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

 

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