Three key takeaways from the Karnataka results
1 year, 7 months ago

Three key takeaways from the Karnataka results

Hindustan Times  

The Congress has pulled off a convincing victory in the Karnataka assembly elections winning 135 assembly constituencies out of the total 224. The Congress’s vote share is 43%, the highest it has had in the state since the 1989 assembly elections. The return of Ahinda With 135 ACs and 43%vote share, this is the best ever election result for the Congress in the state since 1989. The easy answer is to look at social-group wise support from India Today-AXIS exit poll numbers which accurately predicted the overall vote share of the Congress. See Chart 2: Change in BJP seat share Economic pain was key in driving anti-incumbency In addition to its Ahinda plank, the Congress also a host of economic promises aimed at providing relief to the poor.

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Maharashtra election results 2024: Mahayuti reverses its losses in ‘poor’ and ‘very poor’ regions
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Maharashtra election results 2024: Mahayuti reverses its losses in ‘poor’ and ‘very poor’ regions

The Hindu  

The Mahayuti alliance has reversed its setbacks in the ‘poor’ and the ‘very poor’ districts of the State suffered in the 2024 General Elections. In the districts categorised as ‘very poor’, the Mahayuti alliance has secured 46.8% of the votes in the 2024 Asssembly polls, marking a 6.3 percentage point increase compared with the 2024 general elections. The MVA alliance …

Maharashtra election results: BJP leads vote share table, Congress second in MVA
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Maharashtra election results: BJP leads vote share table, Congress second in MVA

Firstpost  

Maharashtra election results: The Bharatiya Janata Party which leads the Mahayuti in Maharashtra was leading in the vote share and was far ahead of Congress and its Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance partners The ruling BJP-led Mahayuti alliance is set to retain power in Maharashtra, with the ECI figures showing the alliance leading in over 200 out of 288 assembly seats. …

Maharashtra results in charts: Seat shares, strike rates, win margins, and more
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Maharashtra results in charts: Seat shares, strike rates, win margins, and more

Live Mint  

Exceeding pre-poll predictions, the ruling Mahayuti combine—comprising the Bharatiya Janata Party, Shiv Sena of Eknath Shinde, and the Nationalist Congress Party of Ajit Pawar—retained power in Maharashtra with a landslide win, show the final numbers from the Election Commission of India. Seat position The Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the single largest party, winning 132 of the 288 seats in …

Maharashtra election results 2024: Mahayuti alliance reverse losses in Vidarbha and rural areas
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Maharashtra election results 2024: Mahayuti alliance reverse losses in Vidarbha and rural areas

The Hindu  

The Mahayuti alliance has reversed its losses in Vidarbha and rural areas, which it had suffered in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. In Vidarbha, the Mahayuti alliance secured 48.1% of the vote share in the 2024 Assembly elections, a 6.4 percentage point increase compared to its performance in the Lok Sabha elections. Similarly, in rural areas, the Mahayuti alliance garnered …

Maharashtra 2024 elections: Rural Vidarbha’s poorer districts may shape poll outcome
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Maharashtra 2024 elections: Rural Vidarbha’s poorer districts may shape poll outcome

The Hindu  

Table 3A shows the urban-rural split of vote shares and seats secured by various alliances/parties in the 2014 Assembly polls. In the 2024 general elections, the MVA secured 47.7% of the urban vote share, slightly ahead of the Mahayuti alliance. A key factor in the upcoming polls will be whether the BJP’s sharp decline in urban and rural seats, seen …

INTERVIEW | ‘After polls, BJP’s growth in Tamil Nadu will only be upwards’
6 months, 2 weeks ago

INTERVIEW | ‘After polls, BJP’s growth in Tamil Nadu will only be upwards’

New Indian Express  

You can’t call him a greenhorn politician nor will he allow you to write off his party’s setback in his state in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections. “While the BJP did not win a single seat in Tamil Nadu the NDA alliance garnered an 18.2% vote share and the BJP had an individual vote share of 11.2%. In 78 …

Watch: The upsets and gains in Karnataka | Decode Karnataka | Lok Sabha elections 2024
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Watch: The upsets and gains in Karnataka | Decode Karnataka | Lok Sabha elections 2024

The Hindu  

Following over two months of intense and extensive political action, the 2024 Lok Sabha election is well and truly over. As the dust settles on one of the most keenly-watched poll season, let us evaluate the electoral outcome in the State. However, it also saw some upsets in the North Karnataka region, where the Congress wrested key seats from the …

N. Chandrababu Naidu and Pawan Kalyan emerge as power players at the Centre and in Andhra Pradesh, routing Jagan Mohan Reddy
7 months ago

N. Chandrababu Naidu and Pawan Kalyan emerge as power players at the Centre and in Andhra Pradesh, routing Jagan Mohan Reddy

The Hindu  

Anti-incumbency, welfare promises, and sustained campaign strategies in addition to caste combinations won the day for the TDP-BJP-JSP alliance. The magnitude of the ruling Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party’s defeat in Andhra Pradesh, where simultaneous elections were held to the Lok Sabha and the Assembly, has taken political analysts by surprise. In 2019, the TDP’s tally was 3 and 23 …

Karnataka Election Results 2024: Explaining How BJP-JD(S) Alliance Swept Polls, Winning 19 Lok Sabha Seats
7 months ago

Karnataka Election Results 2024: Explaining How BJP-JD(S) Alliance Swept Polls, Winning 19 Lok Sabha Seats

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 11, 2024 16:49 IST - 8 MINS READ The tryst between the voters of Karnataka and the BJP that commenced two decades ago with the Lok Sabha election of 2004 continued in the 2024 Lok Sabha election as well. Of the 28 seats in Karnataka, the BJP won 18, 19, 17, and 25 seats in the Lok …

Odisha Assembly Elections 2024: BJP wins majority in Odisha elections
7 months ago

Odisha Assembly Elections 2024: BJP wins majority in Odisha elections

The Hindu  

The BJD won 51 seats, the INC won 14 and the CPI won one seat. BJP’s seat share at 78 was the highest since 1995 and BJD’s the lowest since its first election in 2004. Like seat share, the BJP’s vote share this year was the highest since 1980 at 40.07%. Incumbent party Lost Won Grand Total BJD 41 25 …

BJP leaders see multiple factors for decline in vote share in 2024 Lok Sabha polls in Dakshina Kannada
7 months ago

BJP leaders see multiple factors for decline in vote share in 2024 Lok Sabha polls in Dakshina Kannada

The Hindu  

Dissecting reasons for decrease in its vote share in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Dakshina Kannada, the BJP leaders highlight a common thread of the Social Democratic Party of India remaining away from the fray, among other factors. Captain Ganesh Karnik, former MLC who was the BJP in-charge for Lok Sabha elections in Dakshina Kannada, said that the SDPI …

CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: Clearing misconceptions about the post-poll survey
7 months ago

CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: Clearing misconceptions about the post-poll survey

The Hindu  

Over the last three days, we at Lokniti-CSDS have reported the findings of our post-poll survey, which have been published in these pages. On June 3, we reported the estimated vote share for different parties based on the post-poll survey data. This resulted in an automatic adjustment in vote share estimates though it was very marginal in case of our …

CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: Social coalitions shaped the verdict in Karnataka
7 months ago

CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: Social coalitions shaped the verdict in Karnataka

The Hindu  

Karnataka was a key battleground-State. The Lokniti-CSDS post-poll survey indicates a few visible trends in the Karnataka verdict. The Congress saw greater support among the lower middle class. The BJP performed better among the younger voters while the Congress performed better among the older voters. The social coalitions that the NDA and Congress stitched together impacted their performance.

CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: In Rajasthan, Congress had a strategic approach while BJP was complacent
7 months ago

CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: In Rajasthan, Congress had a strategic approach while BJP was complacent

The Hindu  

The Congress’ performance in Rajasthan appears all the more dramatic in the backdrop of the clean sweep by the Bharatiya Janata Party in the last two parliamentary elections. Post-poll data show that the BJP once again drew substantial support from the urban, more educated, economically better-off, upper caste sections of the electorate in the State. That the party still won …

CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: NDA holds its ground in Bihar but vote share dips
7 months ago

CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: NDA holds its ground in Bihar but vote share dips

The Hindu  

In a bipolar contest between the National Democratic Alliance and the Indian National Democratic, Inclusive Alliance in Bihar, the former performed quite well by securing about 47% of votes and 75% of seats. Its vote share dipped by six percentage points, which translated into a loss of nine seats. Though the vote share of the Opposition INDIA bloc rose by …

CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: Why the BJP underperformed in U.P.
7 months ago

CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: Why the BJP underperformed in U.P.

The Hindu  

The INDIA coalition’s performance in Uttar Pradesh in the Lok Sabha elections has surprised everyone. The Lokniti-CSDS post-poll survey data show that the general/upper caste Brahmin, Rajput, and Vaishya voters largely favoured the BJP, while the Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Muslim voters preferred the INDIA coalition. Yadav and Muslim voters consolidated in favour of the INDIA coalition along …

United, they thrived: On the Andhra Pradesh result
7 months ago

United, they thrived: On the Andhra Pradesh result

The Hindu  

Anti-incumbency in Indian State Assembly elections is not rare: governments with strong majorities can lose at the end of a term due to changed expectations from the electorate. Thus, the YSRCP’s loss in Andhra Pradesh to the grand alliance of the Telugu Desam Party-Jana Sena Party-Bharatiya Janata Party should come as no surprise. But the TDP-led alliance did much better …

Election results 2024: Only 6 lakh votes separated BJP from 272-seat mark, study finds | Key points
7 months ago

Election results 2024: Only 6 lakh votes separated BJP from 272-seat mark, study finds | Key points

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party is set to form its third successive government at the Centre, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi likely to take oath on June 8 for his third consecutive term in the top post. PM Narendra Modi is likely to take oath on June 8 for what will be his thid successive term The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance …

NDA vote-share in Kerala rises by 4%, comes first in 11 Assembly segments
7 months ago

NDA vote-share in Kerala rises by 4%, comes first in 11 Assembly segments

Hindustan Times  

An analysis of the Lok Sabha election results in Kerala showed that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance was able to improve its vote share in the state at the cost of both Congress-led United Democratic Front and the Communist Party of India -led Left Democratic Front coalitions. Though NDA was able to register victory in only one seat, …

Ghaziabad: Runner-up Cong’s vote share increased from 7.34% to 35.17%
7 months ago

Ghaziabad: Runner-up Cong’s vote share increased from 7.34% to 35.17%

Hindustan Times  

While urban voters in Sahibabad, Ghaziabad and Muradnagar segments turned the tide in favour of Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Atul Garg, who won the Ghaziabad seat by a margin of 336,965 votes, vote share data shows that runner-up Congress candidate Dolly Sharma also performed well with her vote share surging from 7.34% in 2019 to 35.17% in 2024. According to …

BJP Vote Share Better Than That of Congress: Etala
7 months ago

BJP Vote Share Better Than That of Congress: Etala

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Predicting that the BJP would form the next government in Telangana, Malkajgiri MP-elect Etala Rajendar on Wednesday said that the BJP's vote share has more than doubled in the state from 15 per cent in the Assembly elections to 35 per cent in the Lok Sabha elections. He contended that Telangana people had elected eight BJP candidates who have …

Rashtriya Janata Dal gets highest vote share among parties in Bihar, while winning only four seats; 20 MPs from OBC, EBC groups
7 months ago

Rashtriya Janata Dal gets highest vote share among parties in Bihar, while winning only four seats; 20 MPs from OBC, EBC groups

The Hindu  

The Rashtriya Janata Dal won only four out of the 40 Lok Sabha seats from Bihar, but the party got a vote share of 22.14%, the highest among all political parties in the State. Narrowing the gap Within the Opposition mahagathbandhan, the RJD’s vote share was more than seven percentage points higher than in the last general election when the …

Lok Sabha election results 2024: Vote shares of BJP and Congress rise in Assam
7 months ago

Lok Sabha election results 2024: Vote shares of BJP and Congress rise in Assam

India TV News  

According to Election Commission statistics, both the BJP and Congress witnessed an increase in vote shares by over one per cent in the recent Lok Sabha elections in Assam. The saffron party's vote share rose from 36.41 per cent in 2019 to 37.43 per cent in 2024, securing nine out of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in the state. Performance …

BJP breaks Kerala jinx, vote share grows
7 months ago

BJP breaks Kerala jinx, vote share grows

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: The BJP, though shocked with the results at the national level, is happy with its performance in Kerala. Though Union ministers V Muraleedharan and Rajeev Chandrasekhar lost by wafer-thin margins, the party bettered its position in the state by improving its vote share by 3.5%. Repeating her record of doubling the party’s vote share in every election she contests, …

BJP ups vote share, but faces challenges ahead in Karnataka
7 months ago

BJP ups vote share, but faces challenges ahead in Karnataka

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Though the number of seats for BJP has come down from 25 in 2019 to 17 in the Lok Sabha elections in the state, it has fared better than in the Assembly polls, held just a year ago. In this election, of the 3.86 crore votes cast, BJP candidates have secured 1.77 crore votes, while Congress 1.75 crore. Last …

LS election results 2024: Though setback for Karnataka Congress, its tally up to nine
7 months ago

LS election results 2024: Though setback for Karnataka Congress, its tally up to nine

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The results of the 28 Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka came as a setback for the Congress government, led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister and KPCC president DK Shivakumar, as the Grand Old Party could not emerge with flying colours despite being the ruling dispensation. The party lost three to four seats, including Kolar, due to …

How NDA’s electoral math fell apart in Maharashtra
7 months ago

How NDA’s electoral math fell apart in Maharashtra

Hindustan Times  

In Maharashtra, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance won 18 of 48 parliamentary constituencies with a vote share of 43.8% compared to the 29 seats and 43.6% vote share garnered by the INDIA coalition partners. The BJP saw a decline in the number of seats it won from 23 in 2019 to 10 in 2024 Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray …

Election results 2024: BJP’s southern push yields a mixed bag
7 months ago

Election results 2024: BJP’s southern push yields a mixed bag

The Hindu  

The BJP’s southern push for the 131 Lok Sabha seats from the five States of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Tamil Nadu resulted in a mixed bag on June 4, with the party losing a few seats in Karnataka while opening its account for the first time in Kerala. The BJP’s gains mainly came from Telangana, where it was …

BJP ahead in 11 seats in Karnataka as postal ballots taken up for counting
7 months, 1 week ago

BJP ahead in 11 seats in Karnataka as postal ballots taken up for counting

Hindustan Times  

The BJP was ahead in 11 seats, Congress in four and JD in two as the counting of postal ballots was taken up first in 28 Lok Sabha segments in Karnataka. JD leader and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and Union Minister Pralhad Joshi were ahead in the Mandya and Dharwad Lok Sabha segments, respectively, official sources said. BJP …

UP, Haryana may see a big shift in Dalit vote share, predicts exit poll
7 months, 1 week ago

UP, Haryana may see a big shift in Dalit vote share, predicts exit poll

India Today  

The Congress-led INDIA bloc may get the bulk of the Dalit votes this time, after almost a decade, the India Today-Axis My India exit poll showed. The exit poll showed that one per cent of SC votes shifted from the NDA and 14 per cent from other parties have moved towards the INDIA bloc, which is expected to gain 15 …

BJP poised to get third term; both BJP and Congress may register small gains in vote share
7 months, 1 week ago

BJP poised to get third term; both BJP and Congress may register small gains in vote share

The Hindu  

In continuation of the reports by Lokniti-CSDS in this paper the BJP seems to have held on its core bastions and warded off the challenge elsewhere. As we await the actual counting of votes on Tuesday, Lokniti’s post-election survey confirms the comfortable edge that the BJP enjoys in the 18th parliamentary election, and is set to form the government for …

Underlying threads behind BJP’s 2019, 2024 election results
7 months, 1 week ago

Underlying threads behind BJP’s 2019, 2024 election results

Hindustan Times  

Most exit polls have predicted a third term for the Bharatiya Janata Party -led National Democratic Alliance. The BJP surged ahead of the Congress in terms of vote share among upper castes in the 1996 elections. In 1996, the BJP’s vote share among OBC, SC and ST groups was 54%, 40% and 60% of its support among non SC-ST-OBC voters. …

Many exit polls predict single-digit seats for Congress in Karnataka
7 months, 1 week ago

Many exit polls predict single-digit seats for Congress in Karnataka

The Hindu  

The Congress in Karnataka, which banked on implementation of five guarantees in the Lok Sabha elections, will get single-digit seats, according to several exit polls. The exit poll conducted by India Today-Axis My India, TV Bharatvarsh-Polstart, India TV-CNX, Jan Ki Baat, Republic TV-P MARQ, ABP News-C Voter and India News-D-Dynamics predicted 20-plus seats for the BJP-Janata Dal alliance. TV Bharatvarsh-Polstart …

Karnataka Lok Sabha Election 2024 Exit Poll Highlights: BJP likely to win 18-22, Congress 4-8, JDS 1-3
7 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka Lok Sabha Election 2024 Exit Poll Highlights: BJP likely to win 18-22, Congress 4-8, JDS 1-3

India TV News  

Karnataka Exit Poll Results Highlights: India TV- CNX's exit poll redicted that Bharatiya Janata Party is likely to continue its dominance in the state on Saturday. The exit poll said that the BJP is likely to win 18 to 22 seats, while Congress 4-8 seats. The third player JD-S is likely to win 1- seats in the Lok Sabha elections. …

Searching for a wave: On the general election so far
8 months ago

Searching for a wave: On the general election so far

The Hindu  

In the third round of polling for the 18th Lok Sabha on Tuesday, over 1,300 candidates were in the fray in 93 Lok Sabha constituencies across 12 States and Union Territories. One of the most watched battles was in Baramati, Maharashtra, between veteran Nationalist Congress Party leader Sharad Pawar’s daughter Supriya Sule and Sunetra Pawar, wife of his estranged nephew …

Opinion: Road to 2024 - Can BJP score a hat-trick in Gujarat?
8 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: Road to 2024 - Can BJP score a hat-trick in Gujarat?

India Today  

The BJP’s fort of Gujarat goes to polls in the third phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and votes on May 7. The BJP received just a 19 per cent vote share in 1984, which increased to 47 per cent in the 2004 and 2009 elections, usurping the Janata Dal/Janata Party vote share. If the BJP loses a five …

With votes in EVMs for 14 out of 28 constituencies, focus now shifts to North Karnataka for May 7 polls
8 months, 2 weeks ago

With votes in EVMs for 14 out of 28 constituencies, focus now shifts to North Karnataka for May 7 polls

The Hindu  

With the high-pitched battles in the South Karnataka’s Vokkaliga-dominated Old Mysore constituencies and the coastal constituencies coming to an end on Friday, the battleground will now shift to North and Central Karnataka regions that will go into polling on May 7 as part of the third phase. What parties claim Of the 14 constituencies in South Karnataka that went into …

‘Some are happy with guarantees in Karnataka, but their numbers are not big’
8 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Some are happy with guarantees in Karnataka, but their numbers are not big’

The Hindu  

After the Assembly poll debacle in May 2023, the Janata Dal is heading into the Lok Sabha elections in alliance with the BJP, and is contesting three seats in Karnataka. The Hindu caught up with former Karnataka Chief Minister and Janata Dal State president H.D. Without the alliance, the Congress would have won more than 15 seats by the division …

Watch | Will the BJP-JD(S) alliance work in Karnataka?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Watch | Will the BJP-JD(S) alliance work in Karnataka?

The Hindu  

Among the big changes to the contours of Karnataka’s political landscape this Lok Sabha election is the pre-poll “partnership of convenience” between old rivals BJP and JD. The pact between BJP and JD was formed to mutually benefit both parties through the consolidation of the Lingayat and Vokkaliga vote banks, all to defeat a common political foe - the Congress. …

Bipolar elections in Karnataka | Infographics
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Bipolar elections in Karnataka | Infographics

The Hindu  

Karnataka will go to polls in two phases on April 26 and May 7 for the general elections. Click to remove AMP mode Karnataka helped the Bharatiya Janata Party gain a foothold in the South, when the party won 25 seats in 2019. Bangalore South recorded the lowest polling percentage at 53.7%, followed by Bangalore Central, Bangalore North, Raichur and …

‘BJP in very bad shape in Karnataka, Cong will win nearly 20 out of 28 LS seats in state’: DK Shivakumar
9 months, 2 weeks ago

‘BJP in very bad shape in Karnataka, Cong will win nearly 20 out of 28 LS seats in state’: DK Shivakumar

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, who scripted a thumping win for the Congress in last year's Assembly elections, is optimistic that his party will win at least 20 out of 28 Lok Sabha seats in the State in the upcoming general elections. Karnataka DCM DK Shivakumar The Congress leader, who is referred to as DKS has also claimed that …

LS polls: Cong won't win any seat in Karnataka, says BJP's poll in-charge
9 months, 2 weeks ago

LS polls: Cong won't win any seat in Karnataka, says BJP's poll in-charge

Deccan Chronicle  

Hassan, Mar 26 BJP General Secretary in-charge of elections in Karnataka, Radha Mohan Das Agarwal on Tuesday claimed that the Congress would not win even a single seat in the state in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Claiming that the Ministers in the Congress government have fielded their children as candidates, out of fear that they may be removed from …

Opinion: How BJD-BJP talks failing will affect Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in Odisha
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: How BJD-BJP talks failing will affect Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in Odisha

India Today  

Alliance talks between the Biju Janata Dal and the Bharatiya Janata Party have failed, with both parties deciding to contest the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha elections alone. Lok Sabha analysis Had the BJP-BJD allied The BJP and the BJP recorded hypothetically 82 per cent vote share in 2019 and won 20 seats contesting separately. On the other hand, if …

No trust deficit within parties: HDK over alliance with BJP
9 months, 3 weeks ago

No trust deficit within parties: HDK over alliance with BJP

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Janata Dal JD are working together in all the 28 Lok Sabha segments and there is “no trust deficit” between the parties, said former Karnataka chief minister and JD leader HD Kumaraswamy on Tuesday. Addressing concerns regarding the relationship between the JD and the BJP, Kumaraswamy clarified that despite previous indications of dissatisfaction over …

Be ready for a surprise result coming from Bengal: Prashant Kishor
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Be ready for a surprise result coming from Bengal: Prashant Kishor

New Indian Express  

They are cognisant of this fact that this is the area where they need to build. It’s simply because, like you cannot dominate the politics of North unless you win UP and Bihar, you cannot dominate the politics of South until and unless you start being a major force in Andhra and Tamil Nadu. So the Congress was not a …

One Lok Sabha poll to another, how swing in fortunes painted new shades in Uttar Pradesh politics
9 months, 3 weeks ago

One Lok Sabha poll to another, how swing in fortunes painted new shades in Uttar Pradesh politics

Hindustan Times  

In the run-up to the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, the then U.P. The results were there for all to see as the BJP won 71 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats on its own in Uttar Pradesh and its ally Apna Dal, a Kurmi OBC party, won two more, making it an astounding saffron sweep. Just a decade before that, …

ABP News-CVoters Opinion Poll: Karnataka Gears Up For High-Stakes Lok Sabha Polls
9 months, 4 weeks ago

ABP News-CVoters Opinion Poll: Karnataka Gears Up For High-Stakes Lok Sabha Polls

ABP News  

As the Lok Sabha elections draw nearer, the political landscape in Karnataka is heating up with fervent campaigning and strategic alliances shaping the state's electoral dynamics. ABP News, in collaboration with CVoters, conducted an opinion poll aiming to gauge the public sentiment in Karnataka ahead of the polls. According to ABP News-CVoter Opinion Poll data, NDA could get 23 seats …

Seat-sharing talks: BJP to get larger share in Lok Sabha polls, BJD for assembly
10 months ago

Seat-sharing talks: BJP to get larger share in Lok Sabha polls, BJD for assembly

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Biju Janata Dal on Thursday inched closer to announcing a reunion after 15 years, people aware of the matter said, with the former likely to get a higher share of seats in the Lok Sabha polls and the latter receiving a bigger chunk of seats in the assembly elections that are scheduled to be …

India Today-CVoter Mood of the Nation survey projects a third term for PM Modi
11 months ago

India Today-CVoter Mood of the Nation survey projects a third term for PM Modi

Op India  

India Today’s ‘Mood of the Nation’ poll survey has projected a repeat of 2019 for the BJP in the national capital. Andhra Pradesh The India Today survey has projected 17 out of 25 Lok Sabha seats to the Chandrababu Naidu-led Telugu Desam Party whereas the YSRCP has been projected to secure 8 seats. Telangana The survey projects that the Congress …

Amidst caste census row, BJP attempts to stitch a Lingayat-Vokkaliga alliance
1 year, 1 month ago

Amidst caste census row, BJP attempts to stitch a Lingayat-Vokkaliga alliance

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party, smarting from a humiliating Assembly poll defeat in Karnataka, is trying to script a comeback by stitching a Lingayat-Vokkaliga alliance which in the past has proved electorally formidable. This ensured the defeat of Congress in 2018,” said a senior BJP party strategist, adding that a lot also depends on how Karnataka government and Congress handles the …

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