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Advantage BJP as party bags Himachal

Pradesh and Gujarat, Congress slips Latest from Gujarat Election
PTI | Dec 18, 2017, 08.14 PM IST
BJP wins Gujarat; Congress show
good but not good enough
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Wresting power from the Congress in

Himachal Pradesh and retaining it in Gujarat,
the BJP today continued its winning 'assembly
run' over the Congress since it came to power
in the Centre in 2014.
With the two states in BJP's kitty, the score
Gujarat BJP chief Jitu Vaghani retains
Bhavnagar (West) seat
100 per cent match in random vote
count on EVMs and paper trail slips:
EC official

now stands at 19 for the BJP and its allies

and five for the Congress. OBC leader Alpesh Thakor wins
maiden election

The list of states where the Congress has lost power
since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to office and
Amit Shah became BJP president has got longer with
the fall of Himachal Pradesh.
68 seats.
Though the Congress, helmed by its new president Rahul Gandhi, defied most exit polls
The BJP was poised to win 99 seats in
Gujarat -- one less than the crucial 100 mark
Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin
and seven more than the 92 it needs to form Patel retains Mahesana seat
government in the 182-member Assembly --
and sweep Himachal Pradesh with 44 of the
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and other predictions to improve its tally in Gujarat from 61 to a possible 77, power slipped Result Himachal Exit Polls Gujarat Exit Polls Arun

from its grasp. It also ceded to the BJP in Himachal Pradesh, where it was poised to win Jaitley Amit Shah Hardik Patel Gujarat
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just 21 seats.
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With this, the Congress slide continues and it is now in power in only Punjab and
Karnataka of the 18 states, which elect 10 or more Lok Sabha members. The party is also SPOTLIGHT
in power in Meghalaya, Mizoram and Puducherry.
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The only state where the Congress has won during this period is Punjab.

Congress-ruled Karnataka goes to the polls early next year.

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"The Congress losing Himachal Pradesh is on expected lines... the state has a history of Not just Congress, even the Chinese are anxiously
tracking Gujarat results
switching governments alternately, election after election, but still a loss is a loss," said
Sanjay Kumar of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS). More

Discussing the Gujarat result, his colleague Mahasweta Jani said all deprived sections of
society in Gujarat have voted for the Congress -- farmers, Scheduled Castes and tribals --
though the urban voter base of BJP continues to remain loyal to the party.

"Interestingly, Patidars in urban areas have also voted for the BJP," Jani said.

Addressing a press conference, BJP president Amit Shah said the poll outcome in favour
of the BJP is a victory of performance and development against the politics of dynasty,
casteism and appeasement.

Asked if there was a close fight with the Congress in Gujarat, he said having a eight
percent victory margin over the rival cannot be taken as 'kante ki takkar' (close fight).

"The BJP has been continuously wresting one after another state from the Congress... The
Congress has lost its relevance as a national party and now BJP is the only party with
national footprint in the country," added BJP spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao.

The Congress, however, said the Gujarat results under Rahul Gandhi's stewardship was a
"moral victory".

"Congress' Party's campaign under the leadership of #CongressPresidentRahulGandhi ji

has led to a moral victory for our party in #Gujarat...," AICC general secretary in- charge
for Gujarat Ashok Gehlot tweeted.

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