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Gujarat polls: Counting of votes on Thursday
Posting a record turnout, 71.32 percent electorate had exercised their franchise.
Confident Omar says Gujarat polls will not affect 2014 elections
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said the outcome of Gujarat State Assembly elections should not be seen as a reflection on the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls scheduled to be held in 2014.
Gujarat polls: Bookies say Modi to win, doubt beating 2007 record
Bookies are giving lower odds on the BJP coming to power but are less inclined to believe that the Gujarat Chief Minister will go beyond his tally in 2007.
Modi's Delhi shift: BJP will fall in line, but timing is uncertain
Assuming he wins big on 20 December, Modi is in no hurry to shift to Delhi to target his ultimate ambition. Many loose ends have to be tied up before that
Gujarat polls: BJP MLA detained for firing incident absconding
Bharwad allegedly absconded from a private hospital here in the wee hours today where he was admitted yesterday for head injuries.
Guj polls: 70 percent voting in Ahmedabad district
Amidst this high turnout, the Model Code of Conduct Cell received 70 complaints of violation, including one against the Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
Gujarat polls: Exit polls predict a hat-trick for Modi
CNN-IBN predicted Congress to get between 29 and 35 and the same for BJP. It also said Congress would get a vote share of 41 per cent and BJP 40 per cent.
Gujarat polls: Modi, BJP leaders meet to discuss high voter turnout
The 71.32 per cent huge turnout in Gujarat, recorded for the first time since its formation in 1960, has raised the anxiety among the political parties.
Gujarat 2012: Here are some lessons for the Congress
If the age of blind claims is over (not just for the Congress, but for all political parties), so is the issue of anti-incumbency. Voters will vote in the existing government if the government has performed – that’s the only yardstick that they care about any more.
'BJP is Narendra Modi, Narendra Modi is BJP'
The exit polls for the first phase of Gujarat elections clearly indicate Modi hogging the limelight. But will his dominance become a problem for the party in future?
Gujarat elections: Modi set to romp to victory in Keshubhai's bastion
Narendra Modi and the BJP seem set to romp to victory in Saurashtra as well, according to the survey conducted for CNN-IBN and The Week.
Gujarat as it happened: Keshubhai no match to Modi in Saurashtra, says poll
The second and final round of polling has got underway in Gujarat today to decide if Chief Minister Narendra Modi can get another five-year term or the Congress can bounce back to power in the state assembly. Live updates of all the action.
126 cases of paid news reported in Gujarat, 91 in Himachal: Poll commission
Gujarat has reported as many as 126 confirmed cases of paid news, while Himachal reported 91 such cases in the Assembly elections in the two states which created a record in the voter turnout.
Voter turnout in Gujarat gives rise to pro-incumbency factor: Modi
Buoyed by the impressive voter turnout in the second and final phase as well of the Assembly elections, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today said the impressive percentage will force political experts to consider "pro-incumbency" factor in their discussions.
Keshubhai, the most overhyped myth in Gujarat
The suspense was essentially around the victory margin and the role Keshubhai.
Post-poll survey: Keshubhai, the X factor in Gujarat, comes a cropper
The BJP rebel makes no dent in Narendra Modi's vote bank; Saurashtra lands in BJP's kitty.
Gujarat polls: PCI panel finds large scale paid news practice
PCI chairperson Justice Markandey Katju said that the information provided by the panel, appointed by him, only shows that self regulation by media was proving to be ineffective.
Concerned Advani urges EC to look into gap between voting, counting day
"In Gujarat, electors and candidates won't have to wait for too long a period as the results would be out after two days. But my concern is for the voters and candidates in Himachal Pradesh," Advani said.
Gujarat polls: BJP will cross 117 seats, says Harin Pathak
The BJP leader said that the Congress will not be able to hold to its traditional bastion in north and central Gujarat
Gujarat polls: Bhutanese officials impressed with electoral process
A Bhutanese delegation was surprised that electors in India dress as they wish on the voting day while in Bhutan it is mandatory to dress up in National Dress on that day.
Gujarat polls: Four injured in firing by BJP legislator's bodyguard
Bharwad also sustained some injuries on his head in the stone pelting and has been admitted to a hospital in Godhra town.
Modi, political Hindutva and the clash of worldviews
The template for the confrontation between the secular forces and the forces of Hindutva has been laid much earlier. Modi would take it forward.
Gujarat polls: Congress complains to EC against Modi
Congress has also alleged that Modi had come there with a big convoy and scores of party workers and also addressed them after he came out of the polling booth.
Acid test for 3 Ms today: Modi, Maya, Mulayam
Today's second phase of polling in Gujarat is vital for Modi. He has to register a big win to counter possible losses in Saurashtra in phase 1
Gujarat polls: Final phase of voting today; will Modi get hat-trick?
Both the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress have interpreted the heavy polling in the first phase to claim they were poised to win the Gujarat battle for ballot.
Gujarat polls: Code violation complaint against Amit Shah
Congress candidate from Naranpura Jitendra Patel also alleged that Shah had brought "muscle power" to threaten and pressurise voters.
Gujarat Elections: 40% turnout at three booths during repolling
Brisk voter turnout was reported today from the three booths in as many Assembly seats, where the Election Commission of India had ordered repolling.
Gujarat Polls: Cong's Vaghela on thin ice in Kshatriya bastion
Shankarsinh Vaghela, the Congress' campaign spearhead, is locked in a keen contest in Kapadwanj with a BJP candidate who threatens to thwart his electoral bid by splitting the Kshatriya votes, the bedrock of Vaghela's political strength.
Gujarat polls: Second phase of campaigning ends
In two phase elections for the Gujarat Assembly, polling in the second phase will witness 1,98,99,501 voters deciding the fate of 820 candidates who are in the fray for 95 seats.
Record voting indicates regime change, says Guj Congress
"History proves that whenever there was a record-breaking voter turn-out,there was a change in regime," said Arjun Modhwadia.