Guj polls: BJP leads in 98 seats, wins 4

Press Trust of India  |  Ahmedabad 

The was on its way to retain power in for the record sixth time, as the party was leading in 98 seats and won four others, according to the latest counting figures.

The emerged victorious in one seat and was ahead of rivals in 73 others.


The Commission has so far declared five results, of which four seats have been won by the and one by the

The Commission figures showed that the was leading in one seat and the Bhartiya Tribal Party of Chottu Vasava in two seats. Three independents were also leading.

To form a in the state, a party or a coalition needs at least 92 seats in the 182-member Assembly.

Vijay Rupani, who was earlier trailing after the count of postal ballots, is now leading over Congress' in Rajkot West seat.

Deputy Nitin Patel, who was also trailing from Mehsana against candidate earlier, is now leading by a margin of over 7,000 votes.

and state fisheries minister Babubhai Bokhiriya defeated senior in Porbandar.

BJP's defeated candidate Shweta Brahmbhatt in Ahmedabad's Maninagar, the former constituency of Narendra Modi, by 75,199 votes.

In Mahuva seat of Bhavnagar, BJP's Raghav Makwana defeated independent Kanu Kalsaria.

The also won the Umbergaon seat in Valsad.

The won Mahudha seat in district where its nominee Indrajitsinh Parmar defeated BJP's Bharatsinh Parmar by 13,601 votes.

Congress' Alpesh Thakor is leading in Radhanpur seat against Lavingji Thakor of

Senior is trailing against BJP's Virendrasinh Jadeja from Mandvi seat.

State chief is leading over Dilipsinh Gohil of in Bhavnagar West.

Dalit Jignesh Mevani, who is contesting from Vadgam seat as an independent with Congress' support, is leading over candidate

The elections for the 182-seat Assembly were held on December 9 and 14, after an acrimonious campaign, which was dominated by a face-off between and

In the 2012 elections, the had won 115 seats while the emerged victorious in 61 seats.

The has won every since 1995 in the home state of and chief However, it was out of power for a couple of years due to party infighting and rebellion by Shankersinh Vaghela.

The saffron party came back to power in 1998, and has ruled uninterrupted since then.

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First Published: Mon, December 18 2017. 13:20 IST