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According to the sources , Gujarat Assembly election results will be reported on December 18, the day tallying of votes will occur. The state went to surveys in two stages this month, on December 9 and 14. The residency of the 182-member House is set to expire in January 2018.
The BJP has been in control in the state since 2001, sacking 127, 117 and 115 seats in the last three Assembly elections in the 2002, 2007 and 2012 general elections separately. The Congress, the biggest Opposition party, won 51, 59 and 61 situates in the the last three Assembly elections in the 2002, 2007 and 2012 general elections separately .
As per this is the first Assembly elections since Narendra Modi, once in the past the chief minister of Gujarat state , was chosen Prime Minister in 2014 general elections .
The first period of the surveys was hung on December 9 with 89 seats — 48 in Saurashtra, six in Kutch and 35 in South Gujarat — being challenged. The second stage, held five days after the fact, saw voting in favor of 93 situates in central and north Gujarat.
Toward the finish of voting, leave surveys anticipated an landslide win for the BJP in the Gujarat state. The least for the BJP was anticipated by the study led by Media’s in india that, which said the saffron party would pack in the vicinity of 99 and 113 seats.
In the mean time, News 24-Today’s Chanakya anticipated that the BJP would win 124-146 seats, up to 31 situates more than its present count in the House . Soon-to-be Congress president Rahul Gandhi left stone unturned in Gujarat to challenge the BJP’s organisational might in the state.
The Congress has rarely shown such energy and enthusiasm on ground and social media in recent times as was on display during the Gujarat Assembly election.
When the election campaign for Gujarat began, Patidar leader Hardik Patel looked as the main challenger to the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But, by the time the Gujarat election ended yesterday, Rahul Gandhi nearly established himself as the principal challenger to PM Modi.