BENGALURU: Winning large in Karnataka, with its 28 Lok Sabha seats, might be critical for the government-formation aspirations of each the BJP and Congress and the state is below intense center of attention of strategists of each parties.
Karnataka is an important to the nationwide parties as a result of since it's the most effective state in south India by which they're individually sturdy, whilst they are going to be content material to piggyback on local players in the different southern states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Kerala.
The Congress is partnering with a regional celebration, the JD(S), for the first time in Karnataka but the latter is only a junior ally. The alliance is more a made of the dynamics of the coalition that is ruling the state now and an effort to make the maximum use of the first-past-the-post electoral system. But the Congress hopes that consolidation of non-BJP votes will lend a hand the alliance considerably carry its present mixed tally of 11.
“Karnataka is crucial state for us, as well as the BJP. Traditionally, it's been the supporter of nationwide parties in contrast to its neighbouring states and the number of seats we win here will add to our tally,” stated R C Kuntia, AICC general secretary, who could also be answerable for Telangana.
In the 2014 parliament polls, the BJP gained 17 seats in Karnataka, leaving nine to the Congress and two to the Janata Dal (Secular). In the 2018 meeting elections in the state, the Congress garnered 38% of the vote percentage, the BJP 36% and the JD(S) 18%. The corresponding vote stocks of the parties in 2014 Lok Sabha elections when the Narendra Modi issue was once in complete play have been 41%, 43% and 11%, respectively.
BJP nationwide secretary P Muralidhar Rao stated Karnataka is, together with the other southern states, a key center of attention area for his celebration as its function is to succeed in 300 seats in those elections. The southern states, with Karnataka, account for 131 Lok Sabha seats.
“We have emerged as the strongest celebration in Karnataka over the years as other people from the state have been accepting us right from the Vajpayee technology. As we are going nice, a robust presence in Karnataka could have its sure have an effect on on the neighbouring states too,” stated Rao, who's overseeing the BJP’s poll campaign in southern states.
Karnataka is the one southern state the place the BJP has held energy prior to now. Though it might not wrest energy from the Congress remaining year, the BJP emerged as the only largest celebration by way of bagging 104 seats in the 224-member state meeting, pushing the ruling celebration to second position with 80 seats.
“The BJP hopes that success in Karnataka can rub off on its fortunes in different southern states. But the truth is that the celebration has a robust local leadership in Karnataka that may turn Modi’s recognition into votes, which is obviously absent in different states,” stated S Mahadev Prakash a political analyst. “The similar applies to the Congress, which has sturdy local leadership in Karnataka but not in different southern states.”
Karnataka is an important to the nationwide parties as a result of since it's the most effective state in south India by which they're individually sturdy, whilst they are going to be content material to piggyback on local players in the different southern states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Kerala.
The Congress is partnering with a regional celebration, the JD(S), for the first time in Karnataka but the latter is only a junior ally. The alliance is more a made of the dynamics of the coalition that is ruling the state now and an effort to make the maximum use of the first-past-the-post electoral system. But the Congress hopes that consolidation of non-BJP votes will lend a hand the alliance considerably carry its present mixed tally of 11.
“Karnataka is crucial state for us, as well as the BJP. Traditionally, it's been the supporter of nationwide parties in contrast to its neighbouring states and the number of seats we win here will add to our tally,” stated R C Kuntia, AICC general secretary, who could also be answerable for Telangana.
In the 2014 parliament polls, the BJP gained 17 seats in Karnataka, leaving nine to the Congress and two to the Janata Dal (Secular). In the 2018 meeting elections in the state, the Congress garnered 38% of the vote percentage, the BJP 36% and the JD(S) 18%. The corresponding vote stocks of the parties in 2014 Lok Sabha elections when the Narendra Modi issue was once in complete play have been 41%, 43% and 11%, respectively.
BJP nationwide secretary P Muralidhar Rao stated Karnataka is, together with the other southern states, a key center of attention area for his celebration as its function is to succeed in 300 seats in those elections. The southern states, with Karnataka, account for 131 Lok Sabha seats.
“We have emerged as the strongest celebration in Karnataka over the years as other people from the state have been accepting us right from the Vajpayee technology. As we are going nice, a robust presence in Karnataka could have its sure have an effect on on the neighbouring states too,” stated Rao, who's overseeing the BJP’s poll campaign in southern states.
Karnataka is the one southern state the place the BJP has held energy prior to now. Though it might not wrest energy from the Congress remaining year, the BJP emerged as the only largest celebration by way of bagging 104 seats in the 224-member state meeting, pushing the ruling celebration to second position with 80 seats.
“The BJP hopes that success in Karnataka can rub off on its fortunes in different southern states. But the truth is that the celebration has a robust local leadership in Karnataka that may turn Modi’s recognition into votes, which is obviously absent in different states,” stated S Mahadev Prakash a political analyst. “The similar applies to the Congress, which has sturdy local leadership in Karnataka but not in different southern states.”
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