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New Delhi: BJPs strike rate in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls held in seven phases over 44 days ranged from 35 to 70 percent, declining between the third and seventh phase, an analysis by ThePrint shows.. The Opposition attributed this decline to Prime Minister Narendra Modis anti-Muslim rhetoric and the BJPs showing in the 77 seats it contested in the first phase..
Also important to note is that Tamil Nadu, where the BJP has been a marginal player, was among the states where all seats went to the polls in the first phase..
In the second phase, the BJPs strike rate increased by 35 percentage points to 67 percent it won 47 of the 70 seats it contested in this phase..
In the fourth phase, the BJPs strike rate declined, by 15 percentage points from the previous phase, to 55 percent...
Overall, the BJP won 240 (including Surat) of the 440 seats it contested in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections a cumulative strike rate of 54.5 percent...
