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

The party is ahead in 145 seats while Congress and AAP are leading in 24 and 9 constituencies respectively

The party has hit the majority mark of 35. But Congress is close behind with leads in 30 seats.

As per the latest trends, Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP is leading on 8 seats in 182-member Gujarat assembly. It's also getting around 13% of vote share in the state. To get the national party tag, it needs to win at least 2 seats and 6% of vote share in Gujarat. AAP is already recognised as the state party in Delhi, Punjab and Goa. Now, Gujarat is set to help AAP make a national party.

Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel on Thursday headed for a second straight win from the urban constituency of Ghatlodia, where he had taken a comfortable lead of almost 20,000 votes over his nearest rival after five rounds of vote counting.As per the latest update from the Election Commission, Patel had polled 23,713 votes, compared to 3,840 votes polled by his Congress rival Amiben Yagnik. AAP candidate Vijay Patel was running third with 2,168 votes.

The party is ahead in 153 out of 182 seats. If the trends hold, it will be the best ever performance by any party in the state

Will it be a fractured verdict in Himachal this time? All leads are in and no party has reached majority mark. Congress is ahead in 33 and BJP in 31

As per the latest trends, the BJP may get about 150 seats in 182-member Gujarat assembly. This would be its best-ever performance. At the same time, Congress is heading for its worst-ever show in the state. While in 2017 assembly elections, Congress had won maximum number of seats since the BJP came to power in the state. But a good show by new player AAP has resulted in Congress losing both seats and vote share in PM Modi's home state.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Hardik Patel on Thursday predicted that his party will win over 130 seats, the most by the party till date in Gujarat assembly elections. The ruling BJP in Gujarat is aiming for a straight seventh term in the state. Patel said that the people believe in the BJP as the party has provided safety and security to the people during its rule, adding that it has also met the expectations of the people.

As per latest trends from the EC, BJP is getting 52% of votes polled in the state. This means BJP is winning not only majority of seats but majority of votes too. This is a huge achievement as BJP has been in power for about 27 years. Congress on the other hand is polling around 26% of votes while AAP share is around 13%. This means, AAP is getting majority of votes its from Congress share.

The ruling BJP is leading in 20 seats and the Congress in 13 while Independent candidates are ahead on two seats in Himachal Pradesh, according to the Election Commission. Chief minister Jai Ram Thakur and Himachal Pradesh Congress president Pratibha Singh have maintained that their parties would get full majority with over 40 out of the 68 seats.

BJP ahead in 123 seats, Congress in 22, AAP in 10 and others in 2 seats

Candidates who are leading include CM Jai Ram Thakur from Seraj, BJP's Puran Chand from Darang, Chetan Bragata, son of former minister Narender Bragata, from Jubbal Kotkhai, Anil Sharma, son of former Union minister Sukhram, from Mandi Sadar and Congress' Jagat Singh Negi, a former deputy speaker, from Kinnaur.