(This story originally appeared in on Oct 26, 2017)

BJP is heading for a record sixth win in Gujarat assembly polls and is likely to improve its 2012 tally when it had contested the elections under the leadership of then chief minister Narendra Modi, according to an opinion poll conducted by Times Now-VMR.In the 182-member assembly, the opinion poll gives BJP 118-134 seats compared to 115 seats won by the party in the 2012 polls. Congress, which had won 61 seats in the last assembly polls, is expected to finish a poor second with 49-61 seats. The poll projects a 4% improvement in BJP’s vote share, from 48% in 2012 to 52% this time. Congress’s vote share is predicted to go down by 2%, from 39% to 37%.