The saffron party marched ahead of its rival as counting of votes progressed
The trends for Gujarat polls show BJP leading in 102 seats while Congress in 78; in Himachal, BJP leads in 44 seats
Jignesh Mewani is an independent candidate from the Vadgam (SC) constituency, with the Congress support
The reaction came just after the poll panel withdrew the show cause notice to the newly-anointed Congress President for alleged violation of the Model Code of Conduct
The counting for the single-phase Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections will begin at 8 am and results are expected to come out by afternoon
The poll panel also simultaneously withdrew its notice of December 13 to Congress President Rahul Gandhi
Congress leaders hailed Gandhi's Gujarat campaign as a "winner", saying his issue-based strategy would bring positive results for the party
Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, who returned to Shimla after 18 days, dismissed the exit poll results
Nitinbhai Patel is a BJP candidate from the Mahesana constituency
Incumbent chief minister Vijay Rupani is a BJP candidate from the Rajkot West constituency
The EC had yesterday ordered the re-polling after the second phase of voting in the Gujarat Assembly polls
Ahmedabad collector, Avantika Singh said that if any clarification is to be issued than it will be issued by the Election Commission
The Congress feels that little was happening to all its complaints against the Bharatiya Janata Party
The Sahara Samay-CNX exit poll has predicted that the BJP will get between 110 and 120 seats and Congress between 65 and 75 seats
This exit poll sees the BJP sweeping between 99 and 113 seats and the Congress getting 68-82 seats in Gujarat Assembly polls
Jay Narayan Vyas is a BJP candidate from the Sidhpur constituency
Shankar Chaudhary is a BJP candidate from the Vav constituency
Pankaj Anopchand Mehta is a BJP candidate from the Rapar, Kachchhh constituency
Maheshwari Malti Kishor is a BJP candidate from the Gandhidham constituency
Ganpatsinh Vestabhai Vasava is a BJP candidate from the Mangrol constituency