Watch: Celebrations erupt in BJP's Gandhinagar office as party set for landslide win

BJP in Gujarat Election 2022: Counting of votes is underway in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh - the BJP is in power in both and wants to win both as it prepares for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Visuals from Bharatiya Janata Party’s office in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar embody the spirits of party workers who are in celebration mode as the BJP inches closer to a seventh consecutive term in the state. Any doubt over a possible three-way contest in Gujarat - between BJP, Congress, and debutant Aam Aadmi Party - seem to have been dismissed by the BJP’s strong showing. The party has been in power in the state for nearly three decades.

Gujarat election 2022: Screengrab of the video shows BJP workers dancing with joy as they celebrate party's dominance in vote counting. (ANI)

Counting of votes is underway in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh - the BJP is in power in both and wants to win both as it prepares for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Senior BJP leaders, reacting to the “widely expected result,” are congratulating Gujarat voters for choosing “development” as the party crosses 150-mark in leads in the 182-seated assembly, inching closer to a “historic” win. "There is pro-incumbency in Gujarat. We are creating a new record in Gujarat as the people of the state have immense faith in prime minister Narendra Modi," Defence minister Rajnath Singh said to the news agency ANI.

Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri called the election result 'manifestation of development-anchored work undertaken by the party'. “I'm commenting on something which was widely expected. It's the actual manifestation of the kind of development-anchored work that the BJP, under the leadership of PM, has been undertaking. It's a model for the whole country.”

Union minister Prahlad Joshi, and Darshana Jardosh also rejoiced over the results. “BJP has always fulfilled its promises. People have voted for development in Gujarat,” Darshana Jardosh remarked.

(With ANI inputs)