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New Delhi: If all the votes of non-BJP candidates, independents, and NOTA were added up as one block, the BJP would have still won 224 seats in 2019 only 48 short of the majority mark, an analysis by ThePrint shows.. In over half of the 436 constituencies where it was in the fray, the BJP secured more than 50 per cent of the vote share..
Viewed as a percentage, the non-BJP parties seats with this vote share went up by a steep 82 per cent between 2014 and 2019..
In Tamil Nadu, the BJP formed alliances with smaller partiesin 2014, but none of the NDA candidates who won seats secured over 50 per cent vote share...
Much would depend on the role of state parties in a given state in defeating the BJP and the need to have additional votes, he said.. Kidwai, on the other hand, said the finding is significant that some parties won more seats with over 50 per cent vote share while being in an alliance..
Asked what the BJPs rise in vote share means for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Prof Palshikar said that the data shows that the party has situated itself in a strong position, but it remains to be seen if the trends of 2019 continue...
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