 "BJP wins heart of one-third of nation")
In the present Lok Sabha elections, Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)’s numbers speak for themselves.
The BJP is setting new records for itself as the voting share meter has splurged to 33% of the total electorates in the 16th Lok Sabha elections – the highest so far by the saffron party since its inception in 1980.
This is a huge jump from their last performance in 2009 when the party had gathered 18.8% votes with 116 seats.
Since 1998, when the BJP had got its highest seat tally of 182 under Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the vote share was consistently on decline.
In 1998, the BJP had managed to win hearts of around 25.6% of the total voters, which further slid to 23.8% in 2004 to 22.2% in 2004 (when the party had bagged 138 seats).
In the 2014 elections, the party led by Narendra Modi has managed to arrest this and surpassing the Congress’ tally for the first time in history.
Even in 1998, when the BJP was at its peak, it mopped voting share less than the Congress party despite winning more seats than the latter (Congress had won 141 seats with 25.8% vote share).
The BJP is setting new records for itself as the voting share meter has splurged to 33% of the total electorates in the 16th Lok Sabha elections – the highest so far by the saffron party since its inception in 1980.
This is a huge jump from their last performance in 2009 when the party had gathered 18.8% votes with 116 seats.
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The ruling Congress party saw a dip in their vote share from 28.5% in 2009 elections to 22% in the present one.
Since 1998, when the BJP had got its highest seat tally of 182 under Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the vote share was consistently on decline.
In 1998, the BJP had managed to win hearts of around 25.6% of the total voters, which further slid to 23.8% in 2004 to 22.2% in 2004 (when the party had bagged 138 seats).
In the 2014 elections, the party led by Narendra Modi has managed to arrest this and surpassing the Congress’ tally for the first time in history.
Even in 1998, when the BJP was at its peak, it mopped voting share less than the Congress party despite winning more seats than the latter (Congress had won 141 seats with 25.8% vote share).
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