BJP Won 6 Times in Gujarat and 7 Times in West Bengal
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi hails from the state of Gujarat. He was a key leader in the Gujarat state BJP party before the onset of the year 2000. From thereon, there was no turning back for BJP and Modi in Gujarat. Modi became the Chief Minister of Gujarat after BJP won the 1998 elections with 117 seat-majority. Post that, Modi resigned in July 2002 on account of the 2002 Godhra communal riots. Modi came back to power with thumping majority in the re-elections. Since then, he held the post of the Chief Minister of Gujarat until he again resigned on May 21st, 2014 after then President of India, Pranab Mukherjee announced Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister of India.
BJP continued its victorious streak in Gujarat Assembly elections in 1998, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2012 and now in 2017. The latest victory of BJP in Gujarat elections meant that the party had a 6-time winning streak.
Apart from BJP in Gujarat, only the left in West Bengal has the greatest winning streak. Along with the Left Front, Jyoti Basu of CPI held the post of Chief Minister of West Bengal for 5 consecutive terms, with a record 23 years and 137 days at the office. After Jyoti Basu, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya from the CPI (along with Left Front) held the office for 2 more terms. In total, the CPI (along with the Left Front) formed the government 7 consecutive times in West Bengal until it was taken over by Mamata Banerjee’s All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) in 2011 elections.
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