Election results 2022 highlights: Gujarat remains BJP's citadel, Congress usurps Himachal Pradesh

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has released the final data of both Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh assembly election and the result is a split between the BJP and the Congress party. While the saffron unit retained their reign in Gujarat by winning a record 156 seats as opposed to Congress's 17, the grand old party wrested the northern hill state by bagging 40 constituencies of the 68 seats. The BJP claimed 25 in Himachal Pradesh.

BJP – 156 (win – 141; lead - 15)

Congress – 17 (win - 15; lead - 2)

AAP – 5 (win - 5; lead - 0)

Samajwadi Party - 1 (win - 1; lead - 0)

Independent – 3 (win - 3; lead - 0)

Congress – 40 (win – 39; lead - 1)

BJP – 25 (win - 18; lead - 7)

Independent – 3

Congress candidate Geniben Thakor was on course to retain the Vav assembly seat in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district. After 24 rounds of counting of votes, Thakor bagged 100652 votes against BJP’s Swarupji Thakor who polled 85415 votes, a difference of 15237 votes.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Yogesh Patel wrested the Anand Assembly constituency in Gujarat from the Congress with a margin of 41,623 votes. He defeated sitting Congress MLA Kanti Sodha Parmar in Anand, known for the world famous Amul dairy brand.

Congress has won in Arki, Baijnath, Barsar, Bhattiyat, Chamba, Chintpurni, Dharampur, Dharamshala, Doon, Fatehpur, Gagret, Ghumarwin, Haroli, Indora, Jaisinghpur, Jawalamukhi, Jawali, Jubbal-Kotkhai, Kasauli, Kotkhai, Kasumpti, Kinnaur, Kullu, Kutlehar, Lahaul & Spiti, Manali, Nagrota, Nahan, Palampur, Rampur, Rohru, Shahpur, Shillai, Shimla, Shimla Rural, Solan, Sri Renukaji, Sujanpur, and Theog.

"To all hardworking @BJP4Gujarat Karyakartas I want to say - each of you is a champion! This historic win would never be possible without the exceptional hardwork of our Karyakartas, who are the real strength of our Party."

“Thank you Gujarat. I am overcome with a lot of emotions seeing the phenomenal election results. People blessed politics of development and at the same time expressed a desire that they want this momentum to continue at a greater pace. I bow to Gujarat’s Jan Shakti," Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted.

Congress has been voted back to power in Himachal Pradesh as the grand old party has touched the majority mark of 35 and is leading in five assembly constituencies.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi thanked the people of Himachal Pradesh for giving a decisive mandate to the grand old party in the hill state. He assured that the Congress government will fulfill all poll promises.

“My heartfelt thanks to the people of Himachal Pradesh for this decisive victory. Heartiest congratulations to all Congress workers and leaders. Your hard work and dedication truly deserves the best wishes for this victory. I assure you again, we will fulfill every promise made to the public as soon as possible,” he said in a tweet in Hindi.

Outgoing Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur has reached Raj Bhawan in Shimla to tender his resignation to the Governor.

BJP has won in Anni, Balh, Banjar, Bharmour, Churah, Dalhousie, Jaswan-Pragpur, Jogindernagar, Karsog, Mandi, Nachan, Nurpur, Pachhad, Paonta Sahib, Sarkaghat, and Sundernagar.

Congress has won in Arki, Baijnath, Bhattiyat, Chamba, Chintpurni, Dharamshala, Doon, Fatehpur, Gagret, Haroli, Indora, Jaisinghpur, Jawalamukhi, Jawali, Jubbal-Kotkhai, Kasumpti, Kinnaur, Kullu, Kutlehar, Lahaul & Spiti, Manali, Nagrota, Palampur, Rampur, Rohru, Shahpur, Shillai, Shimla, Shimla Rural, Solan, Sujanpur, and Theog.

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CM Bhupendra Patel has won Ghatlodia seat by a margin of 1.92 lakh votes.

Congress's Shailesh Manubhai Parmar has defeated BJP's Nareshbhai Shankarbhai Vyas( Satish Vyas) by 13487 votes despite AAP's 14.84% vote share and AIMIM's presence. AIMIM candidate Kaushikabahen Dilipbhai Parmar has received less than 2% of the total votes polled.

Independent candidate Hoshyar Singh has defeated his nearest rival, Congress's Rajesh Sharma, by 3877 votes in Dehra constituency.

Himachal Pradesh chief minister Jairam Thakur has conceded defeat in state elections as Congress continues to lead on 39 seats.

“I respect people's mandate and I want to thank PM and other central leadership during last 5 yrs. We will stand for the development of the state irrespective of politics. We'll analyse our shortcoming and improve during the next term,” Jairam Thakur said.

Congress's Jignesh Mevani is leading from Vadgam assembly constituency by 3493 votes.

Congress – 39 (win – 11; lead - 28)

BJP – 26 (win - 10; lead - 16)

Independent – 3 (win - 2; lead - 1)

BJP candidates have won their seats in Ankleshwar, Bardoli, Gadhada, Gandevi and Gondal assembly constituencies.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is headed for a landslide victory in Gujarat, is leading in 24 out of the 27 assembly segments in the state’s tribal belt in Surat, Tapi and Bharuch districts, delivering a stunning blow to the Congress that has traditionally won these seats.

BJP – 157 (win – 25; lead - 132)

Congress – 16 (win - 14; lead - 2)

AAP – 5  (win - 0; lead - 5)

Samajwadi Party - 1 (win - 0; lead - 1)

Independent – 3 (win - 0; lead - 3)