For Congress, road to 2019 is very difficult
6 years, 6 months ago

For Congress, road to 2019 is very difficult

Deccan Chronicle  

The developments of the past few weeks indicates that the Congress is on an offensive and the BJP seems to be pushed on the backfoot over the national political scenario. It is important to note that not only has the Congress’ voteshare declined in the Lok Sabha elections, there is a corresponding decline in the party’s support base even in the state Assembly elections. It is important to note that the decline in the Congress’ support base for Assembly elections had begun soon after the first decade, as seen in the Lok Sabha elections. The overall voteshare of the Congress in state Assembly elections held in different decades might suggest that a marginal increase in the support base might change the fortunes of the party, as in the first-past-the-post electoral system and with multi-party contests in many states, it may be able to win elections as soon as its voteshare crosses the 30 per cent mark. The negative evaluation of the economic policies of the Congress in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and the people’s unhappiness with rising prices resulted in the massive defeat of the Congress in 2014.

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How Congress scripted a revival from the lows of 2014 and 2019
9 months, 3 weeks ago

How Congress scripted a revival from the lows of 2014 and 2019

Hindustan Times  

Forty-four seats and 19.3% of the vote in 2014; 52 seats and 19.49%of the vote in 2019; and 99 seats and 21.26%of the vote in 2024. In an internal meeting of Congress leaders on January 6 at the party headquarters, Kharge hinted that the Congress would fight fewer seats: “We should focus on 255 seats,” he said to a surprised …

Lok Sabha Election Results: BJP Sweeps Delhi 7-0; INDIA Gains Vote Share
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Election Results: BJP Sweeps Delhi 7-0; INDIA Gains Vote Share

The Quint  

As counting of votes for the Lok Sabha elections 2024 is underway, the Bhartiya Janata Party is leading with a comfortable vote margin in all of Delhi's seven Lok Sabha seats, continuing its 2019 spree in the capital city. The total voter turnout in Delhi, which voted in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections, was 58.7 percent -- …

From 52 seats in 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Congress comes a long way in 2024
9 months, 3 weeks ago

From 52 seats in 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Congress comes a long way in 2024

Hindustan Times  

From 52 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the Congress has come a long way to 98 seats in 2024. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge with senior party leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi during the release of the party’s manifesto ahead of the Lok Sabha elections on April 5. With a bunch of allies, the Congress has decimated the …

Rahul Gandhi’s helicopter searched by EC officials in Nilgiris, Cong scion holds roadshow in Wayanad
11 months, 1 week ago

Rahul Gandhi’s helicopter searched by EC officials in Nilgiris, Cong scion holds roadshow in Wayanad

Live Mint  

Election Commission officials on Monday conducted checks in a helicopter carrying Congress leader Rahul Gandhi when it landed at the Nilgiri College of Arts and Science in Tamil Nadu, reports said. Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to take part in a United Democratic Front rally in Kerala's northern district of Kozhikode in the evening, apart from attending several campaign programmes in …

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: BJP president Nadda targets Congress for 'appeasement' politics
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: BJP president Nadda targets Congress for 'appeasement' politics

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 updates: The campaigns for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls intensified across the nation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior BJP leaders are leading the campaign for the ruling party. Meanwhile, the Congress complained to the Election Commission against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks targeting the party and comparing its Lok Sabha poll manifesto with that …

In Chhattisgarh, lack of jobs, price rise, and corruption bring down Congress government
1 year, 3 months ago

In Chhattisgarh, lack of jobs, price rise, and corruption bring down Congress government

The Hindu  

The scale of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s victory in Chhattisgarh caught many observers by surprise, especially since many exit polls had projected either a tough fight or a Congress victory. While the BJP registered a four-fold increase in the number of seats won since the last election, the Congress’s tally reduced by nearly half. Unemployment, price rise, and corruption went …

Assembly polls 2023: Modi remains X factor; women and tribals power BJP’s juggernaut
1 year, 3 months ago

Assembly polls 2023: Modi remains X factor; women and tribals power BJP’s juggernaut

Firstpost  

The Bharatiya Janata Party has got a head-start for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls with emphatic victories in the Assembly elections in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. In addition, getting Droupadi Murmu, a tribal woman elected as the President of India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of celebrating the birth anniversary of Bhagwan Birsa Munda as Janjatiya …

Road ahead for Congress more challenging than ever before: Sonia Gandhi chairs parliamentary party meet
2 years, 11 months ago

Road ahead for Congress more challenging than ever before: Sonia Gandhi chairs parliamentary party meet

Firstpost  

Addressing a meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party, she also hit out at the BJP, saying the ruling party’s “divisive agenda” has become a regular feature of political discourse in all states New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday called for unity at all levels of the organisation while noting that the road ahead for the party is more …

BJP failed to attract Congress, Left supporters, finds CSDS-Lokniti Survey - The Hindu
3 years, 10 months ago

BJP failed to attract Congress, Left supporters, finds CSDS-Lokniti Survey - The Hindu

The Hindu  

The success of the BJP in West Bengal during the 2019 Lok Sabha election was largely made possible due to a significant shift amongst traditional Left and Congress supporters towards it. Voters who described themselves as… AITC BJP Left-Congress Traditional Left supporters 18 33 46 Traditional Cong -29 25 50 Traditional AITC 85 7 2 Traditional BJP 4 94 1 …

Pivot of Cong renewal: Inner-party democracy
5 years, 8 months ago

Pivot of Cong renewal: Inner-party democracy

Deccan Chronicle  

The 2019 Lok Sabha election is not the first instance of the Congress Party being pushed into a crisis. Secondly, and this stems from the first point, use of a tactic to get some of these party veterans to step down is proof that despite having been Congress president since December 2017, Rahul Gandhi's writ did not run in the …

BJP, Opposition trade barbs in Lok Sabha as Parliament discusses Motion of Thanks on president's address
5 years, 9 months ago

BJP, Opposition trade barbs in Lok Sabha as Parliament discusses Motion of Thanks on president's address

Firstpost  

Union minister Pratap Chandra Sarangi showered praises on Modi and compared him to Swami Vivekanand, prompting Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury to retort later that he should not compare ‘monk and monster’. New Delhi: The BJP and Opposition members on Monday traded barbs in Lok Sabha with Union minister Pratap Chandra Sarangi asking rivals of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to …

Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Goa Election Results 2019: 17th Lok Sabha Elections Full Coverage State, party and Constituency wise
5 years, 10 months ago

Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Goa Election Results 2019: 17th Lok Sabha Elections Full Coverage State, party and Constituency wise

Firstpost  

10:52 AM Whatsapp Facebook Twitter West States Lok Sabha election results latest updates How Congress failed to convert Assembly election wins into Lok Sabha election votes The Congress suffered a shocking defeat in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh as the results of the Lok Sabha election came in on Thursday. The Rahul Gandhi-led party had secured sweeping wins in all …

2019 Lok Sabha result: Top Winners, Losers
5 years, 10 months ago

2019 Lok Sabha result: Top Winners, Losers

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: The 2019 election results have been unprecedented as after four decades the incumbent government is returning with a victory bigger than the earlier. There were many shockers as political parties lost their safest seats. As the Bharatiya Janata Party was headed to a landslide victory, the grand-old party was disappointed with some of its star campaigners facing defeat against …

Election results 2019: PM Narendra Modi crushes Opposition to win new 5-year term
5 years, 10 months ago

Election results 2019: PM Narendra Modi crushes Opposition to win new 5-year term

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's NDA government has been picked to lead India again by many of the hundreds of millions who voted in the hotly contested, six-week-long Lok Sabha election. Across India, the BJP began celebrating well before Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared victory on Thursday afternoon. - Prime Minister Narendra Modi Voters "have clearly given their decision today", said …

Exit Polls 2019: What’s at stake for Congress?
5 years, 10 months ago

Exit Polls 2019: What’s at stake for Congress?

Live Mint  

New Delhi: For Congress party president Rahul Gandhi, the just concluded Lok Sabha elections will not only be a test of his political mettle, but one that will also test the survival of India’s Grand Old Party. Exit polls for the 17th Lok Sabha elections can be telecast after 6.30 pm on Sunday, according to the Election Commission. To be …

Lok Sabha elections 2019| ‘Nehru took your homework’: Priyanka Gandhi jibes PM Modi at Delhi roadshow
5 years, 10 months ago

Lok Sabha elections 2019| ‘Nehru took your homework’: Priyanka Gandhi jibes PM Modi at Delhi roadshow

Hindustan Times  

Keeping aside her identities of “Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s sister”, “former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi’s daughter” and the “Congress general secretary”, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Wednesday chose to hit the narrow lanes of Brahampuri as a “Delhi girl”, challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fight the last two phases of the parliamentary elections on the issues of demonetisation, goods and services …

3 Critical Questions After India’s Historic 2019 General Elections
5 years, 10 months ago

3 Critical Questions After India’s Historic 2019 General Elections

The Diplomat  

On May 23, the Election Commission of India announced the results of India’s 2019 general elections for the lower house of the Indian parliament. Additionally, the party still retains a national level organization, and was able to win seats, in 2019’s general elections, in states in India as far apart and different as Punjab and Kerala. Many of the policies …

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: BJP’s war chest leaves rivals in the dust
5 years, 10 months ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: BJP’s war chest leaves rivals in the dust

Live Mint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party is flush with cash, giving his party a massive advantage over the main opposition Congress party as he seeks to win a second term in the general election. Two BJP officials declined to provide an estimate of spending, but one said the "BJP definitely has a big war chest and has more funds …

Lok Sabha Elections 2019, April 9: As it Happened
5 years, 11 months ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2019, April 9: As it Happened

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2019, April 9: As it Happened The Lok Sabha polls are just a few days away and the parties are leaving no stone unturned to garner as much as attention and affection from the crowds as possible. India is awaiting a new government and in the run up to the Lok Sabha polls 2019, campaigners and warriors …

Lok Sabha 2019 polls decisive battle against Modi govt: Farooq Abdullah
5 years, 11 months ago

Lok Sabha 2019 polls decisive battle against Modi govt: Farooq Abdullah

India TV News  

Lok Sabha 2019 polls decisive battle against Modi govt: Farooq Abdullah "The claims of Modi on providing jobs turned out to be a mere slogan. Perhaps the biggest ever failure of this government is its sheer failure to control the prices of petroleum products, including cooking gas," the NC leader said. National Conference president Farooq Abdullah Sunday said the Lok …

Lok Sabha polls: Congress meet in PM Modi's bastion, Hardik Patel to join party
6 years ago

Lok Sabha polls: Congress meet in PM Modi's bastion, Hardik Patel to join party

India Today  

Congress is all set to launch its 2019 Lok Sabha poll campaign from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's bastion Gujarat today. "We are celebrating the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and what better way to launch our election campaign than to start with a prayer meet at Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad," Congress senior leader Shaktisinh Gohil told to India Today …

Assembly Election Results: Sticking with Hindutva politics and not local issues cost BJP Chhattisgarh, MP and Rajasthan
6 years, 3 months ago

Assembly Election Results: Sticking with Hindutva politics and not local issues cost BJP Chhattisgarh, MP and Rajasthan

Firstpost  

If BJP strategists believed that Assembly elections were fought on local issues, why then did the party focus on national issues, like the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, which matter little to farmers in remote corners of Chhattisgarh? The farmers that BJP leaders addressed at rallies in Chhattisgarh were aware that the BJP had neither raised the Minimum …

Election setback won't impact 2019 prospects, says BS Yeddyurappa
6 years, 3 months ago

Election setback won't impact 2019 prospects, says BS Yeddyurappa

Deccan Chronicle  

Belagavi: While acknowledging the humiliating defeat of the BJP in the elections to the five northern states, the party's state unit president, B.S. The BJP was in the power for 15 years in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and has been defeated due to anti-incumbency," he argued, adding that the party would face the Lok Sabha elections under the leadership of …

Assembly Elections 2018: Congress trumps BJP in Hindi heartland, but that won't make road ahead easy for grand alliance
6 years, 3 months ago

Assembly Elections 2018: Congress trumps BJP in Hindi heartland, but that won't make road ahead easy for grand alliance

Firstpost  

While it is ready to form the core of mahagathbandhan against Modi in 2019, Congress might find it difficult to gain acceptance among the constituents of a third front, many of whom consider a ‘strong Congress’ an anathema to a grand alliance. There will be debates on vote shares, seat shares, vote-to-seat conversions and whether Congress’ win is as comprehensive …

Retaining Rajasthan, MP, Chhattisgarh is key for Modi
6 years, 3 months ago

Retaining Rajasthan, MP, Chhattisgarh is key for Modi

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Counting began for five states on Tuesday. Tuesday’s result could give a peek into whether the electoral momentum is in the favour or against BJP ahead of the 2019 general elections. The outcome of the election in five states will be a key test for the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi after four years of the BJP-led …

Assembly poll results to draw battle lines ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha polls
6 years, 3 months ago

Assembly poll results to draw battle lines ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha polls

The Quint  

By Brajendra Nath Singh New Delhi, Dec 9 The results of the assembly polls in five states are all set to draw the battle lines between the Bharatiya Janata Party -led government and the opposition parties, which are trying to come under one umbrella ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Political experts feel that the results of the assembly …

Congress in driving seats in state polls, BJP's bid to return to power in 2019 will fail, says Sharad Yadav
6 years, 4 months ago

Congress in driving seats in state polls, BJP's bid to return to power in 2019 will fail, says Sharad Yadav

India TV News  

Opposition leader Sharad Yadav said on Sunday the BJP's hope to return to power at the Centre will be buried in the same states -- Uttar Pradesh and Bihar -- which had propelled it to a big win in 2014, and asserted that the Congress will trump the saffron party in all the five poll-bound states. Accusing Prime Minister Modi …

The electoral math behind the contest for 2019
6 years, 9 months ago

The electoral math behind the contest for 2019

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Kairana bypoll results on Thursday show that a Congress-backed grand alliance of opposition parties has the potential to stop the Narendra Modi juggernaut in 2019 Lok Sabha. A Mint analysis of the 2014 elections suggests that if all else remains the same, and the Congress and its potential partners are able to pool their votes, they will …

Karnataka poll results dispel notions of Narendra Modi's waning popularity, fortify BJP's 2019 prospects
6 years, 10 months ago

Karnataka poll results dispel notions of Narendra Modi's waning popularity, fortify BJP's 2019 prospects

Firstpost  

The BJP’s emergence as the single-largest party in Karnataka reinforces the party’s position as favourites to win another tenure at the Centre. — Omar Abdullah March 11, 2017 While a clear majority would have put this question beyond the pale of doubt, the BJP’s emergence as the single-largest party still does not dent the party’s position as favourites to win …

Modi's Acche Din will become Vajpayee's India Shining, says Sonia Gandhi
7 years ago

Modi's Acche Din will become Vajpayee's India Shining, says Sonia Gandhi

India Today  

UPA chief and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi today said that the BJP's acche din slogan will meet the same fate as the previous NDA government's India Shining campaign that brought the Congress to power in 2004. "I am confident that the BJP's acche din will actually turn into the Shining India, which is what brought us victory," Sonia Gandhi said …

Sunday Interview: 'The Congress will determinedly fight for India's core values'
8 years ago

Sunday Interview: 'The Congress will determinedly fight for India's core values'

Deccan Chronicle  

After a poor show in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand Assembly elections there is talk of structural changes in the grand old party. Communications chief of the Congress Randeep Singh Surjewala speaks to Ashhar Khan on the party’s performance and the road ahead for the Congress. As I said earlier, Mr Gandhi has always credited Congress functionaries for its victories, while …

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