| BACK WITH A BANG | |
| Total seats in the Gujarat Assembly | 182 |
| BJP | |
| 2007 | 117 |
| 2002 | 127 |
| Congress+ | |
| 2007 | 62 |
| 2002 | 51 |
| Independents and others | |
| 2007 | 3 |
| 2002 | 4 |
Modi won by a margin of over 86,000 votes from his Maninagar constituency, defeating Dinsha Patel of the Congress. Patel is minister of state for petroleum and natural gas in the United Progressive Alliance government at the centre.
Most industrialists when contacted declined to comment on the BJP's emphatic victory. However, Paru Jaykrushna, president, Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), said