Gujarat Results 2022: BJP Takes Lead On 40 Seats In Early Trends, Congress On 10, AAP On 2

Gujarat Election Results 2022: Early trends suggest BJP taking the lead on 20 seats while Congress and AAP lead on 6 and 1 seat respectively.

Gujarat Election Results: Early trends suggest in lead ( Image Source :PTI )

Gujarat Election Results 2022: The counting of votes to the 182 assembly seats of Gujarat has begun. Early trends suggest the Bharatiya Janta Party leading on 40 seats while the Congress has taken the lead on 10 seats. AAP moving ahead on 2 seats.

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All eyes are once again on the less-in-number yet influential Patidar or Patel community of Gujarat, which had put the ruling BJP on the edge in the 2017 Assembly elections that took place in the shadow of Hardik Patel-led quota agitation to secure OBC status for the community. While political analysts believe that most Patidars will vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party this time, former quota stir leaders think that many young voters from the community are open to other options, such as a new entrant - the Aam Aadmi Party.

The Gujarat Assembly polls were held in two phases on December 1 and December 5. Results will be announced along with Himachal polls on December 8.

ABP News-CVoter Exit Poll Results

The BJP is likely to win a record number of seats in the Gujarat Assembly election and looks set to form the government for the seventh time, as per the ABP News-CVoter Exit Poll Results 2022. The BJP is expected to bag anywhere between 128-140 seats and secure a vote share of 49.4 per cent, as per the exit poll results.

In the 2017 election, the BJP won 99 seats in Gujarat and the Congress 77.

The BJP's best tally so far came in 2002, where it bagged 127 seats. The elections, conducted in the aftermath of the post-Godhra riots, saw Narendra Modi returning as the chief minister. 

So far, Congress' tally of 149 in the 1985 Assembly election holds the record for the most number of seats won by a party in the state. No party has been able to cross the 130-seat mark since then.

Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been won by the BJP for a record six consecutive times but this time they were up against an aggressive AAP and a new look Congress under its president Mallikarjun Kharge.

The ABP News-CVoter Exit Poll gave Congress 31-43 seats, a drastic fall from the 77 seats it won in the previous Assembly election. The Congress is expected to get just 32.5 per cent of the votes. In the 2017 polls, the grand old party secured 41.4 per cent of the vote share.

New entrant AAP, which led an energetic campaign in Gujarat by showcasing its "Delhi model" of education and healthcare, is likely to open its account in the state and get anywhere between 3-11 seats.