{"id":89293,"date":"2022-12-08T06:40:32","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T01:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/?p=89293"},"modified":"2022-12-08T06:40:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T01:10:34","slug":"bjp-upbeat-in-gujarat-change-in-raj-or-riwaaj-in-himachal-pradesh-results-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/bjp-upbeat-in-gujarat-change-in-raj-or-riwaaj-in-himachal-pradesh-results-today\/","title":{"rendered":"BJP upbeat in Gujarat; change in ‘Raj’ or ‘Riwaaj’ in Himachal Pradesh? Results today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In Gujarat, the BJP is aiming for a straight seventh term in the state, while in Himachal Pradesh, it seems there will be a neck-and-neck contest between the ruling BJP and the Congress.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Congress may have its eyes firmly set on the \u2018Bharat Jodo Yatra\u2019, but it kept its fingers crossed as it waited for Thursday’s counting of votes for the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh assembly elections. However, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), under chief minister Bhupendra Patel, is expecting a cakewalk in Gujarat, as predicted in the exit polls on Tuesday, and also hoping to buck the anti-incumbency trend in Himachal Pradesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Gujarat, the BJP is aiming for a straight seventh term in the state, with hours left for counting of votes for the assembly election held on December 1 and 5. It was a high-stakes three-cornered fight between the BJP, Congress and AAP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The outcome may determine who captures the main opposition space in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state. For the BJP, the victory will firm up Modi\u2019s bid for a third consecutive term as prime minister in 2024. And for the Congress, its role as the main challenger to the BJP is at stake and Thursday\u2019s results will reveal if the party\u2019s \u2018silent campaign\u2019 has cut ice with people, an observer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the AAP, which carried out an aggressive campaign, the Gujarat assembly election is a chance to establish itself as a pan-national party and a challenger to the BJP at the national level also. Upbeat by the victory in the Delhi municipal election, the AAP hopes that the people in Gujarat will accept its welfare politics. The BJP battled anti-incumbency sentiments after 27 years of rule in the state as it faced the recent elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Close fight likely in Himachal Pradesh<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In Himachal Pradesh, it seems there will be a neck-and-neck contest between the ruling BJP, led by chief minister Jai Ram Thakur, and the Opposition Congress – at least going by exit poll results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hill state is set to reveal if its voters have bucked the anti-incumbency trend and re-elected the ruling party – something that has not happened after 1985.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Going by Himachal Pradesh\u2019s “riwaaj”, or tradition, it should be the Congress’ turn to form the next government. But with all but two exit polls predicting an edge for the BJP, pollsters are keenly watching which way the voters have decided in the closely fought contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Himachal Pradesh has not returned any incumbent government to power after 1985, a trend the ruling BJP, powered by Modi’s personalised campaign, hopes to break. The BJP slogan this time was “Raj nahin, riwaaj badlega”, meaning the convention will change, not the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exit poll predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Gujarat exit polls: <\/strong>Gujarat has 182 seats and the majority mark is set at 92. The Republic-P Marq survey has given the BJP between 128 and 148 seats, the Congress between 30 and 42, and just two to 10 seats to the AAP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TV9 Bharatvarsh gives the BJP a similar score – 125 to 130 seats and a few more seats to the Congress – 40-50. The AAP is given between three and five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

India Today-Axis My India expects a strong BJP win, with the party picking up between 129 and 151 seats. The Congress, it says, will get between 16 and 30. This survey also gives the AAP the most hope – with nine to 21 seats expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

News X-Jan Ki Baat also gives the BJP an emphatic win, but the predicted spread is wider than the other polls, except for India Today. The BJP is expected to get between 117 and 140, the Congress 34 to 51 and the AAP six to 13 seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABP News-C Voter follows Republic closely, with 128-140 seats for the BJP, 31-43 for the Congress and three to 11 for the AAP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Times Now Navbharat ETG gives the BJP 139 seats, the Congress 30 and the AAP 11. News24-Today’s Chanakya gives the BJP a resounding win with 150 seats; the Congress can expect an embarrassing 19 and the AAP just 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Gujarat, the BJP is aiming for a straight seventh term in the state, while in Himachal Pradesh, it seems there will be a neck-and-neck contest between the ruling BJP and the Congress. The Congress may have its eyes firmly set on the \u2018Bharat Jodo Yatra\u2019, but it kept its fingers crossed as it waited […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89293"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89295,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89293\/revisions\/89295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dailypunjabtimes.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}