Emphatic BJP Win , Cover story 11 December 2023

  • Emphatic BJP Win
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The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has once again been triumphant in the elections .It swept the Hindi Heartland states of Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh and Rajasthan while as main opposition Party Congress could just win the Southern State of Telangana.
As a matter of fact , ruling
BJP swept the elections in Madhya Pradesh despite being in power since 2003, except for a 15-month period after 2018.
Pertinent to mention, BJP retained power in Madhya Pradesh by winning 166 seats in the 230-member Assembly, relegating the Congress to a distant second with just 66 seats, down from the 114 the grand old party had got in the 2018 edition.
In yet another stunning and surprising victory, The BJP won the Chhattisgarh Election 2023 as the party crossed the half-way mark on Sunday. The BJP won 54 seats , while the Congress won 35 seats. Many had predicted Congress win as opposed to BJP in Chattisgarh but BJP ousted Congress in emphatic manner.
BJP swept the polls, with 46.27 vote share, to regain power in Chhattisgarh on Sunday. The Congress’s vote share was around 42 per cent.
The BJP secured an impressive victory in Rajasthan, winning 115 seats, as the ‘revolving door trend’ continued in the state where an incumbent party has not been voted back to power in the last 30 years. The Congress finished second with 69 seats. Eight independents won, while the Bharat Adivasi Party emerged victorious in three seats, two for the Bahujan Samaj Party, and one each for the Rashtriya Lok Dal and the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party.
On the otherhand, Congress won 64 assembly seats in Telangana and ended the nearly 10-year-old rule of the K Chandrasekhar Rao-led Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) government.
Congress state unit chief Revanth Reddy and Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar met the governor in the evening to stake claim to form the government in the state.

The BRS, which has 101 members in the outgoing Assembly, got 39 seats, while the BJP secured eight seats. The AIMIM won seven seats and CPI one.
The pulse on ground zero is that BJP has secured emphatic win in most of the states and it’s road to power in 2024 elections has been made much easier.
These results are also the testimony of the great leadership qualities of Prime Minister Narendra Modi lead Government and its popularity in masses.