Counting of votes for the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls have started at 8 AM. The two-state elections has been considered a prestige battle for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his home state Gujarat and a litmus test for new Congress president Rahul Gandhi.

In Gujarat, while the BJP is seeking a sixth straight term in office, the Congress is aiming to stage a comeback in power after being in the opposition for over two decades.

The voting was held in both states, following an acrimonious campaign, where both the main political parties indulged in no-holds-barred attacks on each others.

In Gujarat crossed the 100-mark (at the time of filing this report and in Himachal got 40 out of 61 and set to grab power