Gujarat Elections 2012
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With 48 Seats, Saurashtra Region Holds Key To Power In Gujarat Polls
The ruling BJP, which could win just 19 seats in the region in the 2017 elections as against 30 in 2012, is also making concerted efforts to regain its lost ground by poaching Congress MLAs.
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Gujarat Police Firing Victim's Father To Contest Polls Against Amit Shah
The father of a Dalit youth killed in police firing at Thangadh in Gujarat in 2012, has filed his nomination from the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat, where BJP chief Amit Shah is in the fray.
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Rahul Gandhi Gujarat Visit Highlights: Congress Chief Offers Prayers At Somnath Temple, Will Review Election Result Next
Rahul Gandhi will meet Congress leaders in Gujarat, who have already begun analysing the election result, to review and get insight about the electoral outcome. Gujarat Congress organised a three-day conclave, which ends today, to study the poll results. During the 'chintan shivir' (introspection camp), Congress leaders and workers in Gujarat have ...
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"Congress Real Winner in Gujarat": BJP Ally Shiv Sena's New Jab
As the BJP retained Gujarat, its ally, the Shiv Sena, has said that it was the Rahul Gandhi-led Congress which had emerged as the "real winner" in the election.
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"Congress Played Dirty": Amit Shah On Why BJP Failed His "Mission 150"
Celebrating the BJP's freshly-minted "historic victory" in Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah on Monday accused the Congress for trying to sow the seeds of casteism in its hunger for power and asked voters to be vigilant of renewed attempt by "some people" to keep up the effort in future too
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If You Get 49% Vote Share, Can't Say It Is Anti-Incumbency: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
That the BJP ended up with 49 per cent of the popular vote in Gujarat demonstrates that there was really no anti-incumbency against the party that had ruled the state for 22 years, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told NDTV, explaining the party's lower tally than the 2012 elections to a gap in rural Saurashtra due to "certain agrarian factors and loc...
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BJP Wins Gujarat But Misses Century, Sweeps Himachal: 10 Points
It is 2-0 to the BJP, which has swept Himachal Pradesh and has also won Gujarat again, though by a decidedly lower margin of victory than last time. The BJP has won 99 of Gujarat's 182 assembly seats, comfortably over the halfway mark but stopping just shy of a 100. BJP chief Amit Shah has attributed the lower numbers to the "Congress' caste politi...
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Tough Fight In Gujarat, Will Analyse What Happened: BJP Leader
As the counting in Gujarat threw up a tougher fight in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state than had been predicted, the ruling BJP said it would "analyse what happened", but insisted it was not worried.
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Gujarat Election Results 2017: BJP Wins Gujarat With Clear Majority; PM Modi, Amit Shah Hail Victory - Highlights
For the Gujarat Assembly election, counting day has been full of twists and turns, ups and downs, cheers and celebrations, and quite a few nail biting moments. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP, which came to power in Gujarat for the sixth time, faced a tough battle against a renewed Congress under the leadership of newly elected party president R...
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Nearly 69 Per Cent Voter Turnout, Marginally Less Than 2012: 10 Facts
68.7 per cent people voted in the second and final phase of the Gujarat assembly polls today, the Election Commission has said. This is almost neck and neck with the 68 per cent voter turnout in the first phase on Saturday last. The voter turnout in the 2012 assembly election was 71.3 per cent. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's voted in Ahmedabad and ...
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Exit Poll 2017: BJP To Win Gujarat, Says Poll Of Exit Polls, With 116 Of 182 Seats
The BJP will win Gujarat with 116 of 182 seats, according to an aggregate of exit polls after a campaign that was led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his home state.
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2017 Poll Of Exit Polls Result Highlights: BJP Wins Gujarat And Himachal Pradesh, Say Exit Polls
If exit polls are to be believed, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP will win both Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat assembly elections. An aggregate of ten exit polls say the BJP will win 116 of Gujarat's 182 seats, one more than they scored in the 2012 polls.
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Gujarat Election 2017 Highlights: Voter Turnout 68.7%, Less Than Overall Turnout In 2012
Voting has ended in the second phase of the Gujarat assembly elections 2017. Voter turnout was 11.7 per cent till 10 am, which climbed to 62.37 per cent at 4 pm -- an hour before voting closed -- and finally settled at 68.7 per cent when voting ended at 5 pm in the Gujarat assembly polls. This is less than 71.3 per cent voter turnout recorded in th...
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Gujarat Election 2017 Highlights: 68% Voter Turnout, Lower Than 71% Polling In 2012
The first phase of the Gujarat assembly election 2017 was held on 89 assembly constituencies in Saurashtra and south Gujarat regions. A total of 977 candidates fought it out in the first phase of the Gujarat polls in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state.
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Poll Of Opinion Polls Shows BJP Winning Gujarat Again, But By Smaller Margin
A poll of opinion polls that aggregates three surveys ahead of the Gujarat Assembly elections, shows the BJP getting 105-106 of the state's 182 seats, well over the halfway mark of 92 the party needs to form government a fifth consecutive time, though nowhere close to the 150-seat target that party chief Amit Shah has set.
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With 48 Seats, Saurashtra Region Holds Key To Power In Gujarat Polls
The ruling BJP, which could win just 19 seats in the region in the 2017 elections as against 30 in 2012, is also making concerted efforts to regain its lost ground by poaching Congress MLAs.
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Gujarat Police Firing Victim's Father To Contest Polls Against Amit Shah
The father of a Dalit youth killed in police firing at Thangadh in Gujarat in 2012, has filed his nomination from the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat, where BJP chief Amit Shah is in the fray.
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Rahul Gandhi Gujarat Visit Highlights: Congress Chief Offers Prayers At Somnath Temple, Will Review Election Result Next
Rahul Gandhi will meet Congress leaders in Gujarat, who have already begun analysing the election result, to review and get insight about the electoral outcome. Gujarat Congress organised a three-day conclave, which ends today, to study the poll results. During the 'chintan shivir' (introspection camp), Congress leaders and workers in Gujarat have ...
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"Congress Real Winner in Gujarat": BJP Ally Shiv Sena's New Jab
As the BJP retained Gujarat, its ally, the Shiv Sena, has said that it was the Rahul Gandhi-led Congress which had emerged as the "real winner" in the election.
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"Congress Played Dirty": Amit Shah On Why BJP Failed His "Mission 150"
Celebrating the BJP's freshly-minted "historic victory" in Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah on Monday accused the Congress for trying to sow the seeds of casteism in its hunger for power and asked voters to be vigilant of renewed attempt by "some people" to keep up the effort in future too
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If You Get 49% Vote Share, Can't Say It Is Anti-Incumbency: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
That the BJP ended up with 49 per cent of the popular vote in Gujarat demonstrates that there was really no anti-incumbency against the party that had ruled the state for 22 years, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told NDTV, explaining the party's lower tally than the 2012 elections to a gap in rural Saurashtra due to "certain agrarian factors and loc...
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BJP Wins Gujarat But Misses Century, Sweeps Himachal: 10 Points
It is 2-0 to the BJP, which has swept Himachal Pradesh and has also won Gujarat again, though by a decidedly lower margin of victory than last time. The BJP has won 99 of Gujarat's 182 assembly seats, comfortably over the halfway mark but stopping just shy of a 100. BJP chief Amit Shah has attributed the lower numbers to the "Congress' caste politi...
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Tough Fight In Gujarat, Will Analyse What Happened: BJP Leader
As the counting in Gujarat threw up a tougher fight in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state than had been predicted, the ruling BJP said it would "analyse what happened", but insisted it was not worried.
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Gujarat Election Results 2017: BJP Wins Gujarat With Clear Majority; PM Modi, Amit Shah Hail Victory - Highlights
For the Gujarat Assembly election, counting day has been full of twists and turns, ups and downs, cheers and celebrations, and quite a few nail biting moments. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP, which came to power in Gujarat for the sixth time, faced a tough battle against a renewed Congress under the leadership of newly elected party president R...
-
Nearly 69 Per Cent Voter Turnout, Marginally Less Than 2012: 10 Facts
68.7 per cent people voted in the second and final phase of the Gujarat assembly polls today, the Election Commission has said. This is almost neck and neck with the 68 per cent voter turnout in the first phase on Saturday last. The voter turnout in the 2012 assembly election was 71.3 per cent. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's voted in Ahmedabad and ...
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Exit Poll 2017: BJP To Win Gujarat, Says Poll Of Exit Polls, With 116 Of 182 Seats
The BJP will win Gujarat with 116 of 182 seats, according to an aggregate of exit polls after a campaign that was led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his home state.
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2017 Poll Of Exit Polls Result Highlights: BJP Wins Gujarat And Himachal Pradesh, Say Exit Polls
If exit polls are to be believed, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP will win both Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat assembly elections. An aggregate of ten exit polls say the BJP will win 116 of Gujarat's 182 seats, one more than they scored in the 2012 polls.
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Gujarat Election 2017 Highlights: Voter Turnout 68.7%, Less Than Overall Turnout In 2012
Voting has ended in the second phase of the Gujarat assembly elections 2017. Voter turnout was 11.7 per cent till 10 am, which climbed to 62.37 per cent at 4 pm -- an hour before voting closed -- and finally settled at 68.7 per cent when voting ended at 5 pm in the Gujarat assembly polls. This is less than 71.3 per cent voter turnout recorded in th...
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Gujarat Election 2017 Highlights: 68% Voter Turnout, Lower Than 71% Polling In 2012
The first phase of the Gujarat assembly election 2017 was held on 89 assembly constituencies in Saurashtra and south Gujarat regions. A total of 977 candidates fought it out in the first phase of the Gujarat polls in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state.
-
Poll Of Opinion Polls Shows BJP Winning Gujarat Again, But By Smaller Margin
A poll of opinion polls that aggregates three surveys ahead of the Gujarat Assembly elections, shows the BJP getting 105-106 of the state's 182 seats, well over the halfway mark of 92 the party needs to form government a fifth consecutive time, though nowhere close to the 150-seat target that party chief Amit Shah has set.
