With the BJP on Monday managing to hold on to power in Gujarat - though with a reduced tally of 99 seats, the Congress, which along with its allies won 80, lost by a margin of less than 1,000 votes in at least three seats. In Botat constituency, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Saurabh Patel won the election by a margin of 906 votes, securing 79,623 votes against his Congress rival Dhirajlal Madhavjibhai Kalathiya's 78,717.

Indian voters wait for their turn to cast their votes in a re-polling centre at Nava Naroda on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. Pic/AFP