Unlike its rule of more than two decades, the saffron party will be facing some serious challenges, something that it has already foreseen.
With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) set to retain Gujarat for the sixth consecutive term, the gap between its vote share and that of the Congress has been continuously shrinking.
BJP leaders said their party would "retain" power notwithstanding the opposition and the aggressive campaign by the Congress, particularly its new president Rahul Gandhi.
Trends from 181 seats in the state, gave the BJP a lead in over a 100 seats while the Congress was following with 69. The simple majority mark in the 182-member assembly is 92.
Party supporters gathered in large numbers at the office and distributed sweets among themselves.
While BJP moves ahead to take its rule in Gujarat past 22 years, let’s take a look at some of the factors which seem to have helped the BJP manage to hold faith of Gujarat’s people:
Counting of votes for Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections 2017 is underway, stay tuned to India TV for all Live updates, leads, win and trails.
An aggregate of all nine exit polls conducted in the poll-bound state predicts that the BJP will sweep the elections with a clear majority, claiming victory on 116 seats – one more than they won in 2012.
Meanwhile, accepting defeat Congress president Rahul Gandhi said that the party accepts verdict of people and congratulates new governments in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.
The Assembly polls in the coastal state is considered as a prestige battle for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a litmus test for the newly-elected Congress president Rahul Gandhi.
Exit polls have predicted a clear win for the BJP in both Gujarat and Himachal. However, Congress has ridiculed the predictions, claiming that results will be “surprising”.
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