Joy, sweets at BJP’s Gandhinagar HQ as party celebrates ‘people’s mandate’. Glimpses of festivity

As counting of votes for 2022 Gujarat assembly elections indicated sweeping victory for BJP, ThePrint's Praveen Jain captured mood at party office in Gandhinagar & on Ahmedabad streets.

Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel flashes the victory sign as the BJP sweeps Gujarat | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) office in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, wore a festive air Thursday, as the counting of votes for the 2022 assembly elections continued, indicating a sweeping victory for the party in a state where it has been in power since 1995.

At about 8 pm Thursday, the party had won 153 of 182 seats and was leading in three, ac.

Gujarat’s incumbent Chief Minister and the BJP’s CM face in this election, Bhupendra Patel, told the media gathered at the party headquarters in Gandhinagar that the results of Gujarat assembly elections were clear.

“People have made up their minds to further continue with the journey of development in Gujarat. We humbly accept the mandate of the people. Every worker of BJP is committed to public service,” said Patel.

ThePrint’s national photo editor Praveen Jain brings glimpses of the celebration at the BJP office in Gandhinagar.

Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel reaches BJP’s state headquarters in Gandhinagar | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

A sanitation worker cleans the stage before the arrival of BJP leaders | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel greets BJP members at the BJP office in Gandhinagar | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Bhupendra Patel with other BJP leaders | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

BJP leader Sudhir Gupta offers a sweet to CM Patel as the party celebrates its performance in Gujarat | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

CM Patel offers a sweet to Member of Parliament and chief of the BJP’s Gujarat unit, C.R. Patil | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Jubilation at the BJP office in Gandhinagar | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Chief Minister Patel is all smiles as the counting of votes indicates a clear, sweeping victory for the BJP in Gujarat | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

BJP leaders greet the media gathered at the party office in Gandhinagar | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel addresses a gathering in Gandhinagar | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

CM Bhupendra Patel felicitated by party members in Gandhinagar | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

BJP leaders present CM Bhupendra Patel with a turban | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

BJP workers celebrate at the party office in Gandhinagar | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Women BJP workers celebrate | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

People watch the screening of the results at Government Polytechnic College in Ahmedabad | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Gates of a counting station in Ahmedabad being closed | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Ahmedabad Police Commissioner Sanjeev Srivastava at the counting station in the city | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Celebration at the rally after BJP wins in Gujarat | Praveen Jain | ThePrint