At a combined vote share of 51 per cent, BJP-Sena way ahead of the competition in Maharashtra
New Delhi, Oct 01: The BJP and Shiv Sena are fighting the Maharashtra elections together and if one were to go by their joint share in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the parties are way ahead of the competition.
Winning 41 of the 48 parliamentary seats in 2019, the BJP and Shiv Sena had a combined vote share of 51 per cent. The BJP won 25 of the 25 seats with a vote share of 28 per cent. In the case of the Shiv Sena, the vote share was 23 per cent and the party won 18 of the 23 Lok Sabha seats that it contested.
The 2014 numbers:
In the 2014 parliamentary polls, the alliance won the same number of seats, but the vote share was 55 per cent. However, the alliance would not consider the 2015 vote share to be a failure, considering the fact that it was battling a lot of issues such as rural distress among other issues.
Now coming to the Congress-NCP, the alliance in 2014 secured a vote share of 32 per cent.
16 per cent a piece:
With 16 per cent a piece, the two parties could manage to win just 5 seats. The Congress won just one, while the NCP bagged 4. The worries in particular for the Congress are high.
The party which once dominated the state finds itself on slippery ground. To top it, top leaders such as Sushil Kumar Shinde and Ashok Chavan lost the 2019 LS polls. In the case of the NCP, it would take solace from the fact that it still has a hold in Western Maharashtra, from where it won the 4 parliamentary seats.
How they fared last time:
In
the
2014
assembly
elections,
the
BJP
and
Shiv
Sena
contested
independently,
despite
being
together
for
the
Lok
Sabha
elections.
The
BJP
contested
on
260
of
the
288
seats
and
won
122.
The
Shiv
Sena
on
the
other
hand
contested
on
282
seats
and
managed
to
win
63.
However,
the
two
parties
came
together
and
formed
the
alliance
after
the
elections.
The
Congress
and
NCP
on
the
other
hand
managed
to
secure
42
and
41
seats
respectively.
Vote share:
In terms of vote share, the BJP had a vote share of 27.81 per cent in the 2014 assembly elections. The Shiv Sena, on the other hand, bagged a vote share of 19.35 per cent. Congress and NCP, on the other hand, ended up with a vote share of 17.95 and 17.24 per cent respectively.