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Gujarat Assembly Election Results: Major English dailies note BJP victory, but see verdict as morale boost for Congress
Fp Staff •The Assembly elections was the subject of much media speculation but the big dailies had to wait till Tuesday to have their say on the results.
Gujarat Assembly Election Result: Rahul Gandhi claims moral victory for Congress, says BJP's propaganda failed
Fp Staff •Speaking for the first time after the Gujarat Assembly Election, Congress president Rahul Gandhi claimed a moral victory and said that it was a good result for them.
Gujarat Assembly Election Results: BJP's 22 straight years in power a result of strong grassroots network
Debobrat Ghose •Why does the BJP under Narendra Modi and Amit Shah continue to win election after election?
Gujarat Assembly Election 2017: BJP wrests Godhra from Congress; party wins seat for first time since 2002
•The BJP managed to wrest from the Congress the Godhra seat, which the saffron party had last won in 2002, in a nail-biting contest.
Himachal Pradesh Election 2017: Voters elect four former royals, including Virbhadra Singh, but reject three others
•The electorate in Himachal Pradesh gave a split verdict over candidates from erstwhile Royal families with 4 of them winning the polls and 3 facing defeat.
Gujarat Assembly Election Results: Voters made distinction between Narendra Modi and BJP; voted for him and rejected party
Ajay Singh •The results are bound to draw a picture of a tense future: it may prompt the BJP to introspect and attempt course correction before 2019.
Gujarat Assembly Election Results: Congress goes down fighting, claims it punched holes in BJP's 'development model'
Pallavirebbapragada •Ahead of BJP's parliamentary board meeting a month ago, party president Amit Shah had predicted that his party would nab 150 seats.
Gujarat Election Results: BJP retains power in traditional bastion, but barely; Congress loses, but 'with dignity'
Fp Staff •The BJP, however, managed to recover lost ground and eventually went past the half-way mark of 92 seats needed to control the 182-member Gujarat Assembly.
Gujarat Assembly Election Results 2017 highlights: Lotus blooms in two states but rural-urban divide writ large in Modi's home state
Fppolitics •A prestige battle for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a litmus test for new Congress president Rahul Gandhi in Gujarat today as counting of votes is set to begin shortly.
After Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh wins, BJP confident of achieving 'Mission 40' victory in Meghalaya
Ians •Elated with BJP's victory in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, BJP workers in poll-bound Meghalaya voiced confidence that their party would oust the ruling Congress