Electoral Analysis : Karnataka An acrimonious alliance between the Congress and the Janata Dal Secular proved to be its undoing in the LS poll. The exit poll results for the 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka turned out to be conservative for the BJP. On the evening of May 19 when Exit Poll predicted 21…
General Election-2019 A ragtag opposition was no match for the well-oiled machine of the BJP. Besides, it lacked a counter-narrative. By Maqbool Ahmed Siraj The Verdict-2019 has powered BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) into the seat of power in Delhi for a second time. It is a resounding victory of the BJP and its allies…
“¢ The BJP’s victory is shell-shocking for all those who hoped for its decline, but not surprising. “¢ Congress feared it would be reduced to a regional party if it gets into too many alliances across states. It finds itself in a worse plight with no seats from 14 mainland states. “¢ Indian National Congress…
General elections 2019 for the 243-member Lok Sabha are currently on. A cursory look at key contests and contestants is quite in order. Here we take a glance at the men and women vying for a niche in the corridors of power in some prominent constituencies across the country. ASSAMDhubri: All India United Democratic Front…
Bihar Electoral Scene With Nitish’s credibility heavily dented and RJD showing open bias against uppercastes, people are looking for alternatives which are simply not there. By Anish Ankur By April 23, the State of Bihar had witnessed three phases of the seven-phase polls. But common masses seem to be a little indifferent, except looking enthusiastically…
Uttar Pradesh Electoral Scene Though the entry of Priyanka Gandhi has upped the Congress prospects in Uttar Pradesh, there seems to be an internal understanding between the Congress and the SP-BSP-RLD alliance not to split votes of traditional voters. By Akhilesh Tripathi The BhartiyaJanata Party (BJP) is in for trouble in Uttar Pradesh as the…
Kerala Scene – LS Election in Kerala But the BJP is trying to grab at least one seat and increase its voteshare. Polling for the 20 LokSabha seats in Kerala took place on April 23. Battlelines were drawn between the two main fronts i.e., the United Democratic Front (UDF) consisting of the Indian National Congress,…
Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Congress-JDS Alliance has not been without friction, but has stayed in place and gives them a slight edge. By A Staff Writer Karnataka is the first state where two major parties cemented an alliance to take upon the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). The ruling combine in the state, Congress and the…
MUSLIM REPRESENTATION IN LOKSABHA By Maqbool Ahmed Siraj Will the Muslim representation in the 17th Lok Sabha go up? This question may be the uppermost in the minds of every individual from the community. People like Jaffer Sharief, Kamaluddin Ahmed and Farook Maricar were elected from non-Muslim dominant seats. It is therefore necessary that Muslims…
Lok Sabha Elections 2019 The MIM is out to expand its footprint outside Telangana. The AIMIM will be on familiar territory in Aurangabad. Even better, it won’t invite the charge often thrown at it of splitting the secular vote, thereby helping the BJP-led combine. Since 1999, the Congress or its ally, the NCP has never…
