Interactive | How parties fared in 2017 Gujarat Assembly electionsThe BJP secured a simple majority by winning 99 seats in the 182-member Assembly in 2017
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The 2017 Gujarat Assembly elections saw the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerge victorious in a relatively close contest against the Indian National Congress.
The BJP secured a simple majority by winning 99 seats in the 182-member Assembly.
The opposition Congress followed closely behind the long-ruling saffron party with 77 seats. Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Tribal Party bagged 2 seats. Three seats were won by Independent candidates while the Nationalist Congress Party bagged one seat.
The BJP has been in power in Gujarat uninterrupted since 1998.