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12.6 per cent swing helps BJP knock out Congress in Gujarat

Ahmedabad: The BJP in Gujarat has this year registered its best ever showing in Lok Sabha polls, winning all 26 seats on the back of a massive 12.6 per cent swing in its favour over

India TV News Desk India TV News Desk Updated on: May 17, 2014 23:47 IST
Congress, which had won 11 seats in the previous polls, lost 10.3 per cent votes and with it, all the the seats in Gujarat.

As per the analysis of poll percentages, BJP has gained 12.6 per cent more votes over its tally in 2009.  Aam Aadmi Party, which contested 24 seats in the state, managed to secure 1.2 per cent votes, fetching around three lakh votes.

Independents taken together surged ahead of AAP as they secured more than 5.42 lakh votes with a vote share of 2.1 per cent.

While the vote share of BSP and NCP was an identical 0.9 per cent, that of JD(U) and Bahujan Mukti Party was 0.4 and 0.2 per cent, respectively.

Across all 26 Lok Sabha seats, vote share of ‘NOTA' (None of the above) stood at 1.8 per cent.
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