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Final Tally of Gujarat Assembly Election Results 2017
| Candidate | Party | Constituency |
| JADEJA PRADHYUMANSINH MAHIPATSINH | Congress | Abdasa |
| SEEMABEN AKSHAYKUMAR MOHILE | BJP | Akota |
| PATEL HASMUKHBHAI SOMABHAI ( H. S. PATEL ) | BJP | Amraiwadi |
| PARESH DHANANI | Congress | Amreli |
| KANTIBHAI SODHAPARMAR (BHAGAT) | Congress | Anand |
| AHIR VASANBHAI GOPALBHAI | BJP | Anjar |
| AMIT CHAVDA | Congress | Anklav |
| ISHWARSINH THAKORBHAI PATEL | BJP | Ankleshwar |
| PARMAR PRADIPBHAI KHANABHAI | BJP | Asarwa |
| AJITSINH PARVATSINH CHAUHAN | Congress | Balasinor |
| PATEL HIMMATSINH PRAHLADSINH | Congress | Bapunagar |
| ISHWARBHAI (ANIL) RAMANBHAI PARMAR | BJP | Bardoli |
| ZALA DHAVALSINH NARENDRASINH | Congress | Bayad |
| THAKOR BHARATJI SONAJI | Congress | Becharaji |
| PATEL DUSHYANTBHAI RAJNEEKANT | BJP | Bharuch |
| DAVE VIBHAVARI | BJP | Bhavnagar East |
| PARSOTTAMBHAI ODHAVJIBHAI SOLANKI | BJP | Bhavnagar Rural |
| JITENDRABHAI SAVAJIBHAI VAGHANI (JITU VAGHANI) | BJP | Bhavnagar West |
| DR. ANIL JOSHIYARA | Congress | Bhiloda |
| ACHARYA DR.NIMABEN BHAVESHBHAI | BJP | Bhuj |
| PARMAR RAJENDRASINH DHIRSINH | Congress | Borsad |
| SAURABH PATEL (DALAL) | BJP | Botad |
| DILIPKUMAR VIRAJI THAKOR | BJP | Chanasma |
| MOHANSINH CHHOTUBHAI RATHAVA | Congress | Chhota Udaipur |
| PATEL ZANKHANA HITESHKUMAR | BJP | Choryasi |
| MAKWANA RUTVIKBHAI LAVJIBHAI | Congress | Chotila |
| MEHTA SHAILESHBHAI KANAIYALAL (SHAILESH SOTTA) | BJP | Dabhoi |
| CHAUHAN BALRAJSINH KALYANSINH | BJP | Dahegam |
| PANADA VAJESINGBHAI PARSINGBHAI | Congress | Dahod |
| GAVIT MANGALBHAI GANGAJIBHAI | Congress | Dangs |
| PARMAR SHAILESH MANHARBHAI | Congress | Danilimda |
| KANTIBHAI KALABHAI KHARADI | Congress | Danta |
| SHAIKH GYASUDDIN HABIBUDDEEN | Congress | Dariapur |
| SOLANKI NAUSHADJI BHALAJIBHAI | Congress | Dasada |
| BABUBHAI JAMNADAS PATEL | BJP | Daskroi |
| VASAVA MAHESHBHAI CHHOTUBHAI | Bhartiya Tribal Party | Dediapada |
| PANDYA SHASHIKANT MAHOBATRAM | BJP | Deesa |
| BHURIYA SHIVABHAI AMRABHAI | Congress | Deodar |
| KHABAD BACHUBHAI MAGANBHAI | BJP | Devgadhbaria |
| GOHIL RAJESHKUMAR HARJIBHAI | Congress | Dhandhuka |
| PATEL NATHABHAI HEGOLABHAI | Congress | Dhanera |
| ARVIND CHHOTUBHAI PATEL | BJP | Dharampur |
| J V KAKADIYA | Congress | Dhari |
| BHUPENDRASINH MANUBHA CHUDASAMA | BJP | Dholka |
| LALIT VASOYA | Congress | Dhoraji |
| PARSOTAM UKABHAI SABARIYA | Congress | Dhrangadhra |
| PABUBHA VIRAMBHA MANEK | BJP | Dwarka |
| SHAH RAKESHBHAI JASVANTLAL (RAKESH SHAH) | BJP | Ellisbridge |
| KATARA RAMESHBHAI BHURABHAI | BJP | Fatepura |
| MARU PRAVINBHAI TIDABHAI | Congress | Gadhada |
| PATEL NARESHBHAI MAGANBHAI | BJP | Gandevi |
| MAHESHWARI MALTI KISHOR | BJP | Gandhidham |
| DR. C. J. CHAVDA | Congress | Gandhinagar North |
| BARIYA CHANDRIKABEN CHHAGANBHAI | Congress | Garbada |
| NAKRANI KESHUBHAI HIRJIBHAI | BJP | Gariadhar |
| PATEL BHUPENDRABHAI RAJNIKANT | BJP | Ghatlodia |
| C. K. RAULJI | BJP | Godhra |
| JADEJA GEETABA JAYRAJSINH | BJP | Gondal |
| JAYDRATHSINHJI PARMAR | BJP | Halol |
| RAJENDRASINH RANJITSINH CHAVDA(RAJUBHAI CHAVDA) | BJP | Himatnagar |
| KANODIYA HITU | BJP | Idar |
| R.C. PATEL | BJP | Jalalpore |
| IMRAN YUSUFBHAI KHEDAWALA | Congress | Jamalpur - Khadia |
| SANJAYBHAI JESANGBHAI SOLANKI | Congress | Jambusar |
| KALARIYA CHIRAGBHAI RAMESHBHAI | Congress | Jamjodhpur |
| JADEJA DHARMENDRASINH MERUBHA (HAKUBHA) | BJP | Jamnagar North |
| DHARAVIYA VALLABHBHAI VELJIBHAI | Congress | Jamnagar Rural |
| RANCHHODBHAI CHANABHAI FALDU (R.C.FALDU) | BJP | Jamnagar South |
| BAVALIYA KUNVARJIBHAI MOHANBHAI | Congress | Jasdan |
| RADADIYA JAYESHBHAI VITTHALBHAI | BJP | Jetpur |
| RATHVA SUKHRAMBHAI HARIYABHAI | Congress | Jetpur (ST) |
| VASAVA CHHOTUBHAI AMARSINH | Bhartiya Tribal Party | Jhagadia |
| KATARA BHAVESHBHAI BABUBHAI | Congress | Jhalod |
| JOSHI BHIKHABHAI GALABHAI | Congress | Junagadh |
| KARSHANBHAI PUNJABHAI SOLANKI | BJP | Kadi |
| MUSADIYA PRAVINBHAI NARASHIBHAI | Congress | Kalavad S.C. |
| CHAUHAN SUMANBEN PRAVINSINH | BJP | Kalol (ST) |
| BALDEVJI CHANDUJI THAKOR | Congress | Kalol |
| V.D.ZALAVADIYA | BJP | Kamrej |
| KIRTISINH PRABHATSINH VAGHELA | BJP | Kankrej |
| DABHI KALABHAI RAIJIBHAI | Congress | Kapadvanj |
| CHAUDHARI JITUBHAI HARJIBHAI | Congress | Kaprada |
| GHOGHARI PRAVINBHAI MANJIBHAI | BJP | Karanj |
| AKSHAY KUMAR ISWARBHAI PATEL | Congress | Karjan |
| VINODBHAI AMARSHIBHAI MORADIYA (VINUBHAI NINGALA) | BJP | Katargam |
| DEVABHAI PUNJABHAI MALAM | BJP | Keshod |
| AHIR VIKRAMBHAI ARJANBHAI MADAM | Congress | Khambhalia |
| MAHESHKUMAR KANAIYALAL RAVAL (MAYUR RAVAL) | BJP | Khambhat |
| KOTWAL ASHVINBHAI LAXMANBHAI | Congress | Khedbrahma |
| DABHI BHARATSINHJI SHANKARJI | BJP | Kheralu |
| MOHANLAL MALABHAI VALA | Congress | Kodinar |
| JADEJA KANDHALBHAI SARMANBHAI | NCP | Kutiyana |
| VIRAJIBHAI THUMMAR | Congress | Lathi |
| PATIL SANGITABEN RAJENDRABHAI | BJP | Limbayat |
| KOLIPATEL SOMABHAI GANDALAL | Congress | Limbdi |
| BHABHOR SHAILESHBHAI SUMANBHAI | BJP | Limkheda |
| RATHOD RATANSINH MAGANSINH | Independent | Lunawada |
| PATEL NITINBHAI RATILAL | BJP | Mahesana |
| INDRAJITSINH NATVARSINH PARMAR | Congress | Mahudha |
| DHODIYA MOHANBHAI DHANJIBHAI | BJP | Mahuva (ST) |
| MAKWANA RAGHAVBHAI CHONDABHAI | BJP | Mahuva |
| HARSH RAMESHKUMAR SANGHAVI | BJP | Majura |
| CHAVDA JAWAHARBHAI PETHALJIBHAI | Congress | Manavadar |
| HARSH RAMESHKUMAR SANGHAVI | BJP | Majura |
| CHAVDA JAWAHARBHAI PETHALJIBHAI | Congress | Manavadar |
| CHAUDHARI ANANDBHAI MOHANBHAI | Congress | Mandvi (ST) |
| JADEJA VIRENDRASINH BAHADURSINH | BJP | Mandvi |
| VAJA BABUBHAI KALABHAI | Congress | Mangrol |
| VASAVA GANPATSINH VESTABHAI | BJP | Mangrol (ST) |
| PATEL SURESHBHAI DHANJIBHAI (SURESH PATEL) | BJP | Maninagar |
| YOGESH PATEL | BJP | Manjalpur |
| PATEL SURESHKUMAR CHATURDAS | Congress | Mansa |
| KESARISINH JESANGBHAI SOLANKI | BJP | Matar |
| CHAUHAN ARJUNSINH UDESINH | BJP | Mehmedabad |
| THAKOR RAJENDRASINH SHIVSINH | Congress | Modasa |
| BRIJESH MERJA | Congress | Morbi |
| KHANT BHUPENDRASINH VECHATBHAI | Independent | Morva Hadaf |
| DESAI PANKAJBHAI VINUBHAI(GOTIYO) | BJP | Nadiad |
| VASAVA PREMSINHBHAI DEVJIBHAI | Congress | Nandod |
| KAUSHIKBHAI JAMNADAS PATEL (KAUSHIK PATEL) | BJP | Naranpura |
| THAWANI BALRAM KHUBCHAND | BJP | Naroda |
| PIYUSHBHAI DINKERBHAI DESAI | BJP | Navsari |
| JAGDISH PANCHAL | BJP | Nikol |
| SUNILBHAI RATANJIBHAI GAMIT | Congress | Nizar |
| PATEL MUKESHBHAI ZINABHAI | BJP | Olpad |
| THAKOR JASHPALSINH MAHENDRASINH (PADHIYAR) | Congress | Padra |
| PATEL MAHESHKUMAR AMRUTLAL | Congress | Palanpur |
| BARAIYA BHIKHABHAI RAVAJIBHAI | BJP | Palitana |
| DESAI KANUBHAI MOHANLAL | BJP | Pardi |
| KIRITKUMAR CHIMANLAL PATEL | Congress | Patan |
| NIRANJAN PATEL | Congress | Petlad |
| BABUBHAI BHIMABHAI BOKHIRIYA | BJP | Porbandar |
| PARMAR GAJENDRASINH UDESINH | BJP | Prantij |
| ALPESH KHODAJI THAKOR | Congress | Radhanpur |
| ARVIND RAIYANI | BJP | Rajkot East |
| LAKHABHAI SAGATHIYA | BJP | Rajkot Rural |
| GOVINDBHAI PATEL | BJP | Rajkot South |
| VIJAY RUPANI | BJP | Rajkot West |
| DER AMARISHBHAI JIVABHAI | Congress | Rajula |
| RAJENDRA TRIVEDI "RAJUBHAI VAKIL" | BJP | Raopura |
| AARETHIYA SANTOKBEN BHACHUBHAI | Congress | Rapar |
| ARVIDKUMAR GANDABHAI PATEL (DALAL) | BJP | Sabarmati |
| KANUBHAI KARAMSHIBHAI PATEL | BJP | Sanand |
| ABHESINH MOTIBHAI TADVI | BJP | Sankheda |
| DINDOR KUBERBHAI MANSUKHBHAI | BJP | Santrampur |
| PRATAP DUDHAT | Congress | Savarkundla |
| INAMDAR KETANBHAI MAHENDRABHAI | BJP | Savli |
| JITENDRA RATILAL SUKHADIA (JITUBHAI) | BJP | Sayajigunj |
| AHIR(BHARWAD) JETHABHAI GHELABHAI | BJP | Shehra |
| THAKOR CHANDANJII TALAJI | Congress | Sidhpur |
| PUNAMBHAI MADHABHAI PARMAR | Congress | Sojitra |
| CHUDASAMA VIMALBHAI KANABHAI | Congress | Somnath |
| ARVIND SHANTILAL RANA | BJP | Surat East |
| BALAR KANTIBHAI HIMMATBHAI | BJP | Surat North |
| PURNESH MODI | BJP | Surat West |
| KANUBHAI MATHURAMBHAI BARAIYA | Congress | Talaja |
| AHIR BHAGABHAI DHANABHAI BARAD | Congress | TALALA |
| KAGATHARA LALITBHAI | Congress | Tankara |
| KAKADIYA VALLABHBHAI GOBARBHAI | BJP | Thakkarbapa Nagar |
| PATEL PARBATBHAI SAVABHAI | BJP | Tharad |
| KANTIBHAI SHABHAIBHAI PARMAR | Congress | Thasra |
| PATEL VIVEK NAROTTAMBHAI | BJP | Udhna |
| PATKAR RAMANLAL NANUBHAI | BJP | Umbergaon |
| GOVINDBHAI RAIJIBHAI PARMAR | BJP | Umreth |
| VANSH PUNJABHAI BHIMABHAI | Congress | Una |
| DR. ASHA PATEL | Congress | Unjha |
| JIGNESHKUMAR NATVARLAL MEVANI | Independent | Vadgam |
| MANISHA VAKIL | BJP | Vadodara |
| SHRIVASTAV MADHUBHAI BABUBHAI | BJP | Vaghodia |
| ARUNSINH AJITSINH RANA | BJP | Vagra |
| BHARATBHAI KIKUBHAI PATEL | BJP | Valsad |
| ANANTKUMAR HASMUKHBHAI PATEL | Congress | Vansda |
| KISHOR KANANI (KUMAR) | BJP | Varachha Road |
| PRADIPSINH BHAGVATSINH JADEJA | BJP | Vatva |
| THAKOR GENIBEN NAGAJI | Congress | Vav |
| CHAUHAN KISHOR BABULAL | BJP | Vejalpur |
| PATEL RAMANBHAI DHULABHAI | BJP | Vijapur |
| BHARWAD LAKHABHAI BHIKHABHAI | Congress | Viramgam |
| RIBADIYA HARSHADKUMAR MADHAVAJIBHAI | Congress | Visnagar |
| PATEL RUSHIKESH GANESHBHAI | BJP | Visnagar |
| GAMIT PUNABHAI DHEDABHAI | Congress | Vyara |
| DHANJIBHAI PATEL (MAKSON) | BJP | Wadhwan |
| PIRZADA MAHAMADJAVID ABDULMUTALIB | Congress | Wankaner |
Partywise Vote Share In Gujarat
Gujarat, Himachal Election Results - Here are the best political pictures of the day
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I bow down before the people of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh as they chose the path of development. The nation has rallied in support of demonetisation and GST, says PM Modi.
The results in Himachal Pradesh show that people will reject parties lacking development agenda and are embroiled in all wrong acts. Today, when a government comes after five years is hailed as a miracle. Gujarat is an exception in terms of anti-incumbency. It has supported BJP and its allies since 1990s, says PM Modi.
BJP has defeated anti-incumbency in Gujarat with another term, says Modi. The Gujarat victory brings happiness for me personally, he adds. He lauds the state leadership since he left the Gujarat CM's post 2-3 years ago for duties at the Centre.
Himachal Pradesh election results show there's no place for corruption: PM Modi
Victory shows entire India is joining BJP's vikas yatra, says Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
With the BJP looking set to win Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi may become "more dictatorial", fears CPI general secretary S Sudhakar Reddy. The Left leader said he now expected the BJP to pursue the "Hindutva policies" more vigorously. "Narendra Modi may become more dictatorial. It is not a positive sign for Indian democracy," Reddy told PTI.
Partywise Vote Share in Gujarat @ 5 pm | Source: Election Commission of India
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee: “I congratulate Gujarat voters for their very balanced verdict at this hour. It is a temporary and face-saving win, but it shows a moral defeat for the BJP. Gujarat voted against atrocities, anxiety and injustice caused to the common people. Gujarat belled the cat for 2019.”
Amit Shah, who finally addresses the question of why his Mission 150 wasn’t a success: “I did not know the Congress campaign would stoop to such a low level,” he says. “We were on the receiving end of an extremely bad campaign... look at Mani Shankar Aiyar’s statement about the Prime Minister.”
The BJP Parliamentary Board will meet at around 6pm, where they will discuss whether Vijay Rupani will retain the chief ministership among other issues.
Asked about allegations of EVM tampering, Shah testily tells a reporter to ask the Congress what happened in Punjab in the Assembly elections earlier this year.
Amit Shah cites the BJP's victory in the business hub of Surat to highlight the fact that the government's demonetisation gamble worked.
Amit Shah scathingly attacks the Congress, accusing the Opposition party of reducing the discourse to new lows during the campaign.
Solutions to Gujarat's issues are yet to be seen and the Congress will keep fighting for them, Surjewala adds.
Shah says the results augur well for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and hopes the BJP will get a huge mandate in those polls.
Congress' Surjewala attempts to drive home the point of a "moral victory" for Congress. Earlier, party leader Ashok Gehlot had said that the BJP in home state of PM Modi and Amit Shah was struggling to cross even the 100-seat mark.
According to the Election Commission website, the Congress and its allies have won 84 seats so far in Gujarat. This proves that Congress President Rahul Gandhi has strung the BJP at the 99-seat mark: Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala
This is a victory of development over dynasty and polarisation, says Amit Shah. In a reference to the tie-up with caste leaders, Shah says the Congress 'outsourced' the election and lost.
The BJP still doesn't have any answer to allegations against Amit Shah's son Jay Shah, inflation, among others, says Gehlot.
The campaign under the leadership of Congress President Rahul Gandhi has led to a moral victory for our party in Gujarat: Gehlot
The Congress had a very good campaign in Gujarat, Rahul Gandhi's campaign reminded us of Indira Gandhi, says Ashok Gehlot
BJP President Amit Shah says the BJP is elated to emerge victorious in both Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. Shah thanks the party workers for their role in retaining Gujarat and wresting Himachal Pradesh from the Congress.
Ashok Gehlot, the Congress' in-charge for Gujarat, is addressing the media. He says the party fought unitedly and claims the BJP used diversionary tactics to win the election.
Former Gujarat Chief Minister Shankersinh Vaghela, who left the Congress just months before the Assembly elections, says the Congress needs to introspect. "All factors were in favour of the Congress — Patidars, OBCs and Dalits. Despite all this, Congress has lost," he says.
Latest Tally | Source: Election Commission of India
DR. ANIL JOSHIYARA of the Congress wins from Bhiloda
PARMAR RAJENDRASINH DHIRSINH of the Congress wins from Borsad
DILIPKUMAR VIRAJI THAKOR of the BJP wins from Chanasma
MOHANSINH CHHOTUBHAI RATHAVA of the Congress wins Chhota Udaipur
PATEL ZANKHANA HITESHKUMAR of the BJP wins from Choryasi
Latest Tally | Source: Election Commission of India
ISHWARBHAI (ANIL) RAMANBHAI PARMAR of the BJP wins from Bardoli
ZALA DHAVALSINH NARENDRASINH of the Congress wins from Bayad
PATEL DUSHYANTBHAI RAJNEEKANT of the BJP wins from Bharuch
DAVE VIBHAVARI of the BJP wins from Bhavnagar East
JITENDRABHAI SAVAJIBHAI VAGHANI (JITU VAGHANI) of the BJP wins from Bhavnagar West
Latest Tally | Source: Election Commission of India
JADEJA PRADHYUMANSINH MAHIPATSIN of the Congress wins from Abdasa
PARESH DHANANI of the Congress wins from Amreli
AHIR VASANBHAI GOPALBHAI of the BJP wins from Anjar
AMIT CHAVDA of the Congress wins from Anklav
PARMAR PRADIPBHAI KHANABHAI of the BJP wins from Asarwa
“If ATMs can be hacked. Why not EVMs? Even advanced nations like Japan and Israel are not dependent on EVMs. I want to congratulate congress for doing well in this election,” says Hardik Patel.
“Our struggle will continue, I do not belong to any party. I will continue with my efforts and start a fresh. We will struggle for reservation and farmer rights,” says Hardik Patel.
Hardik Patel
plays EVM hack card, congratulates Congress for its performance. Here’s what he said: “Going by the results, we can say that people of Gujarat has woken up finally...EVM tempering is a big issue. I have been talking about EVM tampering for 3 days.
EVM tampering is an issue, Surat and Rajkot had problems, the count has changed there. I have been talking about EVM tampering for 3 days. Our struggle will continue, I belong to no party: Hardik Patel
Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel is ahead of Congress candidate Jivabhai Patel in Mehsana. He was trailing in the earlier rounds of counting.
Union minister Smriti Irani has probably given us the quote of the day: "Rahul Gandhi went to temples, but god blessed Amit Shah."
Response from former Chief Election Commissioner of India HS Brahma: "I firmly believe that our EVMs, VVPATs cannot be tampered with. This matter should be closed once and for all as it is tried and tested. EVM is a standalone machine, question of hacking doesn't arise."
Congress spokesperson Sanjay Jha: The results are below our expectations. We were confident of winning the elections.
Union Minister Prakash Javadekar: “Congress has to introspect. The era of the 80s is over and Congress must realise this. Congress played caste politics, but could not win. PM Modi doesn't make false promises. Congress has failed in their attempt to divide society. This is a 'New India'.”
