In the previous poll, in 2012, The BJP had won 115 seats (47.9% vote share). The Gujarat Parivartan Party, led by Keshubhai Patel,which would later merge with the BJP had won 2 seats (3.6% vote share). So, the combined vote share of the BJP and the GPP was 51.5%.
The Congress had won 61 seats (38.9%) (Ref.: < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gujarat_Legislative_Assembly_election,_2012> and < http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/in-gujarat-cong-closing-vote-share-gap-with-bjp/1048825/ >.) The current position was: BJP 121 MLAs and Congress 43 MLAs. (Ref.: < http://indianexpress.com/elections/gujarat-assembly-elections-2017/gujarat-assembly-elections-results-bjp-congress-rahul-gandhi-narendra-modi-hardik-patel-4987417/ >.) In the current poll, the BJP has polled 49.1% of votes cast (subject to very minor change). This is 2.4% point lower than the vote share of the BJP and the GPP combined in 2012 poll. (This *does not* take into account the subsequent accretion in number.) The Congress is poised to poll 41.4% (subject to very minor change). This is 2.5% point higher than what it had polled in 2012. (It does not take into account (i) the subsequent substantial loss in number - from 61 to 43, and (ii) independent - Jignesh Mevani, and 2 BTP candidates backed by the Congress have won.) The final numbers are yet to come. Latest position (ref.: <http://eciresults.nic.in/>) is: BJP: 99 (Already Won + Leading) (22 down from 121, and 16 down from 115) Congress: 77 (Already Won + Leading) (34 up from 43, 16 up from 61) Sukla -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
