landslide in saurashtra will be particularly euphoric for the bjp which had lost 15 seats to the congress in 2017 in fact the bjp completely turned the tables on the opposition by winning 40 seats out of the 48 and importantly reclaimed all the five seats it had lost in amreli earlier all three constituencies of morbi the site of the horrific bridge collapse tragedy that killed 135 also voted for the bjp however aap candidates stunned the frontrunners on four seats of the region two of them having a significant number of patidarsin the tribal belt which emphatically voted for the bjp the biggest upset was the defeat of adivasi strongman chhotu vasava on the jhagadia seathis former close aide chaitar vasava sprung a surprise by convincingly winningthe dediapada seat on the aap ticketthe congress faced an embarrassing defeat in central gujarats six districts winning merely three seats one seat went to an independent the bjp won the remaining 36 seats in these districts and the aap could not open its account the defeat was worse than even that of 2002 when the congress had won five seats in anand and kheda districts during the postgodhra hindutva wave the party drew a naught on the 10 st seats in these districts in this electionin south gujarat too the bjp established its supremacy by winning 33 of the total 35 seats including several tribal segmentsamajority of the 19 bjp rebels who contested as independents were beaten in their pocket boroughs as voters preferred the party instead of the person independents too failed to impress the voters with just three of them making their way to the house prominent among these is dharmendrasinh vaghela who outdid sixtime mla and bjp rebel madhu shrivastava on the 15 seats with 20 or more muslim voters the bjp improved its 2017 performance by increasing its tally from six to 10 seats state bjp president c r paatil said pm modi is the undisputed architect of this stupendous victory people of gujarat have acknowledged the doubleengine government and rejected all the designs of antinational and antigujarat forces