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With Gujarat polls, AAP to get national party status: Manish Sisodia
"Through the votes of Gujarat, AAP is becoming national party. For the first time, politics based on education and health is getting recognition in the country. Congratulations to the people of India", Sisodia said in a tweet. However, the early trends of vote counting indicates the saffron party is on course for its best-ever performance in Gujarat by leading in 144 Assembly seats while the main challenger Congress is far behind with a lead in only 20 seats.
Neck & neck for BJP, Congress in Himachal
Trends at around 10.15 a.m. showed that the Congress was leading in 31 seats with the BJP on equal number. Four independents were also leading from their respective constituencies. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, 57, was leading in his stronghold Seraj in Mandi district. Likewise, Congress prominent leaders Mukesh Agnihotri, 60, and Sukhvinder Sukhu, 58, were leading from Haroli and Nadaun seats respectively.
LS: Rare display of unity by Congress, Trinamool in protest over standing committees
It all happened when the leader of Congress in the Lower House, Adhir Ranjan Choudhury, raised the issue of opposition party members not being given chairmanship of any of the Parliamentary standing committees.
BJP set to break own records in Gujarat Assembly polls
At around 10.55 a.m., the BJP was leading on 149 seats. The Congress witnessed a steep fall and was leading only on 19 seats. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was leading in nine constituencies.
Dimple Yadav leads in Mainpuri
She has established a lead over her nearest rival Raghuraj Shakya of the BJP. BJP spokesman Harish Chandra Srivastava said that it was too early to make any statement and the party was confident of wresting the seat from SP.
BJP leads in Gujarat, tough fight with Congress in Himachal
The counting began in Gujarat across 37 centres amid tight security at 8 a.m. In the 2017 general elections in Gujarat, 2,94,64,326 votes were polled with a voter turnout of 68.39 per cent. Of this BJP had polled 1,47,24,031 with a vote share of 49.05 per cent and had won 99 seats. The Congress had polled 1,24,37,661 votes with a vote share of 41.44 per cent and 77 seats.
MCD polls: AAP sees vote share dip 12%, fares poorly in wards in ministers' seats
Apart from this, the other concern for the party is that it has lost around 12 per cent of vote share since the last Assembly polls. In the 2020 Assembly elections, the AAP secured 53.75 per cent vote share, while in the MCD polls, the party has bagged 42 per cent and the BJP's vote share increased by about 3 per cent.
Himachal poll results will decide fate of BJP's Thakur, Congress' Agnihotri & Sukhu
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which is in the fray for the first time in the Assembly polls, has been missing from the state with its leaders focusing on strengthening its vote bank in Gujarat. Despite AAP presence, the political scenario in the state seems so far largely bipolar -- a tug-of-war between the two conventional archrivals -- the Congress and the saffron party.
MCD polls: Congress leaders seek 'structural change' after humiliating loss
Congress steering committee member Abhishek Manu Singhvi tweeted: "Although it's nice to see a tightly contested election between AAP & BJP, I am deeply disappointed at Congress result. Introspection and structural change vital! #MCDPolls" The Congress was at its lowest point in the polls, scoring less than from last election as the BJP and the AAP were the main contestants.
MCD polls: AAP victory overshadowed by losing key ground to BJP, lower vote share
Another major concern for the party is that even though its vote share, at 42.05 per cent, was double of 2017's 21.09 per cent, it has lost around 12 per cent of its vote share since the last Assembly polls. In the 2020 Assembly elections, the AAP secured 53.75 per cent vote share to win 62 out of the total 70 seats, while the BJP's vote share increased by about 3 per cent from the polls when it bagged 8 seats with 38.5 per cent votes.
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