<span style="color: #222222;">Bharatiya Janata Party has recorded a landslide victory in Gujarat assembly elections, to retain power for a record seventh straight term, while Congress is set to form government in Himachal Pradesh after getting an absolute majority in Assembly polls.<br />''<br />''In Gujarat, the BJP has bagged a record 156 seats in the 182-member assembly, while the Congress has won 17 seats. Five seats went to the new entrant Aam Aadmi Party and Samajwadi Party won one seat. Independent candidates recorded victories in three constituencies.<br />''<br />''Prominent winners in BJP include Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and his cabinet colleagues –  Harsh Sanghavi, Kanubhai Desai, Manisha Ben Vakil, and Rushikesh Patel. Others BJP leaders who secured victory include youth leaders Alpesh Thakor and Hardik Patel. From Congress, Shailesh Parmar, Arjun Morvadhia, and Imran Khedawala have been declared winners. Senior Congress leader Paresh Dhanani and Leader of Opposition Sukhram Rathva have been defeated. AAP's Chief Ministerial Candidate Ishudan Gadhvi also lost to BJP's Ayar Mulubhai Hardasbhai Bera by a margin of 18,745 votes in Khambhalia seat.<br />''<br />''Gujarat BJP President CR Patil has said, the oath-taking ceremony of the new government will be held on Monday. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and other party leaders thanked the voters for keeping faith in BJP.<br />''<br />''In Gujrat, BJP got 52.50 percent vote share, while Congress received 27.28 percent of votes and AAP got 12.92 percent of votes.<br />''<br />''In Himachal Pradesh, the Congress has wrested power from BJP, winning 40 seats in the 68-member Assembly. The BJP has won 25 seats, while Independent candidates have bagged three seats.<br />''<br />''The prominent candidates in the Congress who registered victories include, Mukesh Agnihotri from Haroli assembly seat, Sukhvinder Singh from Nadaun, and Vikramaditya Singh from Shimla Rural constituency.<br />''<br />''However, Congress' vote share was 43.90 percent which is very close to 43 percent of BJP in Himachal Pradesh.<br />''<br />''BJP leader and Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur have won from Seraj Constituency, defeating his nearest rival Chet Ram of Congress by a margin of over 38 thousand votes. He tendered his resignation to the Governor, accepting the decision of the public. He expressed hope that the new government will fulfill all the promises made to the public.<br />''<br />''Himachal Pradesh Congress chief Pratibha Singh said the new MLAs will discuss who the next chief minister should be and give their opinion to the party's high command.<br />''<br />''Results were also declared for by-elections to one Lok Sabha seat and six assembly constituencies in five states.<br />''<br />''Samajwadi Party candidate Dimple Yadav has won Manpuri Parliamentary seat in Uttar Pradesh.<br />''<br />''In the assembly by-poll results, Rashtriya Lok Dal and Samajwadi Party's alliance candidate Madan Bhaiya bagged the Khatauli assembly seat and BJP candidate Akash Saxena won from Rampur assembly constituency of Uttar Pradesh.<br />''<br />''In Bihar, Kedar Prasad Gupta of BJP won Kurhani Assembly seat, defeating his nearest rival Manoj Kumar Singh of JD(U).<br />''<br />''In Chhattisgarh, Congress candidate Savitri Manoj Mandavi has won the Bhanupratappur seat, defeating her nearest rival Brahmahanand Netam of the BJP.<br />''<br />''In Rajasthan assembly bypoll, Anil Kumar Sharma of Congress won Sardarshahar seat.<br />''<br />''In Odisha, Biju Janta Dal candidate Barsha Singh Bariha bagged the Padampur assembly seat. </span><br />