New Delhi:
The record performance of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Lok Sabha elections has changed the political contours of the northern and western regions of the country with parties such as Congress and regional players Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party, National Conference, Janata Dal (United) and Nationalist Congress Party virtually mauled in these states.
Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party and Farooq Abdullah's National Conference have been literally wiped out in Uttar Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir respectively with the unprecedented saffron surge that has contributed to a great deal in catapulting BJP to power at the Centre.
Altogether the 10 states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Punjab, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Jammu and Kashmir and Gujarat account for 288 seats in the Lok Sabha.
The BJP and its allies will now have a lion's share in these states in the 16th Lok Sabha which could be formed in the coming week.
While regional players have suffered at the hands of BJP and its allies in these states, debutant Aam Aadmi Party managed to get four seats in Punjab. The party failed to open its account in other states, including Delhi, where it had formed a government with outside support of the Congress.
In battle state Uttar Pradesh, BJP surpassed its previous best of 57 seats it managed in 1998. This time, the BJP won 71 seats and in the process decimated Congress, SP and BSP.
While BSP and RLD failed to even open their accounts, Congress was restricted to Rae Bareli and Amethi, represented by Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party vice president Rahul Gandhi.
SP's presence in Uttar Pradesh, where it is the ruling party, has been restricted to the Yadav family. Out of the five states it won, party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav emerged victorious from two -- Mainpuri and Azamgarh. It would be interesting to see which seat he vacates.
In the outgoing Lok Sabha, BSP had 21 MPs, SP 23 and Congress 22. BJP had nine seats. Its ally Apna Dal has won two seats.
Rashtriya Lok Dal, a UPA ally, had five MPs in the 15th Lok Sabha. Its chief and Union minister Ajit Singh and his son Jayant have lost the electoral battle this time.
In Bihar, where BJP had fought the last Lok Sabha elections with JD (U), it has won 22 seats this time. Its ally, Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP also managed six seats.
JD (U), which parted ways with NDA recently, fared badly by winning two seats. RJD, which had tied with Congress this time, won four seats. The Congress has won two.
In the last general elections, JD(U) had bagged 20 seats.
RJD managed to retain its tally of four, though party chief Lalu Prasad's daughter and wife lost the elections.
In Jammu and Kashmir, BJP won three out of six seats. The other three went to the People's Democratic Party.
The National Conference, which had three seats in the outgoing Lok Sabha, failed to open its account.
Party chief Farooq Abdullah lost the Srinagar seat to PDP.
Congress too, which had two seats, failed open its account. Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad lost the electoral battle from Udhampur.
In Punjab, the BJP marginally improved its performance by winning two seats as compared to the one it had grabbed in 2009. The Congress, which had won 8 seats in 2009 was reduced to three constituencies this time. The Shiromani Akali Dal, an NDA ally, maintained its tally of four. Lok Sabha poll debutant AAP has won four seats in the state this time.
Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party and Farooq Abdullah's National Conference have been literally wiped out in Uttar Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir respectively with the unprecedented saffron surge that has contributed to a great deal in catapulting BJP to power at the Centre.
Altogether the 10 states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Punjab, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Jammu and Kashmir and Gujarat account for 288 seats in the Lok Sabha.
The BJP and its allies will now have a lion's share in these states in the 16th Lok Sabha which could be formed in the coming week.
While regional players have suffered at the hands of BJP and its allies in these states, debutant Aam Aadmi Party managed to get four seats in Punjab. The party failed to open its account in other states, including Delhi, where it had formed a government with outside support of the Congress.
In battle state Uttar Pradesh, BJP surpassed its previous best of 57 seats it managed in 1998. This time, the BJP won 71 seats and in the process decimated Congress, SP and BSP.
While BSP and RLD failed to even open their accounts, Congress was restricted to Rae Bareli and Amethi, represented by Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party vice president Rahul Gandhi.
SP's presence in Uttar Pradesh, where it is the ruling party, has been restricted to the Yadav family. Out of the five states it won, party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav emerged victorious from two -- Mainpuri and Azamgarh. It would be interesting to see which seat he vacates.
In the outgoing Lok Sabha, BSP had 21 MPs, SP 23 and Congress 22. BJP had nine seats. Its ally Apna Dal has won two seats.
Rashtriya Lok Dal, a UPA ally, had five MPs in the 15th Lok Sabha. Its chief and Union minister Ajit Singh and his son Jayant have lost the electoral battle this time.
In Bihar, where BJP had fought the last Lok Sabha elections with JD (U), it has won 22 seats this time. Its ally, Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP also managed six seats.
JD (U), which parted ways with NDA recently, fared badly by winning two seats. RJD, which had tied with Congress this time, won four seats. The Congress has won two.
In the last general elections, JD(U) had bagged 20 seats.
RJD managed to retain its tally of four, though party chief Lalu Prasad's daughter and wife lost the elections.
In Jammu and Kashmir, BJP won three out of six seats. The other three went to the People's Democratic Party.
The National Conference, which had three seats in the outgoing Lok Sabha, failed to open its account.
Party chief Farooq Abdullah lost the Srinagar seat to PDP.
Congress too, which had two seats, failed open its account. Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad lost the electoral battle from Udhampur.
In Punjab, the BJP marginally improved its performance by winning two seats as compared to the one it had grabbed in 2009. The Congress, which had won 8 seats in 2009 was reduced to three constituencies this time. The Shiromani Akali Dal, an NDA ally, maintained its tally of four. Lok Sabha poll debutant AAP has won four seats in the state this time.
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