Karnataka Election Result 2023: Observations
Didn’t keenly observe #KarnatakaElection
It was almost a sure defeat for #BJP this time as Karnataka
changes every 5 years & the pattern didn’t change since long
Plus B R Bommai not really an efficient local leader. So,
#Congress would have won in any case. However, what brought Congress such
massive victory?
Given below an analysis based on quantitative electoral data
of #KarnatakaElectionResults2023
Have taken #KarnatakaElection figures since 2008 of 2
Assembly seats
1) Tiptur
2) Chikmagalur
that helped me to understand the Congress-JDS’ strategy
clearly.
In 2008, Tiptur went to BJP’s B C Nagesh who defeated
Congress’ K Shadakshari
BJP: 46,034
Cong: 39,168
JDS: 18,943
And there were many other independent candidates who got
their own votes
In 2013 #KarnatakaElection, #Tiptur went to Congress’ K
Shadakshari who defeated BJP’s B C Nagesh.
Congress: 56,817
BJP: 45,215
KJP: 28,667
JDS 6,104
Many additional independent candidates got their own votes
In 2018, BJP’s B C Nagesh again defeated K Shadakshari
BJP: 61,383
Cong: 35,820
JDS: 17,027
IND: 13,506
IND: 8,689
IND: 6,212
IND: 3,018
IND: 2,348
Such great number of independent candidates were there
Following this pattern, it was expected that Congress’ K
Shadakshari would win #KarnatkaElection2023
But look at shift of votes of independent candidates to
#Congress & the whooping jump in Congress’ number of votes.
In 2023,
Congress: 71,999
BJP: 54,347
JDS: 26,014
AAP: 640
NOTA: 636
Before 2023, Congress didn’t ever get a whooping 72,000
votes.
Congress’ ceiling in #Tiptur was 56,817 votes while BJP’S
ceiling was 61,383 votes
But in #KarnatakaElectionResults2023, independent candidates
got almost no votes
AAP a distant 4th with only 540 votes
Such near-complete shift of independent votes to #Congress
appears conscious electioneering
In South India, such vote shift in lieu of silver tonic? Especially
as Tiptur looks like a Mafias’ seat. The same Shadakshari, the same Nagesh, the
same Santhakumar fight each year against each other
Mafias?
Independent candidates, perhaps, were paid silver tonic so
that they helped their dedicated votes shift to Congress #KarnatakaElectionResults2023
By all probabilities, K Shadakshari would have won this year
in any case, but #Congress took no chance.
To assure victory D K Shivkumar’s tijori was opened?
Had IND candidates’ votes not shifted to Congress’ K
Shadakshari, margin of victory would have narrowed. #Karnataka
Even then, this was Congress’ year as per the pattern of the
Tiptur seat. Congress, however, to assure a gain, effectively assured a huge
margin of victory over #BJP ’s B C Nagesh.
#KarnatakaElectionResults2023
Let’s now see #Chikmagalur Assembly Constituency picture
whereof is unlike Tiptur’s
#Chikmagalur #Karnataka remained with BJP since long. Since
2008, it consistently went to BJP’s C T Ravi
In 2008
BJP: 48,915
JDS: 33,831
INC: 29,015
Other parties like CPI, many Independents, BSP, RAHS, SP etc
too fought from d seat & got votes
In 2013,
Congress: 47,695
BJP: (C T RAVI) 58,683
JDS: 24,913
KJP: 3541
Plus many independent candidates who too got votes
In 2018 too
BJP: (C T RAVI) 70,863
Congress: 44,549
JDS: 38,317
Plus many IND candidates each with own amounts of votes. #KarnatakaResults
Look JDS’ got 38,317 votes in 2018, but in 2023
Congress: 85,054
BJP: (C T RAVI) 79,128
JDS: 1763
AAP: 524
JDS’ votes almost completely shifted to Congress in #KarnatakaElectionResults2023
& independent candidates too hardly got any votes
leaving AAP as a distant 4th with only 524 votes
Before 2023, Congress’ ceiling of votes in #Chikmagalur was
in 2013 47,695 votes while BJP’S ceiling was this year’s 79,128 votes.
Look, #BJP in Chikmagalur gradually gained votes over d
years while Congress almost doubled its votes abruptly in 2023 by dragging
almost all votes of #JDS.
Indicates BJP’s gain of votes through democratic
consolidation while Congress’ gain of votes was abrupt
This abrupt gain reflects the strategic war mode of polling
that #WestBengal showed in 2021
Without doing such artificial abrupt dragging of JDS votes,
Congress would have lost Chikmagalur in #KarnatkaElection2023
This, exactly, was d West Bengal Assembly Poll 2021 strategy
#TMC was to lose to #BJP
Left & Congress strategically merged themselves with TMC
shifting almost all their votes to TMC by means of “NO VOTE TO BJP” promotion
Such promotion in Loksabha, however, won’t really act
In #Karnataka, #Congress knew Chikmagalur was a dedicated
#BJP seat and didn’t show anti-incumbency since long
Hence, to snatch the seat from BJP, #JDS agreed to pour in
almost all their votes into Congress’ box. #KarnatakaElectionResults2023
South India— place of politics of price tags?
Did JDS agree to shift their votes to Congress’ bag free of
cost?
With an astronomical price tag?
Couldn’t check in detail the religious demography of
Chikmagalur. Saw it’s empirically around 15% Muslim votes & 1.5% Christian
votes (I personally don’t believe this %s though)
It would be wrong to assume that JDS votes that shifted to
Congress were all non-Hindu votes.
JDS’ Hindu votes too shifted to Congress in Chikmagalur
& that’s d point of due introspection & on ground assessment for #BJP.
BJP may be sanguine that they won’t get any Muslim vote in
2024 Loksabha
95-98% of casted Muslim votes wud be casted against BJP
Even those Muslims of #UttarPradesh who voted BJP in 2022
&/or in local body polls, would vote against BJP
There would be Muslims who would rally for BJP, attend
meetings, would praise BJP in front of camera, would be verbose in support of
BJP policies, but would definitely cast their votes against BJP.
Aur yeh jaroor hoga—
Such strategy to defeat BJP at any cost as has been taken at
Chikmagalur, would be the strategy of the opposition in #LokSabha 2024
Note,BJP gained 9000 votes this year over 2018’s in
Chikmagalur, still got defeated against robotic consolidation of all other
votes behind Congress
This would happen in 2024 #LokSabha too & Muslims of all
kinds would vote against BJP
NOT in divided manner
In each seat of India, it would be separately assessed which
anti-BJP party can win which seat
Muslim votes would consolidate behind that party seat wise. Thereafter,
the “Islamic-attitude-Hindu-Named” 3rd Front would be formed post
election result
#WestBengal Assembly Poll 2021 design was applied on
#Karnataka
While opposition’s bet in WB was #TMC, in #Karnataka, their
bet was #Congress.
#KarnatakaElectionResults2023
There would be enormous apparent fight between opposition
parties, but in terms of #LokSabha 2024 poll strategy, there would be a
clandestine understanding between all of them
They’d fight in public to mislead people
But would remain together in reality
(End)
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