New Delhi, 24 May 2019 — The
BJP's resounding victory in the Lok Sabha elections that saw Prime Minister
Narendra Modi make headlines across national and international dailies and also
paint a vast swath of the mainland saffron brought in its wake some outstanding
results from a number of states.
In
the final tally that the Election Commission continues to update the most
striking numbers for the Bharatiya Janata Party were in West Bengal, where they
decimated the Mamata Banerjee led ruling dispensation Trinamool Congress. To
the eight years of Trinamool at the helm the Amit Shah-led BJP pulled up the
biggest upset, falling just short of three seats to the TMC's figure. The final
tally of 42 seats: BJP- 18, TMC- 21, Congress-3.
In
Uttar Pradesh, the saffron party made a huge comeback improving its tally to
62, the SP-BSP Mahagathbandhan managed 5 and 10, respectively, while Congress
somehow was spared the royal humiliation, as UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's Rae
Bareli seat remained with the party,while others got 2.
Maharashtra
where the ruling BJP has not had a very happy bon homie with its ally Shiv
Sena, it managed 23 seats, while Sena 18, Sharad Pawar led NCP got 4, Congress
won the lone seat in Chandrapur defeating Union Minister Hansraj Ahir, and others
two.
In
Bihar, the BJP-JD-U, got 17 and 16 respectively, while the Congress again
managed only one seat that of the Kishanganj constituency. The others bagged 6.
The biggest upset was for the jailed RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, whose Rashtriya
Janata Dal could not manage even a single seat amid the bickering among his
sons.
In
the national capital and Uttarakhand, it was BJP all the way as it managed all
seven seats and five seats.
It
sweeped Gujarat, Haryana and Himachal as well, bagging all 26, 10 and 4 seats,
respectively.
In
both Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, BJP fell short by a single seat of a
complete sweep.
The
Congress' humiliation was completed with Madhya Pradesh joining the other
heartland states bowing to Modi brand of "nationalism"
BJP
won 28 of 29 Madhya Pradesh seats and 24 of 25 in Rajasthan. Barring Chhindwara
that returned the sole Congress candidate Nakul Nath, the BJP swept all
including the Guna seat held by Congress General Secretary Jyotiraditya
Scindhia.
The
Congress' presence in the north was only defined by eight seat win in the
Captain Amarinder singh led Puanjab, where the BJP and Akali's managed two
seats each. The Arvind Kejriwal led Aam Aadmi Party was one of the greatest
casualties, that manged only one seat by Bhagwant Mann in Sangrur.
In
the Northeast, Assam where BJP got 9 seats, Congress 3, while other 2. In
Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura, the BJP emerged as sole winning party as it
bagged both seats in both states. In Manipur the saffron party got 1, while the
second seat went to others.
In
the South, the BJP could not open its account in Kerala, where Congress bagged
15 of the 20 seats, the grand old party's only saving grace as their party
chief managed to hold on to the Wayanad seat with record margin, after losing
the family borough Amethi to BJP's Smriti Irani in a see-saw battle. The Left
got one seat with the CPM winning Alappuza and other managed 4.
In
Tamil Nadu, the DMK made a comeback with 23 of the 38 seats in contention, as
voting was cancelled for the Vellore seat. Congress won 8, while the AIADMK
managed only one. While the BJP could not open its account in the state, the
others got 6.
In
Jammu and Kashmir, though, the BJP riding on the Balakot airstrike bagged 3 of
6 seats, while the rest went to others. Mehbooba Mufti's PDP and Congress could
not open their accounts.
In
Odisha the battle went to the wire, but the Naveen Patnaik led BJD bagged 11 of
21, while BJP make gains with 9 seats bettering its previous hold and the
Congress got one. [IANS]
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