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Gujarat Assembly election 2017: 182 candidates are contesting 2nd phase of polls. For live updates on Gujarat polls follow Business Standard

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	The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) looks all set to get a majority in the 182-seat Gujarat Assembly, elections for which were conducted in two phases on December 9 and 14, show exit polls. The party is also expected to wrest power from the Congress in Himachal Pradesh, where Assembly election was held late last month.</div>
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	While <em>Today&rsquo;s Chanakya</em> gave a maximum of 135 seats to the BJP &nbsp;in the 182-member Gujarat Assembly, the lowest of 99-113 was given by <em>India Today-Axis </em>exit poll in the state which has been ruled by the party for the past 22 years. As for Congress, they predicted 47 seats and 68-82 seats, respectively.</div>
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	The <em>Times Now</em> and <em>India-TV VMR</em> have given the BJP 113 of the 182 seats in Gujarat &ndash; comfortably ahead of the majority mark of 92 seats &ndash; while the Congress is seen bagging 66 seats and others three. According to the <em>ABP-CSDS Lokniti </em>exit poll, the BJP is expected to get 117 seats, and the Congress 64 seats.</div>
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	The <em>CNN-News18</em> exit poll by well-known psephologist Surjit Bhalla predicts the BJP to get way ahead of the majority mark, with 125 seats in Gujarat, and the Congress to be limited to only 57. The predictions by Arnab Goswami&rsquo;s <em>Republic TV</em> suggest the BJP, which has been in power in Gujarat for over, would get 108 seats, while the Congress would bag 74.&nbsp;</div>
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	As per the <em>NewsX</em> exit polls, the BJP is expected to win 110-120 seats while Congress will get 60-65 seats.<br />
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	<strong>BJP headed for clean sweep in Himachal Pradesh</strong></div>
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	Another state that went to the polls recently, Himachal Pradesh, seems to be set for another big BJP win, if the exit polls are anything to go by. An aggregate of six exit polls by the media houses, including <em>Zee News-Axis</em>, <em>Aaj Tak</em>, <em>News Nation</em>, <em>News X</em>, <em>Samay CNX</em> and <em>Times Now-VMR </em>shows the BJP winning elections in Himachal Pradesh.</div>
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	In the 68-seat Assembly, the BJP is seen getting 41 seats and the ruling Congress getting reduced to 25, according to the <em>ToI Online-CVoter</em> exit poll. Most say the BJP will win over 49 of the 68 assembly seats up for grabs in the hill state.</div>
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	The <em>India Today-Axis</em> exit poll gives an even bigger majority to the BJP in Himachal Pradesh, with 47-55 seats, and the Congress is seen limited to 13-20 seats. The <em>Sahara Samay-CNX&nbsp;</em>prediction is similar, with 42-52 seats for the BJP and 18-24 for the Congress.&nbsp;</div>
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	Polling for the second phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections in 93 constituencies ended on Thursday with a 68.4 voter turnout percentage. The first phase of the polls was held on December 9 for 89 assembly seats.</div>
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	Exit polls are usually seen as an indicator of the polling trends.</div>
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	The Gujarat election is seen as a &quot;prestige battle&quot; for Prime Minister Modi and a litmus test for the leadership of Congress president-elect Rahul Gandhi. In the 2012 assembly polls, the BJP had won 115 seats while the Congress bagged 61. The votes will be counted on December 18.</div>

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) set to get majority in 182 seat for Gujarat Assembly elections in 2nd phase of Gujarat election. The exit poll results says BJP will win comfortably in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.

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BJP chief Amit Shah, along with son Jay Shah, visited a temple after voting early.

Out of total machines deployed for second phase of Gujarat Polls 1.63% VVPATs replaced after mock polls. 0.88 % Ballot Units and 0.86% Control Units also replaced: BB Swain, Gujarat Chief Electoral Officer.

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		<strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;">PM Modi casts his vote and waves at the crowd</span></strong></p>
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PM Modi casts his vote at booth number 115 in Sabarmati&#39;s Ranip locality

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		Partook in Festival of Democracy, by casting my vote.<br />
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		I voted for inclusive development &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Navsarjan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Navsarjan</a> of Gujarat! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/%E0%AA%95%E0%AB%8B%E0%AA%82%E0%AA%97%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B0%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%B8%E0%AA%86%E0%AA%B5%E0%AB%87%E0%AA%9B%E0%AB%87?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#કોંગ્રેસઆવેછે</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/VoteCongress?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#VoteCongress</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gujaratelection2017?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Gujaratelection2017</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GujaratRound2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GujaratRound2</a> <a href="https://t.co/zCJUYotU6u">pic.twitter.com/zCJUYotU6u</a></p>
	&mdash; Bharat Solanki (@BharatSolankee) <a href="https://twitter.com/BharatSolankee/status/941181826990665729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 14, 2017</a></blockquote>
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		<strong>Ahmedabad: PM Modi stands in queue at booth number 115 in Sabarmati&#39;s Ranip locality to cast his vote</strong></p>
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Ahmedabad: PM Modi arrives in Sabarmati&#39;s Ranip locality to cast his vote at booth number 115

PM Modi has pitched the Gujarat battle as one between &quot;vikas (development)&quot; and &quot;vanshwaad (dynasty),&quot; in an attack on Rahul Gandhi, who is set to take over from his mother Sonia Gandhi as Congress president on Saturday, before votes are counted.

As he left for Delhi after wrapping up a hectic campaign, PM Modi made an emotional vote appeal asking Gujarat to &quot;not only give the BJP an overwhelming majority but also ensure that BJP wins in every polling booth across the state.&quot;

PM Modi will vote at a polling booth in the Nishan High School in Ranip locality of Sabarmati, about 10 km from the river from where he took off in a seaplane on Tuesday after a roadshow in Ahmedabad was cancelled.&nbsp;

Visuals from Ahmedabad&#39;s Sabarmati; BJP&#39;s sitting MLA Arvind Patel is up against Congress&#39; Jitubhai Patel from the seat. PM Modi will cast his vote at booth number 115 here.<br />
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		<strong>Congress&#39; Shaktisinh Gohil casts his vote in Gandhinagar.</strong></p>
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Though the weather has turned chillier than it was in the first phase on December 9, when Gujarat recorded over 60 per cent polling, it is believed that after the day warms up, more polling will take place.

Exit polls: BJP to win Gujarat comfortably; dethrone Congress in Himachal

BJP looks all set to retain majority in the 182-seat Gujarat Assembly, clean sweep in Himachal Pradesh