Annamalai Loses, His Gamble Works As BJP Gets Better Vote Share Than Congress In Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai's gamble to go solo in Tamil Nadu worked as it has got to know its strength in the state.

Despite failing to win a single seat, the BJP has a better vote share than Congress, which won nine seats in Tamil Nadu.

As per the data available on the EC website, the BJP has an 11.08 per cent vote share. In 2019, it has garnered over just 3 per cent vote share.

However, Congress has got 10.79 per cent vote share by the time this story went for publishing. However, it contested only in 9 seats as against 23 seats by the BJP.

However, the Congress is the ally of the ruling DMK while the BJP did not have a major ally.

Nonetheless, it was Annamalai, who insisted on going solo in Tamil Nadu and was blamed for breaking the alliance with the AIADMK, last year.

Meanwhile, BJP chief Annamalai, who had re-energised the cadre, is set to lose the battle for Coimbatore as he is trailing by 96626 votes.

On the whole, in Tamil Nadu, the BJP made consistent efforts to make a dent and the entire leadership of saffron party -- from PM Modi, Amit Shah, JP Nadda, Rajnath Singh to Nirmala Sitharaman and Smriti Irani -- campaigned in the state.