Hyderabad:The election battle in the month of May this year in the state of Andhra Pradesh along with Lok Sabha polls gave sour and bitter realistic results to the opposition parties whereas the prestigious battle of Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly elections, after the thumping success of the ruling party in the recent LS polls, have evolved as the surprise verdict for both the sides.
Poll pundits gave an overwhelmingly positive mandate to the BJP on behalf of the public and Exit Polls also did the same based on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Charisma like the past.
To be precise elections held in 378 Assembly constituencies in Maharashtra and by-polls in 51 assembly constituencies of 17 states have almost portrayed like the mini General Elections.
States like UP (11) and Gujarat (6) where the Bharatiya Janta Party have a stronghold have got the mixed results, the act of which opposition parties could feel minimum relief.
In the states of Telangana, Tamilnadu, Kerala, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh the ruling parties have got the victory.
Almost all the Pre- polls have opined that the BJP alone would get at least 145 seats in Maharastra, and if it is allied with the Siva Sena, the strength will become almost double.
Pandits also predicted that in Haryana, BJP itself is going to score beyond 70 seats out of 90. But the results obtained are totally different.
The BJP high command has got some relief that there is no anti Government feeling in the voting pattern but the final results have shown the worry-some situation.
In Maharastra even though the ruling coalition is on the destiny of victory, it had witnessed a noticeable loss in gaining a huge number of seats.
Sharad Pawar's political party has gained 12 seats this time compared to the last elections and the congress party's score also increased.
Hung is evolved in Haryana and the political party named Jan Nayak Janata Party born only recently has secured 10 seats, and also emerged as the crucial kingpin in the Haryana Politics.
This sudden development is a bitter truth to be digested by the national party BJP there.
For the last two decades, no single party was able to win on its own election battle in Maharastra.
As theoretical analogical allies, Siva Sena and BJP united in the last Parliament Elections in Maharastra, gained 41 seats out of 48.
If the same alliance is being continued in the Assembly elections held after 5 months BJP with 132.
Siva Sena with 100 and the other allied parties of the alliance with 12, in total 244 seats can be easily gained.
But the Siva Sena did not come up for the alliance last time and on the other hand, NCP and congress also gave a tough fight. Siva Sena has realized its mistake and in the last minute formed the collation with BJP.
On the other hand, Congress and NCP united with the same feeling, but it could not sustain the unity till the end.
The opposition camp was totally weakened by the unexpected and unusual flux before the starting of the campaign even.
Over and above it has encountered the lack of inspiring and guiding top leadership, due to that the total collapse of the system in congress party.
In spite of facing ED charges the NCP chief Sarad Pawar single-handily fought like a lion in this elections. BJP has focused the victories of repealing article 370 and Triple Talaq throughout the state.
But it has not gained the huge numbers as the elections were conducted at the stage of bad effects of the inflation is being fully recognized by the general public.
BJP and Siva Sena tried their level best to subsidize the loss with defections in the opposition, but they themselves had to face the same situation and challenge from their own team.
There is no doubt that the ruling parties in both the states emerged in the past now had to face dissent and strong disaccord among voters in rural areas. This is the strong reason for laying back.
Maharashtra and Haryana represent 11 per cent of the Indian population, makeup 18 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product.
Latest results obtained in these two states which are well above the national average in progress indices are not at all digested by the ruling party at the national level.
In 2014 general elections in Haryana BJP gained 8 seats out of 10 and in the subsequent assembly elections it has raised by 12 per cent from four seats to 47.
In this elections, the BJP set the "Mission 75 plus" target and the party cadre worked hard continuously to achieve that target. But in spite of continuous perseverance, it did not even get the simple majority of 46 seats.
In the recent Parliament elections, the voters have amazingly given the clear mandate in Haryana by awarding all the 10 seats in the BJP’s account. But in the current assembly elections, they choose the hung surprisingly.
These results are clearly exploring the discontent of the weaker sections Jhats, Dalits and Muslims, who are almost 50 per cent of the voters of the state.
It is proved that they are against BJP, the political and ruling party which is far ahead on the racing track of redefining the caste and political equations.
There might be a chance of positive change in the strategies of the political parties and accordingly the election trends when the parties recognize the maturity levels of the citizens who vote for the priorities of the state and the nation.
The two eyes can boast of a healthy democracy with a stable ruling party and a strong opposition.
Needless to say, the rise in the numbers of the opposition party's seats in both the states reflects the institutional weakness of the so-called esteemed parties.
This is a silent democratic revolution that taught many valuable lessons to all the political parties.
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