Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday posted a historic victory in Gujarat and stormed back to power with a thumping majority, winning 156 seats in the 182-member state assembly and a seventh term, equalling the Left Front's record in West Bengal.

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In the 182-member Gujarat assembly, the BJP retained power by bagging 99 seats, while the Congress got 77 seats. The NCP emerged victorious on one seat.

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BJP president Amit Shah had announced during the campaign that the party was fighting Gujarat elections under Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and his deputy Nitin Patel. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was, however, the face of the party in the keenly contested elections.

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The BJP insiders have given an indication that after the loss of 16 seats in Gujarat, the BJP top brass is now keen on appointing someone who has a strong public appeal and can deliver promises made to the electorate as the next chief minister.

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In the run-up to elections, Aiyar had called PM Modi "neech kisam ka insaan".

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This election was important, as the BJP was not only fighting for retaining its sway in Gujarat by winning its sixth term into office but was also defending a hugely-challenged narrative of Gujarat model.

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The three Muslims were all fielded by the Congress

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"Under PM Modi's leadership, BJP will also win Meghalaya, Mizoram and Karnataka, and 2019 will once again prove how the people of India trust Modiji," Shah said

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Jignesh-Alpesh win signals toward a change that many thought would never surface in the political fabric of the country.

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Surprisingly, Congress put an impressive fight even overturning the leads for a bit earlier today

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The order comes in the wake of controversies over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's FICCI meeting, Rahul Gandhi's TV interviews and the release of BJP manifesto in Gujarat -- all after campaigning had ended in the state.

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Vijay Rupani also added, 'Gujarat public has preferred politics of development, and development was brought in by Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi and the BJP'

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The repolling was ordered after reports of technical glitches

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The voting for the two-phase Gujarat Assembly election ended on Thursday and counting of votes will be held on December 18

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Nadiad's Ramkunj society voted in white clothes, dancing, singing and beating drums on the way.

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A total of 851 candidates are in the fray for 93 seats across 14 districts in north and central Gujarat

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Addressing an election rally in Lunavada on Saturday Modi alleged that the Congress leader Salman Nizami, who was campaigning for Congress

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Around 11 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the initial two hours during polling on 89 seats of Saurashtra and South Gujarat regions in the first phase of the crucial Gujarat assembly polls

Gujarat elections: 11 per cent voter turnout in first two hours

The charge was rejected by the Election Commission

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BJP has not yet told the people what they are going to do. In fact, their election manifesto is not yet been released, Rahul Gandhi said

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The Patidar agitation leader Patel was addressing a massive rally in Surat, where more than 50,000 people turned up for his roadshow.

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In an indirect reference to the Congress, which was in power in the state during the Eighties, the finance minister said 'social polarisation was rampant' in the Gujarat back then

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