Strategy | 18 May 2014
India Politics
Mandate 2014 | Vol 6
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(Rajat@MotilalOswal.com)

India Politics | Mandate 2014 - Vol 6
MANDATE 2014 – Volume 6
The just concluded 2014 General Elections is one of the most important events for India in a decade. The significance of the
16th Lok Sabha Elections cannot be overemphasized especially at a time when the Indian economy is going through turbulent
times. The expectation of 1.2b+ population is to have a Central government which can bring back the era of high economic
growth. The final mandate has shown the decisiveness of Indian electorate to vote for a change, to vote for development and
governance, and to vote against corruption.
Our previous volumes of India Politics series titled “MANDATE 2014” have highlighted interesting analysis/perspectives,
assimilating key events/developments, apolitical opinions, quote shoot and a lot more. In our sixth and final concluding
volume, we highlight interesting insights and analysis of the outcome that marks the beginning of the Narendra Modi era.
Contents
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1. INDIA POLITICS: Voters speak for change decisively
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2. POLITICS IN PICTURES: Developments shaping current politics
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3. Quote Shoot
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1. INDIA POLITICS: Voters speak for change decisively
A new era for Indian politics with “no-coalition no-opposition mandate”
India drew curtains to the General Elections 2014 spread over one and half months
in nine phases (
Please refer our India Politics report titled ‘Voter enthusiasm continues’
dated April 25, 2014
). Finally, voters have spoken decisively by according BJP their
highest ever tally of 282 seats, i.e., 10 seats more than the cut-off for absolute
majority. With its allies bringing in an additional 54 seats, the NDA coalition reached
their highest ever tally of 336 seats.
There are many firsts in the current election. However, its significance goes beyond
numbers. For one, NDA would be able to pass any bill in the lower house of
Parliament on its own strength. With a little help from either AIADMK/TMC or BJD +
another smaller party, it would be able to move even a Constitutional Amendment
Bill. Second, the elections usher in a leadership with an enviable track record of
development, administrative and political acumen and is India’s best bet out of
current economic chasm.
2014 election results
markedly different for
parties
Party Name
BJP
INC
AIADMK
AITC
BJD
SHS
TDP
TRS
CPI (M))
YSRC
NCP
SP
RJD
SAD
AAP
JD (U)
JD (S)
CPI
BSP
DMK
RLD
JKN
Other
Total
Seat
282
44
37
34
20
18
16
11
9
9
6
5
4
4
4
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
35
543
were
2014 General Elections: 13 unique facts
most
Overwhelming mandate:
Biggest mandate (coalition or single party) since 1984
2014
Vote Share
31.0
19.3
3.3
3.8
1.7
1.9
2.5
1.2
3.2
2.5
1.6
3.4
1.3
0.7
2.0
1.1
0.7
0.8
4.1
1.7
0.1
0.1
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(Congress 414 seats).
Coalition era ends:
A single party gets the first majority since 1984, signifying
end of dominance of the coalition era.
A non-Congress majority:
Since the Janata Party government of 1977, a non-
Congress party will get a clear mandate in Lok Sabha for the first time.
Two-third majority in sniffing distance:
If the NDA is supported even by just
AIADMK (or BJD + either TRS/YSRC/SP), it would imply a two third majority in
the House. This means even a Constitutional Amendment bill can be passed by
ruling coalition alone.
No opposition:
No official ‘opposition’ party in the 16
th
Lok Sabha as the
Congress tally of 46 seats fall short of the requirement of one-tenth of total at
54 seats.
BJP vote share exceeds Congress:
For the first time, the vote share of BJP
exceeded that of Congress.
BJP does a perfect 10 in 10 states/UTs:
BJP won all the seats in Gujarat,
Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and the smaller states/UTs of
Goa, Andaman & Nicobar, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman &
Diu. Correspondingly, Congress drew a blank in these states.
Every 2 in 3 win for BJP:
For BJP, every two among three candidates fielded
won.
No double digit for Congress:
Congress did not reach double digit in any state.
Highest in UP since 1984:
At 73, it is the highest number of seats for any party in
UP since 1984.
Marginalization of a few regional parties:
BSP draws a blank: Strikingly, a
national party (BSP) got nil seats in a Parliamentary Elections. It is also one of
the lowest tally for the regional parties (SP and BSP) for a long time. Two other
regional parties, viz., RLD and DMK also reduced to zero.
Huge margin wins:
Every two in three candidates won with a convincing margin
of 10% and above in 2014 as opposed to only one in three in 2009.
NOTA becomes bigger:
Nearly 6m people exercise NOTA option.
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India seat distribution constituency-wise - 2014 and 2009
2014
2009
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Strongest mandate in three decades; BJP alone crosses 272
BJP won their highest ever tally of 282 seats in the 2014 General Election, well
past the halfway mark of 272 seats.
Incidentally, this is the highest seats received by any party since 1985. This also
happens to be the second time that a non-Congress party assumed majority in
the Lower House.
The BJP led coalition, i.e., NDA won 336 seats, again their highest tally ever. On
the other hand, Congress led UPA was reduced to their lowest ever tally of less
than triple digit mark at 59 seats.
The resounding victory of BJP was evident from the sharp increase in the
number of representatives who were elected with comfortable margin in 2014
elections than in 2009 election. As opposed to one in three candidates with a
convincing win in the 15
th
Lok Sabha, the entrants of 16
th
Lok Sabha would have
every two in three candidates with a very convincing win of more than 10% or
above margin of votes.
Strongest Government in three decades
Seats won
364 371 361
283
352
295
353
404
232
197
161 182 182 146
206
282
Half-way mark
1951 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014
Highest ever seats for NDA
Source: Election Commission, MOSL
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Two third of the elected won convincingly with more than 10% margin
Less than 5%
5-10%
Above 10%
37%
65%
27%
36%
2009
17%
18%
2014
Source: Election Commission, MOSL
BJP won all the seats in 10 States/UTs, viz., Rajasthan, Gujarat, Delhi,
Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and the smaller states/UTs of Goa, Andaman &
Nicobar, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu.
Correspondingly, Congress drew a blank in these 10 states/UTs. Additionally
Congress also failed to get any seat in another 9 States/UTs, viz., Tamil Nadu,
Odisha, Jharkhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Tripura, Sikkim, Nagaland, Pondicherry
and Lakshadweep.
BJP opened their innings in the states of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal
Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir.
On the other hand, reflecting the extent of defeat, Congress failed to reach the
double digit mark in any of the states.
Most of the seat gains in favour of BJP has originated from the states of UP,
Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar, together
according an additional 128 seats to BJP. Additionally, alliance with TDP and Shiv
Sena raised total seats by 13 seats in Andhra Pradesh and 7 seats in
Maharashtra.
Hindi heartland contributed to the maximum gain of seats for BJP
21
14
11
11
10
7
7
5
4
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
-2
282
61
116
Source: Election Commission, MOSL
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Allies performance were also impressive with a total of 54 seats that helped NDA reach 336
21
19
13
11
11
7
6
5
4
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
-1
-2
-2 336
63
144
21
Source: Election Commission, MOSL
The total seats of non-NDA/UPA too has seen a decline, though by a lesser
magnitude than Congress. However, at 148 seats vs. 167 seats during 2009 they
remained a significant block.
While many regional parties, viz., BSP, RLD, DMK, SP, etc. were decimated, there
were notable exceptions including AIADMK, TMC and BJD that won an
overwhelming majority of the seats in their respective states.
While historically, the vote share of BJP never exceeded that of Congress, 2014
election was a clear exception with significant lead by BJP.
For many smaller parties, however, significant vote share did not yield sizable
seats for them. For example, the third highest voted party, BSP (4.1%) failed to
secure even a single seat, while AAP with half of that vote share won 4 seats.
2014 election results were markedly different for most parties
Party Name
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Congress (INC)
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)
All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)
Biju Janata Dal (BJD)
Shiva Sena (SHS)
Telugu Desam Party (TDP)
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS)
Communist Party Of India (Marxist) (CPI (M))
Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRC)
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)
Samajwadi Party (SP)
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
Janata Dal (United) (JD (U))
Janata Dal (Secular) (JD (S))
Communist Party Of India (CPI)
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)
Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD)
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (JKN)
Other regional/independent parties
Total
2004
2009
2014
Vote Seat Vote Seat Vote
Seat
138
22.2
116
19.6
282
31.0
146
26.5
206
28.5
44
19.3
0
2.2
9
1.7
37
3.3
1
2.1
19
3.2
34
3.8
11
1.3
14
1.6
20
1.7
12
1.8
11
1.5
18
1.9
5
3.0
6
2.5
16
2.5
0
0.0
0
0.0
11
1.2
43
5.7
16
5.3
9
3.2
0
0.0
0
0.0
9
2.5
9
1.8
9
2.0
6
1.6
36
4.3
23
3.4
5
3.4
24
2.4
4
1.3
4
1.3
8
0.9
4
1.0
4
0.7
0
0.0
0
0.0
4
2.0
8
2.3
20
1.5
2
1.1
3
1.5
3
0.8
2
0.7
10
1.4
4
1.4
1
0.8
19
5.3
21
6.1
0
4.1
16
1.8
18
1.8
0
1.7
3
0.6
5
0.4
0
0.1
2
0.1
3
0.1
0
0.1
49
12.7
32
16.1
35
12.0
543
543
543
Source: Election Commission, MOSL
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No direct link between vote share and seat share for many
parties (%)
17.2
1.1
1.7
1.9
2.0
2.5
2.5
3.0
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.8 4.1
31.0
BJP
Congress
BSP
AITC
SP
CPM
AIADMK
Ind.
TDP
YSRC
AAP
Shiv Sena
DMK
NOTA
Others
BJP exceeds Congress vote share for the first time
50
40
30
20
10
0
19
Congress vote share (%)
BJP vote share (%)
31
19.3
Source: Election Commission, MOSL
Source: Election Commission, MOSL
For a change, opinion/exit polls were accurate
In hindsight, opinion/exit polls were fairly accurate this time in both the
direction and the extent of swing in favour of BJP/NDA. This contrasts sharply
with the previous four occasions when they were wide off the mark.
Strikingly, Today’s Chanakya were the closest in their forecast for 2014 election.
It needs to be mentioned that they were the most accurate during the four
Assembly elections in 2013 and also successfully predicted the emergence of
AAP.
We had an inkling of change from the sharp increase in the voter turnout ratio,
which in the past have been associated with a regime shift. At 66%, this was the
highest voter participation ever.
For a change, opinion/exit polls predicted the 2014 outcome fairly accurately
Average Average
Party/Fro
of opinion of exit
nt
polls
polls
NDA
BJP
Allies
UPA
Congress
Allies
Others
Total
257
216
41
116
94
21
170
543
286
259
43
103
71
19
155
543
Opinion Poll
2014
CNN-IBN
& CSDS
256
212
44
117
100
17
170
543
ABP
News-
Nielsen
240
209
31
119
91
28
184
543
NDTV
Hansa
275
226
49
111
92
19
157
543
Times CNN-IBN-
Now-ORG CSDS
257
NA
NA
135
NA
NA
151
543
276
236
40
97
77
20
170
543
Exit Poll
Headlines
ABP
News24-
Cvoters-
Today-
News-
Today's
India TV
Cicero
Nielsen Chanakya
272
281
340
289
NA
NA
291
249
NA
NA
49
40
115
97
70
101
NA
NA
57
78
NA
NA
13
23
156
165
133
153
543
543
543
543
Source: Election Commission, Media, MOSL
336
282
54
59
44
15
148
543
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Higher voter turnout led to a decisive mandate in favour of NDA (%)
Non-Congress led alliance
61
55
Sympathy votes 64
60
57
55
62
57
58
Highest-ever turnout 66
62
60
58
58
45
45
Source: Election Commission, MOSL
BJP makes inroads into the east and the northeast
An important reason for BJP/NDA’s success was making inroads in the states
where it didn’t have a presence hitherto.
Strikingly, BJP has been able to improve its seat tally in all states barring
Karnataka where it lost two seats.
Also, the swing in vote share has been fairly broadbased for BJP with gains in
nearly each state. BJP’s vote share increased in all states/UTs barring Punjab and
Daman & Diu. In seven states, viz., Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh,
Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Daman & Diu, BJP secured more than
50% of the votes polled.
BJP secured 31% of the votes polled as opposed to 19.3% of Congress. These
ratios were 19.6% and 28.5%, respectively during 2009 election.
Most regional parties lost their vote share. However, AIADMK, TMC and BJD
were able to improve their vote share and nearly sweeped the states,
reconfirming the trend of decisive mandates.
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BJP makes inroads into the east and the north east
States
Anda ma n & Ni coba r Is l a nd
Andhra Pra des h
Aruna cha l Pra des h
As s a m
Bi ha r
Cha ndi ga rh
Chha tti s ga rh
Da dra & Na ga r Ha vel i
Da ma n & Di u
Goa
Guja ra t
Ha rya na
Hi ma cha l Pra des h
Ja mmu & Ka s hmi r
Jha rkha nd
Ka rna ta ka
Kera l a
La ks ha dweep
Ma dhya Pra des h
Ma ha ra s htra
Ma ni pur
Megha l a ya
Mi zora m
Na ga l a nd
Nct Of Del hi
Odi s ha
Pondi cherry
Punja b
Ra ja s tha n
Si kki m
Ta mi l Na du
Tri pura
Utta r Pra des h
Utta ra kha nd
Wes t Benga l
Total
Total
Seats
1
42
2
14
40
1
11
1
1
2
26
10
4
6
14
28
20
1
29
48
2
2
1
1
7
21
1
13
25
1
39
2
80
5
42
543
UPA
Congress Allies
33
2
7
2
1
1
2009
NDA
BJP
Allies
1
6
4
12
10
1
1
1
15
1
3
3
2
3
16
9
8
19
2
Others
0
3
0
3
22
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
2
0
1
1
0
1
-1
0
0
15
0
0
1
1
30
2
44
0
35
167
Total
1
42
2
14
40
1
11
1
1
2
26
10
4
6
14
28
20
1
29
48
2
2
1
1
7
21
1
13
25
1
39
2
80
5
42
543
UPA
Congress Allies
2
1
3
2
1
2014
NDA
Others
BJP
Allies
1
3
16
21
1
7
4
22
9
2
1
10
1
1
2
26
7
2
4
3
3
12
17
2
9
27
23
Total
1
42
2
14
40
1
11
1
1
2
26
10
4
6
14
28
20
1
29
48
2
2
1
1
7
21
1
13
25
1
39
2
80
5
42
543
4
5
1
11
9
1
2
1
6
13
1
12
17
2
1
1
0
7
6
1
8
20
8
21
5
6
206
1
2
9
8
2
2
2
1
1
3
1
4
9
12
19
1
1
1
1
7
1
3
2
25
1
2
4
44
71
5
2
282
1
4
20
4
1
37
2
5
36
148
1
4
4
1
5
10
1
116
1
2
26
28
15
54
Source: Election Commission, MOSL
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BJP’s seats and vote share improved in nearly all states
2009
State
Congress
Seats
Anda ma n & Ni coba r Is l a nds
Andhra Pra des h
Aruna cha l Pra des h
As s a m
Bi ha r
Cha ndi ga rh
Chha tti s ga rh
Da dra & Na ga r Ha vel i
Da ma n & Di u
Goa
Guja ra t
Ha rya na
Hi ma cha l Pra des h
Ja mmu & Ka s hmi r
Jha rkha nd
Ka rna ta ka
Kera l a
La ks ha dweep
Ma dhya Pra des h
Ma ha ra s htra
Ma ni pur
Megha l a ya
Mi zora m
Na ga l a nd
Nct Of Del hi
Ori s s a
Pondi cherry
Punja b
Ra ja s tha n
Ta mi l Na du
Tri pura
Utta r Pra des h
Utta ra kha nd
Wes t Benga l
Total
0
33
2
7
2
1
1
0
0
1
11
9
1
2
1
6
13
1
12
17
2
1
1
0
7
6
1
8
20
8
0
21
5
6
206
Vote Share
(%)
42.5
39.0
51.1
34.9
10.3
46.9
37.3
45.9
29.0
22.6
43.4
41.8
45.6
24.7
15.0
37.7
40.1
51.9
40.1
19.6
43.1
44.8
65.7
29.4
57.1
32.8
49.4
45.2
47.2
15.0
30.8
18.1
43.2
13.5
28.5
Seats
1
0
0
4
12
0
10
1
1
1
15
0
3
0
8
19
BJP
Vote Share
(%)
44.2
3.8
37.2
16.2
13.9
29.7
45.0
46.4
65.5
44.8
46.5
12.1
49.6
18.6
27.5
41.6
Congress
Seats
0
2
1
3
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
9
8
0
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
2
0
4
44
Vote Share
(%)
43.7
11.5
41.2
29.6
8.4
26.8
38.4
45.1
43.3
36.6
32.9
22.9
40.7
22.9
13.3
40.8
31.1
46.6
34.9
18.1
41.7
37.9
48.6
30.1
15.1
26.0
26.3
33.1
30.4
4.3
5.7
7.5
34.0
9.6
19.3
Seats
1
3
1
7
22
1
10
1
1
2
26
7
4
3
12
17
2014
BJP
Vote Share
(%)
47.8
8.5
46.1
36.5
29.4
42.2
48.7
48.9
53.8
53.4
59.1
34.7
53.3
32.4
40.1
43.0
10.3
54.0
27.3
11.9
8.9
16
9
43.5
18.2
27
23
0
0
1
4
0
10
0
1
116
35.2
16.9
10.1
36.6
2.3
17.5
33.9
6.1
19.6
7
1
2
25
1
71
5
2
282
46.4
21.5
8.7
54.9
5.5
15.2
42.3
55.3
16.8
31.0
Source: Election Commission, MOSL
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Many heads roll amidst some surprise winners
The decisive nature of the mandate was also reflected in the loss by many
Congress stalwarts.
In the BJP camp, Arun Jaitley featured among the prominent leaders who lost.
Madhusudan Mistry (Congress)
Arvind Kejriwal (AAP)
Narendra Modi (BJP)
Narendra Modi (BJP)
Lost
Lost
Won
V/S
Won
V/S
23.7% votes
20.3% votes
56.4% votes
72.8% votes
Ajay Agrawal(AAP)
Smriti Irani(BJP)
Rahul Gandhi (Congress)
Sonia Gandhi (Congress)
Lost
V/S
Lost
Won
V/S
Won
21.1% votes
34.4% votes
46.7% votes
63.8% votes
Kiritbhai Ishvarvhai Patel
Arun Jaitley (BJP)
LK Advani (BJP)
Lost
V/S
Lost
V/S
Capt. Amrinder Singh (Congress)
Won
25.6% votes
37.7% votes
Won
68.1% votes
47.9% votes
Lakshman Singh (Congress)
Ashutosh (AAP)
Harsh Vardhan (BJP)
Lost
V/S
Sushma Swaraj (BJP)
Lost
V/S
28.3% votes
Won
Won
30.7% votes
44.6% votes
66.5% votes
Rita Bahuguna Joshi (Congress)
Col. Sona Ram (BJP)
Jaswant Singh(Ind.)
Rajnath Singh (BJP)
Lost
V/S
Lost
V/S
Won
Won
27.9% votes
54.3% votes
50.4% votes
25.4% votes
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Ramakant Yadav (BJP)
Mulayam Singh Yadav (SP)
Mahadev Jagannath Jankar (RSP)
Supriya Sule (NCP)
Lost
Won
V/S
Lost
V/S
Won
28.9% votes
35.4% votes
42.4% votes
48.9% votes
Priya Dutt (Congress)
Nandan Nilekani (Congress)
Lost
Poonam Mahajan (BJP)
Ananth Kumar (BJP)
Lost
34.5% votes
V/S
Won
Won
V/S
36.4% votes
56.6% votes
56.9% votes
Rabri Devi (RJD)
Rajiv Pratap Rudy (BJP)
Pawan Bansal (Congress)
Lost
Won
V/S
Lost
Kiron Kher(BJP)
26.8% votes
V/S
Won
36.4% votes
41.1% votes
42.2% votes
Jayant Chaudhary (RLD)
Himmatsingh Patel (Congress)
Lost
Hema Malini (BJP)
V/S
Paresh Rawal (BJP)
Lost
22.6% votes
Won
V/S
Won
31.1% votes
53.4% votes
64.3% votes
Kunal Singh (Congress)
Md. Azharuddin (Congress)
Lost
V/S
Shatrughan Sinha
Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria (BJP)
Lost
24.9% votes
Won
Won
V/S
39.6% votes
55.1% votes
52.6% votes
Ghulam Mohammed (SP)
Sanjeev Prasad Toni (Congress)
Ramvilas Paswan (LJP)
Lost
V/S
Satyapal Singh (BJP)
Lost
V/S
21.3% votes
Won
Won
25.4% votes
50.4% votes
42.2% votes
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Assembly elections – a mirror of national elections
Assembly elections held in four states mirrored the pattern seen in the General
elections.
All states gave decisive mandates barring Andhra Pradesh, which has been
divided on the state bifurcation issues. Regional parties, viz., BJD and SDF held
on their turf in Odisha and Sikkim respectively.
However, Arunachal Pradesh bucked the anti-incumbency trend against
Congress and was voted back with reduced but still comfortable majority.
Odisha
2009
2
4
1
2014
9
1
1
70
Party
BJD
INC
BJP
NCP
CPI
IND
Others
Total
1
8
7
140
2004
61
38
32
2009
103
27
6
4
1
6
0
147
2
2
145
2014
117
16
10
Andhra Pradesh gives divided opinion
Party
BJP
CPI
CPM
YSRC
INC
TDP
TRS
IND
Others
Total
11
34
294
3
36
294
185
47
156
92
2004
2
6
9
21
117
63
2
10
294
Source: Election Commission, MOSL
Source: Election Commission, MOSL
Sikkim
Party
SDF
INC
SKM
Total
32
32
2004
31
1
10
32
2009
32
2014
22
Arunachal Pradesh
Party
BJP
INC
NCP
PPA
AITC
AC
IND
Total
2
13
60
1
60
2
60
2004
9
34
2
2009
3
42
5
4
5
5
2014
11
42
Source: Election Commission, MOSL
Source: Election Commission, MOSL
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2. POLITICS IN PICTURES: Developments shaping current politics
Events
Observations
Narendra Modi performs the Ganga Puja at Varanasi
Narendra Modi received a rapturous welcome in Varanasi as he visited his constituency
in a show of gratitude on Saturday, a day after the BJPs resounding victory in the Lok
Sabha elections.
Narendra Modi performed the Ganga Puja with BJP president Rajnath Singh and other
leaders at the famed Dashashwamedh Ghat in Varanasi.
In his thanksgiving speech, he said, “I bow before the people of Varanasi for having so
much faith in me”.
Narendra Modi calls for cooperation from all in victory rallies
He prompted “Good days are …”. The crowd at Vadodara chanted “…will be here soon”.
The mood was indeed jubilant at the victory rallies of Narendra Modi..
In a well sequenced series of victory rallies, Modi first sought blessings from mother in a
fairly publicized event. This was followed by a victory rally in Vadodara where he won by
a record margin (barring records established in bypolls etc.). Then he hopped on to
Ahmadabad the capital of his home state. Trip to Delhi Party office followed where he
sought blessings of senior leader LK Advani and finally squaring it off with a grand event
of Aarti (prayer) at the famous banks of Ganges in Varanasi.
When the dust settles we hope Modi is able to seek and demand cooperation
successfully from his adversaries
Sonia Gandhi hosts farewell dinner for Manmohan Singh
The mood was somber at the other end of the political spectrum where UPA Chief Sonia
Gandhi hosted a farewell dinner. Lavish praise was showered on the outgoing Prime
Minister and the party leaders were seen scrambling for a photograph with the first
couple and Sonia Gandhi.
The event however, made more noise due to the absence of Rahul Gandhi that raised
eyebrows, critical comments followed by explanations from the Congress
UP Government bans victory processions by winners
UP government on Wednesday banned all victory processions by the winning candidates
of the Lok Sabha elections and directed the officials to ensure security of candidates.
Besides, a close watch would be kept on the celebrations by winners after the
declaration of results on May 16th.
Seems Modi’s Ganga Aarti would have to await a little longer
Expecting big win, Maharashtra BJP prepared 40K ladoos, giant cake
Buoyed by exit poll predictions, Maharashtra BJP unit had prepared a giant cake and as
many as 40,000 laddoos to distribute among the people after the Lok Sabha election
results. Preparations were also made for a giant LCD screens for the sweet brigade to
unleash no sooner than the BJP candidates are announced victorious.
A sweet push to the Laddu Economy by all over India
Source: Various media reports
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3. Quote Shoot
India has won! This is India's victory.
Good days will soon be here."
–
Narendra Modi
The politics of inheritance, the politics of
dynasty and the politics of entitlement is
being punished by the people of India
and the politics of hard work, politics of
initiative, the politics of achievement
and accomplishment is being rewarded
and that's what they saw in the persona
of Narendra Modi
–
BJP national spokesperson Ravi
Shankar Prasad
Congress has done 'pretty badly', lot
for us to think about. As vice-
president, I hold myself responsible
–
Rahul Gandhi
Our performance is
worse than the worst-
case scenario
–
Jairam Ramesh
We are winning in areas where we
have never won before. Credit goes
to Narendra Modi, RSS
–
LK Advani
I can't offer congratulations to
Narendra Modi. I am not an
opportunist
–
Laloo Prasad Yadav, RJD
Gone the days of fractured
mandate. Gone the days of
mathematical politics in India
(sic)," –
BJP's Shivraj Singh
“The people of India have given a favorable
response to the BJP’s policy (Neeti),
intentions (Neeyat) and leadership
(Netratva) –
Rajnath Singh
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