Key Points
The results of the 2004Lok Sabhaelection, the first to be conducted entirely through EVMs,werecontrary to the expectations of most political commentators, editorial writers, psephologists, proponents of the India Shining campaign, and Intelligence Bureau reports.All of whichprobably prompted Atal Bihari Vajpayee to call forearly polls...
The election, heldin four phases between 20 Apriland10 May to elect the 543 members of the 14thLok Sabha,yielded an outcome thatnot only shocked the BJP,butalso surprised the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA)...
Although the Congressonly gotsevenmoreseats than the BJP, the UPAtallyreached225seats.In addition, theblocreceived external support from Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Samajwadi Party (SP), Kerala Congress (KC),and the Left Front...
The 2014 and 2019 elections were in many ways presidential,asvotes were sought in the nameofNarendra Modi.In 2014, the BJPwon282 seats on its ownwhile the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)stallystood at336..
In 2024, Narendra Modi, the lodestar of the BJP campaign for the third successive running term, is aspiring to equal, if not better,the Congress performance under Rajiv Gandhi in 1984 when it won 414 seats on its own.The buzz around apossible alliancebetween the BJP and Odishas Biju Janata Dal (BJD),as well as the tie-up with TripurasTIPRA Motha, make the writing on the wall loud and clear...
