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State Assembly Election Results - 2022
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9:21
Hello and welcome to the live updates of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly Election Results 2022.
9:22
182 constituencies are up for grabs in the Western state while 68 constituencies are going under the ballot in Himachal. The exit polls predictions hinted that BJP is set to form government in Gujarat for the seventh consecutive time. It also estimated BJP will win in Himachal Pradesh but by a smaller margin.
9:23
Congress is said to be the main challenger of the saffron party in both states. AAP is likely to take the third spot.
9:26
The counting of postal ballots ends. Early trends in Himachal Pradesh show Congress moving ahead of the BJP. Congress leads in 34 seats, while the saffron party leads in 32. 
9:29
In Gujarat, the Election Commission declares the trends of 12 seats. BJP leads on 8, Congress on 3 and AAP on 1.
9:31
Congress now leads in 36 seats in Himachal Pradesh, with BJP not too behind on 29. AAP is yet to open its account on the trends sheet.
9:35
The latest update in Gujarat shows the ruling party taking a massive lead on Congress. From 182 seats, BJP leads in 139, the Congress on 32, AAP on 7 and Others on 4.
9:36
BJP takes lead in the Umreth constituency of Anand district as former MLA and Gujarat NCP Chief Jayant Patel (Boskey) trails. BJP's seven-term sitting MLA Yogesh Patel leads in Vadodara city's Manjalpur constituency by 9,000 votes.
9:41
So far it has been a neck-and-neck race in Himachal Pradesh. While the BJP hopes to eventually pull ahead and make history by breaking the state's tradition of voting out the incumbent, the Congress will be desperate to have at least one more state under its belt.
9:44
In Gujarat, BJP's Mahesh Bhuriya leads in Jhalod (ST) constituency with 8,713 votes while Congress's Mitesh Garasiya has bagged 3,059 votes at end of Round 3.
9:48
After second round of counting, on majority of south Gujarat seats AAP is getting 10 to 15 percent of total votes counted.
9:51
BJP has now extended its leads in the Gujarat trends sheet to 146 seats. Congress is now leading in just 23 and AAP in nine. BJP is looking all set to break all records this time.
BJP's Rivaba Jadeja leads in Jamnagar North seat in Gujarat. Rivaba is wife of Indian cricketer Ravindra Jadeja.
9:52
In Gujarat, AAP candidate Karshan Karmur leads Congress rival Bipendrasinh Jadeja by 1,606 votes.
9:57
Performing better than estimated, AAP leads in 11 seats in Gujarat.
9:59
Setback for Congress as party trails in bastion — Anklav in Anand district with former GPCC President Amit Chavda trailing by 11,345 votes as BJP's Gulabsinh Padhiyar has takes lead with 14,676.
10:01
Of the 110 seats for which trends were out, Aam Aadmi Party is at second place on 18 seats, many of them Patidar major seats like Jetpur, Dhoraji, Kamrej, Karanj and Nikol. In Viramgam, Hardik Patel was leading by just 422 votes against AAP candidate Amarsinh Thakor.
10:05
10:09
At the end of Round 2, a big fight is underway at Waghodia Assembly constituency of Vadodara where BJP has two rebel candidates, including six term sitting MLA Madhu Shrivastava. BJP's Ashwin Patel who trails with 6,882 votes as rebel candidate Dharmendrasinh Vaghela leads with 9,193 votes. Shrivastava has only 1,231 votes so far.
Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur leading with a total of 14,921 votes in his constituency Seraj.
10:12
In Gujarat, BJP's Darshana Deshmukh leads by a big margin of 8,510 votes from Nandod (ST) Assembly constituency. In Dediapada (ST) constituency in Narmada district, AAP's Chaitar Vasava is ahead by 4,990 votes.
10:15
Early numbers coming in estimates that  BJP will go past the 150-mark in the state, thereby poised to break the Congress’s 1985 record of 149 seats.
10:16
Here are the updates at 10:15 IST from Himachal Pradesh. We'll keep you connected every half an hour!
10:17
Updates at 10:15 from Gujarat.
10:22
Continuing the neck-to-neck competition, Congress overtakes BJP to reach halfway mark in Himachal Pradesh. The Grand Old Party leads in 34 seats - the halfway mark for the Assembly. The BJP, meanwhile leads in 31 seats.
10:24
In Gujarat, AAP puts up a strong fight by leading in the Patidar-dominated seats and tribal areas.
10:31
Update on the Gujarat Chief Minister's prospects in the state assembly elections.
10:32
Now, BJP is leading in 156 seats in Gujarat, followed by Congress in 16, AAP in six and others in 3.
10:36
In Ghatlodia, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel leads by over 34,000 votes. As per the available trends for 178 seats, the BJP leads in 150 seats, Congress in 18, AAP in 6 seats, SP in 1 seat, and Independents in 3.
10:38
Rajnath Singh confident about the BJP's victory in Gujarat.
10:39
As we write that, BJP takes lead in seven more seats, while Congress and Independents fall behind in three and one seat respectively.
10:41
In Himachal Pradesh, as many as five independent candidates take lead.
10:44
Your 10:45 update from Himachal Pradesh!
10:48
Your current updates from Gujarat.
In Surat’s Katargam seat, state AAP president Gopal Italia trails sitting BJP MLA Vinod Moradiya.
10:49
In Himachal Pradesh, Forest Minister Rakesh Pathania trails from Fatehpur and Animal Husbandry Minister Virender Kanwar stays behind from Kutlehar.
10:51
Despite what happened in Morbi, BJP candidate Amrutia leads by a massive margin.
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