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Gujarat, Himachal Election Results 2022 Live Updates: Party's high command to decide on Himachal CM, say Congress MLAs

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Feb 20, 2023, 12:07:11 IST

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Gujarat, Himachal Election Results 2022 Live Updates: Party's high command to decide on Himachal CM, say Congress MLAs

The Congress, which wrested power from the BJP in Himachal Pradesh, has convened a meeting of all its newly-elected MLAs in Shimla on Friday where a resolution is likely to be passed authorising the party president to pick the CLP leader. The Congress on Thursday won 40 seats in the 68-member Assembly in the hill state which maintained its tradition of not voting any incumbent government to power since 1985. Stay with TOI for all updates

13:50 (IST) Dec 08

People of Gujarat had already made up their mind to re-elect BJP government. It's a victory of good governance and development of BJP government at Centre and Gujarat. I want to thank PM Narendra Modi for carrying out extensive campaign for BJP in the state.

State BJP chief CR Patil

13:41 (IST) Dec 08

Gujarat chief minister will take oath at 2pm on December 12. PM Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah will take part in the swearing-in ceremony.

13:37 (IST) Dec 08

AAP's Gujarat chief Gopal Italia losing in Katargam; BJP's Vinod Moradiya heading for second term.

13:34 (IST) Dec 08

BJP workers celebrate in Surat as the party sweeps Gujarat assembly polls

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13:31 (IST) Dec 08

Himachal Pradesh: Congress' Harish Janartha wins Shimla Urban seat, defeats nearest BJP rival Sanjay Sood by 3,037 votes.

13:26 (IST) Dec 08

Himachal Pradesh chief minister Jai Ram Thakur wins from Seraj seat

Himachal Pradesh chief minister Jai Ram Thakur on Thursday won Seraj assembly constituency by a huge margin of around 37,000 votes for the record sixth time. Thakur got 52,076 votes against his nearest rival Chet Ram of Congress party who received 15,069 votes. Thakur has won five elections earlier in 1998, 2003, 2007, 2012 and 2017 from Seraj, which was earlier known as the Chachiot constituency. The constituency has been dominated by the BJP for the last 25 years.

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13:22 (IST) Dec 08

Himachal Pradesh: BJP's Ranbir Singh wins Nurpur seat, defeats nearest rival and Congress candidate Ajay Mahajan by 18,752 votes, according to EC.

13:20 (IST) Dec 08

BJP's historic win in Gujarat polls is victory of its commitment to development, good governance, public welfare. Credit for BJP's victory in Gujarat polls goes to people's trust in PM Narendra Modi, his popularity and credibility.

Union minister Rajnath Singh

13:16 (IST) Dec 08

It's a win of BJP's work, the removal of Article 370. We'll focus on the work to be done in next 20 years. There was no competition with AAP. Viramgam made Hardik Patel win for the further development of constituency.

Hardik Patel, BJP

13:12 (IST) Dec 08

AAP CM candidate Isudan Gadhvi trailing by 14,761 votes from Khambhalia constituency in Gujarat; counting continues.

13:09 (IST) Dec 08

Going by trends, Congress is going to form government in Himachal Pradesh

Bhupinder Hooda, former Haryana chief minister

13:08 (IST) Dec 08

Gujarat election results: History in the making

BJP could surpass its previous best showing of 127 seats in 2002 when Modi was the chief minister. Plus, the Election Commission's data has put the BJP's vote share well over 50 per cent in the first half of the counting itself, a historic first for the party, and this was helped by a split in the opposition's votes due to the emergence of the Aap Aadmi Party indicates that the party may break the record of 149 seats won by the Congress under Madhavsinh Solanki in 1985.

12:59 (IST) Dec 08

Gujarat has given the message, that the people of Gujarat & BJP will remain together. People of Gujarat gave a befitting reply to those who insulted the state. We'll further aim to work for the progress of Gujarat

Harsh Sanghavi, Gujarat home minister

12:59 (IST) Dec 08

Manner in which BJP worked in Gujarat for last 27 years & established Gujarat model, people believed they want to take forward the development journey with only BJP. Gujarat was with BJP and will continue to be with them

Rivaba Jadeja, BJP's Jamnagar North candidate

12:53 (IST) Dec 08

Gujarat election results 2022: BJP's Parshottam Solanki leading in Bhavnagar Rural seat

Sitting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Gujarat's Bhavnagar Rural constituency and prominent Koli leader Parshottam Solanki is leading over his Congress rival Revatsinh Gohil by more than 34,000 votes.After the end of the eighth round of counting, Solanki has polled more than 45,000 votes, while Congress's Gohil was far behind with more than 11,000 votes.

12:50 (IST) Dec 08

Gujarat election results: Hardik cruises ahead

Former Patidar quota leader and BJP candidate Hardik Patel is leading with 61,019 votes. His nearest candidate is AAP' Amarsinh Thakor who has so far secured 33,877 votes.

12:45 (IST) Dec 08

Himachal Pradesh election results: Congress holds lead

The party is ahead in 40 seats while BJP is leading in 25. If the trend holds, Congress will return to power in the hill state, which is known for voting out the ruling party

12:42 (IST) Dec 08

The people of Gujarat have made AAP a national party. We will get nearly 15 per cent vote share in this election. Gujarat is the bastion of PM Modi and Amit Shah. Gujarat is a lab of the BJP. The BJP has been in power in Gujarat for 27 years and intruding that fort was not an easy job. AAP has penetrated into the bastion of the BJP

Sanjay Singh, AAP leader

12:41 (IST) Dec 08

Counting on. Still, we had hoped to form govt there & we can see it happening. Won't bring them here but we'll have to take care of our friends as BJP can do anything & go to any level," he says on horse-trading suspicions

Bhupesh Baghel, Chhattisgarh CM

12:35 (IST) Dec 08

Gujarat election results: BJP candidate Kantilal Amrutia is leading from Morbi assembly seat. Amrutia has got 54.19 per cent votes so far, according to the Election Commission (EC) data. The campaigning in the constituency took place amid the allegations of mismanagement against the BJP in connection with the Morbi tragedy.