party has won over 53 of the total votes its best ever in the statethe numbers are encouraging especially when compared to the 2017 results when the party saw its seat share dwindle below 100 aap arrives on national stage but still a long way to go delhi deputy cm manish sisodia said that aap is now a national party based on its vote share in gujarat with two states under its belt and key inroads in others that is indeed the casebut for now the party has a long way to go till it can match ranks with bjpthough aap won the mcd elections in the national capital the numbers were not as handsome as predicted by pollsters in himachal it failed to open its account and in gujarat where the party campaigned aggressively it won 5 seatswhile it is making enough to be heard on the national stage aap has to build on the groundwork and win more states to finally emerge as a credible opposition unit that can challenge bjpbeginners luck for khargecongress president mallikarjun kharge took charge of the party barely weeks before the elections in himachal pradeshin that context winning the elections in the hill state means a good start for kharge even if the party did not manage much in gujarathimachal will now be the third state in congresss kitty after rajasthan and chhattisgarh for a party that has been struggling in elections over the last few years the prospect of gaining a new state will surely come as a shot in the armit will also give kharge the muchneeded confidence to make the party structurally strongerindex of opposition unitythe opposition parties have been trying to stitch together a rainbow alliance for a long time now various permutations and combinations have been explored with tall leaders and chief ministers crisscrossing the states to build a united front to take on bjpthe contours of an opposition alliance are yet to shape up but independently they are creating more worries for bjp than beforetogether congress and aap now rule 5 states regional parties like trs and tmc are still a big threat for bjpbjps former ally nitish kumar is trying to aggressively band together opposition parties with more states under their belt the opposition parties will continue to prevent bjp from complete political dominationaap helping bjps congmukt bharat pledgeinadvertently aap is now helping bjp wipe out congress or at least weaken it further across the country in gujarat aap cornered nearly 13 of the total votes cutting into some of congresss votes it also played a part in reducing congresss seat share from 77 in 2017 to just 17 in 2022 earlier this year aap decimated the ruling congress in punjab to form its government0106these 8 constituencies had never voted for bjp before have they nowin delhi it is now the undisputed leader in both the state assembly as well as civic body the bjp is a distant second and congress is nowhere to be