Narendra Modi's victory speech - Gujarat Assembly Elections 2012

Modi continues to rule Gujarat while Congress snatches Himachal from BJP in 2012 assembly elections

Gujarat Assembly Election 2012:

Assembly election results in Gujarat came as no surprise with BJP’s hindutva icon Narendra Modi created history with consecutive third win. Modi led BJP won 115 seats out of total 182 while Congress could manage only 61 seats. Keshubhai Patel’s GPP failed to make any significant impact and won only 2 seats.

With massive victory in Gujarat, Narendra Modi has certainly strengthened his claim to play important role at national level in coming days. This could also mean BJP might project him as candidate for the post of Prime Minister in next Lok Sabha elections.

Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election 2012:

Himachal continued its tradition of voting out existing government by electing Virbhadra Singh led Congress party to power. Congress won 36 out 68 seats in the hilly state while BJP was restricted to only 26 seats falling considerably short of its performance in the previous election. Independents won 5 seats while Himachal Lokhit Party bagged one seat.

Gujarat assembly election “Exit Polls” shows convincing win for Narendra Modi

Higher voter turnout was key highlight during assembly election voting in Gujarat. With emergence of Keshubhai Patel’s Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP) the battle between BJP and Congress became more interesting. However, most of the exit poll surveys carried out shows clear mandate for Narendra Modi led BJP government to come back to power again.

Out of 182 assembly seats, BJP is likely to win 120-130 seats while Congress could grab 50-55 and others including GPP could manage only 5-7 seats. Apart from positive voting for Narendra Modi on the issue of development’ vote split between GPP and Congress also augured well for BJP.

With consecutive third term at CM’s office in Gujarat, one of most influential leader of the country Mr. Narendra Modi could play vital role in national politics in coming future. In all likelihood, the largest democracy in the world would chant “NaMo, NaMo” in next Lok Sabha election.   

Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh assembly poll dates declared

Election Commission of India today announced dates for assembly elections to be held in the state of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh (H.P.). Narendra Modi ruled Gujarat to have voting in two phases on December 13^th and 17^th while voters from hilly state of Himachal will exercise their right on 4^th of November. Counting of votes for both sates will take place on 20^th December 2012.

Gujarat has 182 assembly seats while H.P. elects 68 MLAs. Currently, both these states are ruled by main opposition party at the centre – Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP). Both the states are likely to witness two way battle between BJP and Congress due to lack of presence of any stronger third force.