The Congress retained its hold on Gujarat 's tribal reserved seats, winning 15 of the 27 and seeing its ally, Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP), pick up two seats. Since then, however, the Congress has consistently won more seats than the BJP in assembly polls. Yet, the nine seats won by the BJP this time are lower than the 10 it won last time or the 11in 2007.In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, the BJP had led in 19 of these seats and garnered a vote share of 48.8% compared with the Congress's 8 leads and vote share of 40.7%. That must be seen though in the context of the fact that it did not contest four of the seats, leaving them to its ally. The BTP's share of 4.7%, if added to the Congress share, would take the total to 46.2%, a tad above what the Congress won by itself five years ago.

Source: Times of India December 18, 2017 23:48 UTC