Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) opened its account in the Gujarat Assembly polls with the announcement of the first two results, winning both the seats, as the counting continues in other seats.
The party registered its first win in the Dahod constituency where Kanaiyalal Bachubhai Kishori won with a margin of nearly 30,000 votes. Kishori, who was up against Congress’ Harshadbhai Valchandbhai Ninama and Aam Aadmi Party’s Dineshbhai Bhurabhai Muniya, received 72,660 votes with a 43.54 per cent vote share.
His Congress opponent, Ninama, got 43,310 votes and shared a vote percentage of 25.95, while AAP’s Muniya got 34,010 votes with a 20.38 pc vote share.
The other seat on which the party won was the Petlad constituency, where BJP’s Kamleshbhai Rameshbhai Patel secured 89,166 votes while Congress’ Prakash Budhabhai Parmar got 71,212 votes.
According to the latest trends by the Election Commission till 12.30 pm, BJP is leading on 153 seats while the party has won 2 seats so far.
The counting of votes for the Gujarat Assembly elections began on Thursday at 8 am.
The counting in Gujarat began at 37 centres in 33 districts.(ANI)
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