The Assembly elections also saw a widening of the margin
of victory in both Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. In Gujarat, the margin
of victory widened in 101 constituencies and in Himachal Pradesh, it
widened in 38 seats.
One of the reasons for the
larger margins is the more emphatic win for the BJP candidates. Another
reason is the increase in actual number of people voting.
The BJP lost 32 of the seats it had won in the 2012 Gujarat Assembly elections to the Congress in the latest poll, but it managed to contain its losses by wresting 15 seats from the Congress
Higher losses than gains lowered the BJP tally in the
new Gujarat Assembly to 99 seats from the 115 it has in the House that
will be dissolved soon. The Congress, in contrast, saw its seat share
climb to 77 from 61.
Similarly, in Himachal Pradesh,
the rout in the Assembly elections notwithstanding, the Congress
managed to wrest six seats from the BJP. But then anti-incumbency in the
State ensured that the BJP managed to wrest 23 seats from the Congress
to win 44 seats in the 68-seat Assembly. The Congress tally plunged to
21 seats from 36.
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