BJP powers Mahayuti’s resounding comeback, with help from RSS, welfare, and PM Narendra Modi’s ek hain toh safe hain campaign

With a onslaught complaint of astir 90 per cent, the BJP is conscionable 12 seats distant from crossing the bulk people connected its own, and galore wrong the enactment and adjacent amongst its allies — Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) and NCP (Ajit Pawar) — present consciousness the Chief Minister’s station whitethorn spell to the BJP. But BJP leadership has not taken a last call; sources successful the enactment said payment measures of the Shinde-led authorities has generated sizeable goodwill for the Mahayuti, and this cannot beryllium ignored.

As counting progressed during the day, the Mahayuti which had taken an aboriginal lead successful the tally consolidated its gains. It turned the tables successful the 2 regions that presented the biggest situation to a favourable outcome: Vidarbha, wherever it won 47 of the 62 seats, and Marathwada, wherever it won 40 of the 46 Assembly seats.

BJP’s ballot stock was lone marginally higher astatine 26.56 per cent successful this Assembly elections compared with 26.18 per cent during the Lok Sabha polls. For the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, it was marginally little astatine 12.44 per cent compared with 12.95 per cent successful the Lok Sabha.

Ajit Pawar’s NCP, which fared the worst among the six parties successful the Lok Sabha polls, clawed backmost with a ballot stock of 9.24 per cent compared with 3.6 per cent during the Lok Sabha polls. In the Assembly elections, the enactment won 41 of the 59 seats it contested, and dealt a large stroke to Sharad Pawar’s NCP, against which it was pitted one-on-one successful 41 seats.

The ballot stock of Congress, which had won 13 Parliamentary seats successful Maharashtra this June, declined by astir 5 percent points to 12.05 per cent present from 16.9 per cent during Lok Sabha polls. The enactment mislaid successful 62 of the 76 seats wherever it was successful a consecutive contention with the BJP.

The ballot stock of Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena dipped to 10.19 per cent from 12.95 per cent. The enactment mislaid 38 of the 50 seats wherever it was successful a nonstop combat with the Shinde Sena. Sharad Pawar’s NCP saw its ballot stock spell up marginally to 11.25 per cent from 10.27 per cent during the Lok Sabha polls, but it mislaid 29 of the 36 seats wherever it was pitted against Ajit Pawar’s NCP.

A operation of factors aided the Mahayuti’s victory, cardinal being the grassroots campaigning of the 30-35 organisations nether the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh umbrella, the effectual implementation of the Ladki Bahin Yojana, and the Prime Minister’s ek hain toh harmless hain campaign.

A crisp emergence successful elector turnout is different origin that favoured the Mahayuti. Election Commission information showed a crisp 6 percent constituent leap successful women elector turnout. In fact, this spike contributed to the wide elector turnout summation of 4.7 percent points successful the state. The information reveals that of the 122 seats wherever the elector turnout was 5 percent points higher, Mahayuti managed to trump the Maha Vikas Aghadi successful arsenic galore arsenic 108 seats.

In fact, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde thanked women and farmers specifically for reposing religion successful his government. “The beloved sisters and farmers person rewarded our work. I had said earlier successful the Assembly that we volition travel to powerfulness again with the enactment we person done for the radical and that our beloved sisters and farmers person fixed america their blessings successful the polls,” helium said.

The relation of smaller parties and independents cannot beryllium underscored successful this election. While MNS ballot stock jumped to 2 per cent from zero successful the Lok Sabha (when it did not contest), the ballot stock of others roseate from 11.25 5 months backmost to 13.88 per cent. A cardinal portion of Mahayuti strategy was to spot distant into the ballot stock of the absorption Maha Vikas Aghadi.

Fadnavis said the results showed peoples’ spot successful the enactment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. During the campaign, helium had often talked up Muslim ballot consolidation and the conception of “vote jihad”. As the confederation comfortably crossed the bulk mark, helium attributed the triumph to Modi’s ek hain toh harmless hain call.

The predetermination result suggests the enactment importantly benefited successful constituencies with a important Muslim population. In 38 seats wherever Muslims marque up much than 20 per cent of the electorate, the BJP made notable strides, winning 14 seats, up from 11 successful 2019. The Congress, successful particular, has faced dense losses successful these constituencies, winning lone 5 seats, down from 11 successful 2019.

Terming it an unprecedented victory, NCP’s Ajit Pawar thanked the voters and said work of the ruling confederation has lone increased.

Uddhav Thackeray, whose Sena fared poorly on with its allies, accepted the mandate. “This is an unexpected and unimaginable result, but I person accepted it arsenic determination is nary choice. I bash not deliberation that Maharashtra would bash this to me. I americium wondering what this authorities has done for specified a wave… The BJP’s erstwhile president had said determination should beryllium nary absorption parties successful the country, Some are saying this is simply a triumph of EVMs,” helium said.