PATNA: Relatively low turnout in the nine constituencies in the first two of the seven phases of the Lok Sabha elections in Bihar The presence of 40 parliamentary seats must have worried the ruling NDA party comprising JD(U), BJP and LJP(RV) as the opposition India bloc has nothing to lose. In fact, it is an uphill task for the ruling administration and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to retain the 39 seats won by the alliance in the 2019 elections in the state.
If low turnout had played any role in the performance of the NDA or the Kong-led United Progressive Alliance, the BJP-led alliance would have won only 11 seats to the UPA’s 29 out of 40 in Bihar in 2004 (turnout 58.02 %) compared to 2009 (44.47%). ) When the National Democratic Alliance won 32 seats and the United Progressive Alliance won only eight seats. Also in 2019, the BJP-led NDA won 39 seats and the Congress one seat in Bihar, even though voter turnout was 57.33%, only 1.07% higher than in 2014 (56.28%) when it won The National Democratic Alliance has 31 seats and the United Progressive Alliance has 7 seats.
Although political analysts rule out any damage to NDA candidates in Bihar due to low turnout, citing the heatwave and marriage season, observers agree that the 2024 parliamentary elections lack the kind of voter interest and enthusiasm they had. In 2014 and 2019. Change in central government and national security issues arising from the Pulwama attack in Jammu and Kashmir and the Balakot airstrike in Pakistan, respectively. These emotional issues, along with the Ram temple in Ayodhya, produced an electoral cocktail for the BJP’s electoral victory.
This time, even the BJP was looking for narratives despite the ‘crying bar, 400 bar’ slogan to lift the profile of the Congress-led opposition alliance, whose leaders’ pronouncements like inheritance tax gave Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior BJP officials the opening. Ammunition to besiege opponents in the name of Muslim appeasement policy to boost Hindu votes.
With 4-5% floating vote capable of tilting the poll scale in favor or against any party or political party, the BJP and Prime Minister Modi are leaving no stone unturned to overcome the saturation level they have reached in several states, including 39 One state out of 39 states. 40 seats in Bihar, with a strike rate of 90 to 98% in the 2019 elections. This is depriving the ruling people of their sleep.
This is why PM Modi or Bihar CM Nitish Kumar is appealing to voters to turn out in large numbers. In fact, Nitish gave an impassioned speech to his party workers at the panchayat level on Saturday to ensure maximum polling and improve coordination among NDA allies.
People have already voted in nine of Bihar’s 40 assembly constituencies, of which the NDA won eight in 2019 apart from Muslim-dominated Kishanganj. NDA insiders are confident of retaining Bhagalpur, Purnia, Banka and Jami, but admit that even if their candidates win, the margin will be much smaller in Aurangabad and Katihar, while the contest between Nawada and Gaya may be very close.
JD(U) national spokesperson Rajib Ranjan dismisses any anti-incumbency factor and claims victory in all nine seats so far, giving credit to Nitish’s clean image and ‘nyay ke sath vikas’. “People vote for NDA candidates for the works done by Nitish in the last 18 years in the areas of roads, agriculture, energy, jobs and farmers, while PM Modi’s schemes in the last 10 years have benefited farmers, women and all sections of society. PM Kisan Samman Nidhi has benefited Our yojana for 8 lakh farmers in the state and free LPG connections to 1.18 crore women in the state has helped them smoke free and our women empowerment schemes, like quota in jobs, panchayats and urban local bodies, have eliminated the anti-incumbency factor, Rajib said.
But RJD spokesperson Mritunjay Tiwari said: “There is no Modi magic this time. We have won all the nine seats where elections have been held so far. The BJP and NDA candidates are suffering from severe anti-incumbency syndrome.” People are angry with the government at the center and in the state.
If low turnout had played any role in the performance of the NDA or the Kong-led United Progressive Alliance, the BJP-led alliance would have won only 11 seats to the UPA’s 29 out of 40 in Bihar in 2004 (turnout 58.02 %) compared to 2009 (44.47%). ) When the National Democratic Alliance won 32 seats and the United Progressive Alliance won only eight seats. Also in 2019, the BJP-led NDA won 39 seats and the Congress one seat in Bihar, even though voter turnout was 57.33%, only 1.07% higher than in 2014 (56.28%) when it won The National Democratic Alliance has 31 seats and the United Progressive Alliance has 7 seats.
Although political analysts rule out any damage to NDA candidates in Bihar due to low turnout, citing the heatwave and marriage season, observers agree that the 2024 parliamentary elections lack the kind of voter interest and enthusiasm they had. In 2014 and 2019. Change in central government and national security issues arising from the Pulwama attack in Jammu and Kashmir and the Balakot airstrike in Pakistan, respectively. These emotional issues, along with the Ram temple in Ayodhya, produced an electoral cocktail for the BJP’s electoral victory.
This time, even the BJP was looking for narratives despite the ‘crying bar, 400 bar’ slogan to lift the profile of the Congress-led opposition alliance, whose leaders’ pronouncements like inheritance tax gave Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior BJP officials the opening. Ammunition to besiege opponents in the name of Muslim appeasement policy to boost Hindu votes.
With 4-5% floating vote capable of tilting the poll scale in favor or against any party or political party, the BJP and Prime Minister Modi are leaving no stone unturned to overcome the saturation level they have reached in several states, including 39 One state out of 39 states. 40 seats in Bihar, with a strike rate of 90 to 98% in the 2019 elections. This is depriving the ruling people of their sleep.
This is why PM Modi or Bihar CM Nitish Kumar is appealing to voters to turn out in large numbers. In fact, Nitish gave an impassioned speech to his party workers at the panchayat level on Saturday to ensure maximum polling and improve coordination among NDA allies.
People have already voted in nine of Bihar’s 40 assembly constituencies, of which the NDA won eight in 2019 apart from Muslim-dominated Kishanganj. NDA insiders are confident of retaining Bhagalpur, Purnia, Banka and Jami, but admit that even if their candidates win, the margin will be much smaller in Aurangabad and Katihar, while the contest between Nawada and Gaya may be very close.
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But RJD spokesperson Mritunjay Tiwari said: “There is no Modi magic this time. We have won all the nine seats where elections have been held so far. The BJP and NDA candidates are suffering from severe anti-incumbency syndrome.” People are angry with the government at the center and in the state.