Election Results 2022: The counting process began at 8 am.
New Delhi:
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is eyeing a record seventh straight term in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat and also hoping to buck the nearly four decades of anti-incumbency trend in Himachal Pradesh.
For the Congress, its role as the main challenger to the BJP is at stake in Gujarat where the party carried a “silent campaign”. Meanwhile, the poll outcome in Himachal Pradesh will decide the revival of the grand old party, which now holds power only in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, both of which will go to polls in 2023.
The election result will determine if the Aam Aadmi Party, or AAP, which launched an aggressive campaign to make it a three-cornered contest for the first time in Gujarat, will be able to establish itself as a challenger to the BJP at the national level also.
Along with the two states, the results of the votes polled in by-elections in six assembly constituencies in five states and the high-profile Lok Sabha seat of Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav will be also counted.
The counting process began at 8 am with postal ballots to be taken up first.
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Himachal Pradesh is proving to be a tough fight for the BJP. The party is ahead in 39 seats (down 5 seats) while the Congress is gaining in27 seats (up 6 seats).
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BJP is way ahead of the Congress in Gujarat. Early leads show the party leading in 90 seats (up 22). The Congress, which ran a “silent campaign” in the elections is ahead in 28 seats (down 25).
In Himachal Pradesh, BJP is leading in 16 seats and the Congress is ahead in 10 seats.
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The entire stretch outside the BJP office in Delhi has been decorated with the party flags ahead of the results of the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh assembly elections today. Exit polls predicted a mega victory for BJP in the Prime Minister’s home state and in Himachal, though by a narrow margin.
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The BJP is gaining in nine seats in Gujarat, early leads showed shortly after counting of votes through ballot votes began at 8 am. Congress, which ran a “silent campaign”, is down in four seats.
There are 68 counting halls in 59 locations in Himachal Pradesh. Around 10,000 duty staff including the security personnel have been deployed as part of security arrangements in the hill state, said Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Maneesh Garg.
Along with Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, the results of the votes polled in by-elections in six assembly constituencies in five states and the high-profile Lok Sabha seat of Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav will be also counted.
The counting process will begin at 8 am with postal ballots to be taken up first.
Visuals from the counting hall in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi. SDM Mandi, Ritika Jindal says, “Today is the result day. The counting will begin at 8 am. Strong room will open at 7.30 am.” (ANI)
The election results in Himachal Pradesh will decide the revival of the grand old party, which now holds power only in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, both of which will go to polls in 2023. The party is hoping that electorate to go by the state’s “riwaaj (tradition) and long history of voting out the incumbent government.
BJP candidate Hardik Patel said that the party will win between “135-145 seats” in Gujarat assembly elections.
“135-145 seats”: BJP candidate Hardik Patel’s prediction of BJP’s seat tally in Gujarat #ResultsWithNDTVpic.twitter.com/8gPborWiXL
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Counting of votes for Himachal Pradesh assembly elections will begin at 8 am. Outside visuals from counting centre, Government Girls Senior Secondary School.
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Polling for 68 assembly seats in Himachal Pradesh was held on November 12, with the state recording a 75.6 per cent turnout, breaking the 2017 record.
Outside visuals from counting centre at LD Engineering College, Gujarat. (ANI)
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Apart from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president J P Nadda, chief ministers of BJP-ruled states including Yogi Adityanath, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Himanta Biswa Sarma and Pramod Sawant addressed election rallies in Gujarat. Almost all the Union ministers of the BJP took part in the campaign.
The poll outcome in Himachal Pradesh will decide the revival of the grand old party, which now holds power only in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, both of which will go to polls in 2023. The party is hoping that electorate to go by the state’s “riwaaj (tradition) and long history of voting out the incumbent government.
The BJP, which has been in power for 27 years in Gujarat, relied heavily on ‘Brand Modi’ in a bid to contain the anti-incumbency factor. While PM Modi held several rallies and mega road shows in Gujarat, Home Minister Shah was in the state for almost two months, micromanaging the campaign and the election strategy.
Elections 2022: Key Issues Raised By Political Parties In Gujarat
Unemployment, price rise and land acquisition for big projects were among the key issues in Gujarat. Political parties also raised issue of farmers not getting proper compensation for crop damage due to excess rains during the campaign.
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There will be 68 counting halls in 59 locations in Himachal Pradesh.
Around 10,000 duty staff including the security personnel have been deployed as part of security arrangements in the hill state, said Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Maneesh Garg.
The counting process will begin at 8 am with postal ballots to be taken up first. (File photo)
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The BJP won 99 seats in the 2017 assembly polls. This time, the party is projected to win in the range of 117-151 seats in a House of 182.
