Gujarat. Congress is ahead in 14 seats and has won 6 seats. Here, Aam Aadmi Party is leading on 3 seats and has won two seats. Independents and other candidates are seen going to 4 seats.
In Gujarat, counting started from EVM after counting of postal ballots in half an hour before 8 am on Thursday. Here BJP's Rewaba from Jamnagar, CM Bhupendra Patel from Ahmedabad, BJP's Hardik Patel from Viramgam are leading in big seats. Seeing the BJP's lead, party supporters have started celebrating.
All three big leaders of AAP lose
All the three big leaders of AAP have lost the election. These include chief ministerial candidate Ishudan Gadhvi, state party president Gopal Italia and Patidar leader Alpesh Kathiria.
All 13 candidates of Owaisi's party lost
Asaduddin Owaisi's party AIMIM participated in the Gujarat assembly elections for the first time. AIMIM also fielded two Hindu candidates out of a total of 13. All the candidates of the party have lost the elections.
BJP leads in Morbi
Though the Patidar-dominated Morbi Assembly seat in Gujarat is considered a stronghold of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the poll equations this time may change due to many factors, including the recent bridge tragedy which claimed 135 lives, political observers say.
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