Gujarat election results bjp leads in 107 seats, rupani wins rajkot west

Gujarat election results: BJP leads in 107 seats, Rupani wins Rajkot West

Gujarat Assembly Election Results 2017: BJP leads in 103 seats, Rupani wins Rajkot West on Business Standard. BJP ahead in 103 seats for 182 seats, while Congress ahead in 77 seats and NCP leading on 1 seat. Know more updates on Gujarat election results 2017 or Gujarat poll results.

Election Result The BJP is leading in 107 seats and the Congress in 73, as per the trends available after the first hour of counting of Gujarat Election Result As per the trends available for 182 seats, the BJP is ahead in 107 seats, while the Congress candidates have a slight edge over their BJP opponents in a few constituencies. The NCP is leading on one seat.

BJP Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, who was earlier trailing after the count of postal ballots, is now leading in over Congress' Indranil Rajyaguru in Rajkot West seat by 22,000 votes.

However, Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel is trailing from Mehsana against Congress candidate Jivabhai Patel by 3,000 votes.

Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia is trailing in Porbandar by just 50 votes after counting of three rounds, against BJP leader and fisheries minister Babubhai Bokhiriya.

Congress' Alpesh Thakor is leading in Radhanpur seat against Lavingji Thakor of BJP. Senior Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil is trailing against BJP's Virendrasinh Jadeja from Mandvi seat.

State BJP chief Jitu Vaghani is leading over Dilipsinh Gohil of Congress in Bhavnagar West.

The elections for 182-seat Assembly were held on December 9 and 14, after an acrimonious campaign, which was dominated by a face-off between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi.

In the 2012 elections, the BJP had won 115 seats while the Congress emerged victorious on 61 seats.

The BJP has been in power in the state since 1995, winning consecutive elections in the home state of Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah.

The main contestants from the BJP are Gujarat

Chief Minister Vijay Rupani (Rajkot West), Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel (Mehsana) and state BJP unit president Jitu Vaghani (Bhavnagar West).

The main contenders from the Congress are Shaktisinh Gohil (Mandvi), Arjun Modhvadia (Porbandar), Siddharth Patel (Dabhoi), and Paresh Dhanai (Amreli).

OBC leader Alpesh Thakor, who joined the Congress ahead of polls is fighting from Radhanpur seat, while Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani is contesting from Vadgam.

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