Ahmedabad: Narendra Modi has once again defended his Gujarat citadel. The incumbent Chief Minister scored a massive win on Thursday with the BJP winning 116 seats out of the total 182.
As per the Gujarat Election Results 2012, the BJP has won 116 seats, while the Congress finished a poor second with only 60 seats.
Modi’s challenger Keshubhai Patel of Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP) failed miserably in his mission to uproot the man who had taken over from him as Chief Minister in 2002 and has never looked back since. The GPP has won only two seats - one of the two winners being Keshubhai himself. Others won four seats.
An emphatic victory for Narendra Modi means that the chorus within the BJP for a bigger role in the party’s national affairs is set to grow. Modi has also won his Maninagar seat beating Shweta Bhatt of the Congress. He is expected to address his supporters at 5 pm.
As the BJP neared its 2007 tally of 117 seats, Modi may very well become the face of the BJP for 2014 general elections.
However, officially, the BJP today parried questions on whether he will be the party's prime ministerial candidate in the next Lok Sabha elections.
He was asked whether the third straight victory in Gujarat has defined Modi as the prime ministerial candidate for the BJP in the next Lok Sabha election in 2014.
The party should be allowed to rejoice in its performance-led victory in the state, Prasad said, adding that Modi fought against all forms of vicious campaigns against himself at different levels in the state as well as internationally.
Leading/won
BJP: Amit Shah – Naranpura (won), Saurabh Patel – Akota (won), Jayrajsinh Jadeja – Gondal (won), Poonamben Maadam – Khambhalia (leading), Anandiben Patel – Ghatlodi (won), Ganpat Vasava – Mangrol (won), Kashyap Shukla – Rajkot (East) (leading), Bhupendrasinh Chudasama – Dholka (leading), Ranjitbhai Gilitwala - Surat (East) (leading), Mahendrabhai Mashru – Junagadh (won), Dushyant Patel - Bharuch (leading), Jetha Bharwad – Shahera (leading), Purushottam Solanki – Bhavnagar (Rural) (leading), Pravinsinh Chauhan - Godhra (leading), RC Faldu – Jamnagar (Rural) (leading), Ramesh Maheshwari – Gandhidham (leading).
Congress: Mahendrasinh Vaghela – Bayad (won), Paresh Dhanani – Amreli (won), Jayesh Radadiya – Jetpur (won), Jawahar Chavda - Manavdar (won).
Others: Keshubhai Patel – Visavadar (won).
Trailing/Lost
BJP: Dilip Sanghani – Amreli (lost), Jaynarayan Vyas – Sidhapur (lost), Kama Rathod – Sanand (trailing), Praful Patel - Himatnagar (trailing).
Congress: Kanubhai Bhalala - Visavadar (lost), Indranil Rajyaguru- Rajkot (East) (trailing), Tejash Chaudhary - Mangrol (trailing), Shaktisinh Gohil – Bhavnagar (Rural) (lost), Arjun Modhwadia – Porbander (lost).
Others: Gordhanbhai Zadafia – Gondal (lost), Dr Kanubhai Kalsariya –Gariyadhar (lost), Jagruti Pandya - Ellisbridge (lost).
The voting was spread across two phases – Dec 13 and 17 with record 71.32 percent voters casting their ballot.
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