Gujarat Election

Assembly Election Results 2022 Live Updates: While AAP entry in Gujarat has made the fight three-cornered, the contest in Himachal Pradesh is expected to ...

With AAP making a strong debut in terms of vote share, Congress, which dependent on a ‘silent campaign’, is expected to lose ground to Kejriwal's party in one more state. This decline was attributed to the general apathy of the urban voters to exercise their franchise. BJP is leading on eight seats in Gujarat and two in Himachal Pradesh. The 57-year-old leader has been winning in Seraj since 1998, and is a five-time legislator from the constituency, earlier known as Chachiot. Congress is leading on 22 seats against BJP's 20 in early leads, according to India Today. Himachal Pradesh chief minister Jairam Thakur is leading in Seraj constituency. - The grand old party, busy with Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra, is expecting the voters to go by the nearly four-decade old tradition of voting out the incumbent government in Himachal Pradesh. In Gujarat, the main challenge in front of Congress will be to retain its position as the principal opposition as debutant Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ran an aggressive campaign to make inroads in the state. As the stage is set for counting of votes for Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh assembly elections, BJP is eyeing a record-extending seventh term in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state while hoping to buck the anti-incumbency trend in party president's JP Nadda's home state. Get latest updates on Gujarat and Himachal Election Results 2022 as the counting proceeds. The exit polls have predicted a comfortable win for BJP in Gujarat.

As Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh await results for their state Assembly elections, we explain the rules for the casting and counting of postal ballots.

According to EC rules, in case the victory margin is less than total number of postal ballots received then there should be a mandatory re-verification of all postal ballots. If the RO finds any of these rejected PBs fit to be counted, they are then counted as valid. The total number of postal votes received by each candidate so counted will be entered in the result sheet in Form 20 and announced for the information of the candidates/election agents/counting agents. According to EC rules, All PBs received by the RO up to the hour fixed for commencement of counting must be counted. According to the Election Commission’s rules, PBs are the first to be counted, with EVMs following a minimum of half an hour after the counting of PBs begins. Members of the armed forces like the Army, Navy and Air Force, members of the armed police force of a state (serving outside the state), government employees posted outside India and their spouses are entitled to vote only by post.

Live updates on results of Gujarat Legislative Assembly elections, which was held in two phases.

According to the official trends from the Election Commission of India on 111 of 182 seats, BJP is leading in 88 seats, Congress in 13 seats, and the AAP ahead in 8 seats. The Congress was seen leading in 5 seats and the AAP was ahead in a seat. It was a high-stakes three-cornered fight between the BJP, Congress and AAP. The CPI(M), which ruled West Bengal for 34 years from 1977 to 2011, had also won seven straight elections. BJP’s sitting chief minister Bhupendra Patel was leading in Ghatlodiya Assembly seat with 7869 votes. Vote count in favour of Patel stood at 14,304 votes, compared to 11,933 votes for Thakor. There are an estimated 3 lakh voters in Viramgam, including 65,000 Thakors (OBC), 50,000 Patidars, 35,000 Dalits, 20,000 Muslims and 20,000 from the Bharwad and Rabari castes (OBC). BJP’s Hardik Patel was leading in Viramgam Assembly constituency in early counting. There are also 18,000 Kolis (OBC) members and 10,000 Karadia Rajputs, also an OBC caste..— PTI [Gujarat registered a voter turnout of 64.33%](https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/final-turnout-in-gujarat-assembly-polls-stands-at-6433/article66232091.ece) for the recently-concluded elections, a drop of over 4% compared with the [turnout registered in the last Assembly polls in 2017](https://www.thehindu.com/elections/gujarat-2017/gujarat-turnout-revised-to-6841/article61845303.ece). After trailing for a while, Patel had taken slender lead of 2,371 votes over Thakor at the end of four rounds of counting. [Gujarat](https://www.thehindu.com/tag/121-81/) is underway.