2017 Himachal Pradesh & Gujarat Assembly Election Results - Margin of victory widens in both Gujarat, Himachal

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.

At the same time, the margin of victory declined in 81 constituencies in Gujarat and in 30 constituencies in Himachal Pradesh. A larger number of seats with narrower margin was won by the Congress in both States

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.