 "Patna: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav.")
The INDI Alliance is set for a comeback in several parts of the country. Interestingly, the comeback is pre-dominantly in Hindi-speaking states including Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Bihar among others.
The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) gave the biggest surprise in Uttar Pradesh where the Samajwadi Party led by 37 seats while the Congress secured six seats. Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led in 34 seats, its ally Rashtriya Lok Dal in two constituencies and Apna Dal (Sonelal) and Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) in one each.
What is the situation in the Hindi heartland?
INDI Alliance’s gain in Rajasthan, Haryana, Bihar and Jharkhand shows the party’s popularity in these regions. Although, it could not manage to get a hold in regions like Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh.
In Rajasthan, BJP was ahead in 14, while Congress was leading in eight while CPI(M), Rashtriya Loktantrik Party and Bharat Adivasi Party were ahead in one seat each. The INDI Alliance also made inroads into Bihar with Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) being ahead in four seats, Congress in two seats, CPI(ML) in two seats.
In Haryana, both Congress and BJP are ahead in five seats each, according to the latest rounds of vote count. The BJP had won all 10 seats in 2019 Lok Sabha polls. In Jharkhand too, INDIA alliance’s Congress and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) are ahead in three and two seats respectively while BJP is leading in eight seats. BJP’s ally AJSU Party is ahead in one seat.
Impact Shorts
More ShortsWhat happened in the 2019 general elections?
In 2019, the Samajwadi Party won in five seats, Congress in one and Bahujan Samaj Party in 10. In Rajasthan, BJP was ahead in 14, while Congress was leading in eight while CPI(M), Rashtriya Loktantrik Party and Bharat Adivasi Party were ahead in one seat each. The BJP had won all the 25 seats in the 2019 polls in Rajasthan.
In 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the NDA won 39 out of 40 seats in Bihar with BJP coming out victorious in 17 seats, JD(U) in 16 and Lok Janshakti Party in six.
In Haryana, BJP had won all 10 seats in 2019 Lok Sabha polls while it won 28 seats in Madhya Pradesh. In that year, the saffron party had secured all four seats in Himachal Pradesh, all five in Uttarakhand, all seven in Delhi and nine out of 11 seats in Chhattisgarh.
In total, the Hindi heartland states comprise 225 Lok Sabha seats.