NEW DELHI: While 2019 would be remembered for the victory of the NDA led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha elections, 2020 would be remembered as the year the BJP made significant progress in polls conducted for agencies. locals across the country. . Furthermore, while the BJP also won the Bihar assembly elections, Directed by Arvind Kejriwal Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) decisively won the Delhi state elections for the second consecutive term.
The year would also be remembered for the elections that were held during the COVID-19 era. the Elections to the Delhi Assembly they were carried out in February, when the pandemic had not yet become a threat. By the time the Bihar elections were held in October-November, the coronavirus disease had started to recede after reaching its crescendo.
The BJP’s performance in the various by-elections of the assembly held throughout the year was impressive. He also advanced rapidly in elections to local bodies in various states, from Kashmir to Kerala and from the northeast to Rajasthan.
Assembly elections
The year 2020 began with the Delhi assembly elections that were held in February. Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind kejriwal -whose first term as CM in 2013-2014 is known as AK-49 since his government lasted only 49 days- he came out with all guns burning.
While AAP had won 67 of the 70 assembly seats in 2015, leaving just three for the BJP, their tally slid slightly to 62. The BJP improved the number of seats in their kitty to eight.
The performance of Congress was as humiliating in 2020 as it was in 2015. He was unable to open his account in both elections.
In the Bihar assembly elections, the BJP seat increased significantly. It became the second largest party after the RJD led by Lalu Prasad. While RJD won 75 of the 243 seats in the assembly, the BJP was only one seat behind it at 74. Along with its NDA partner, JD (U), which was then led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the BJP once again formed the government in the state.
The BJP won at the expense of Congress, which was again the biggest loser.
Polls by vote
The BJP was also victorious in recent legislative assembly elections in several states, including Madhya Pradesh, where it won 19 of the 28 electoral districts that went to the polls; Manipur, where he won four of the five electoral districts that went to the polls; Uttar Pradesh, where he won eight of the nine seats; and Gujarat, where he was victorious in all eight seats.
He had previously won the Dubakka assembly by-elections in Telangana by taking the seat from the ruler TRS, led by Prime Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.
However, the BJP suffered a setback in the Baroda assembly by voting in Haryana, where it lost to Congress. BJP Olympic wrestler and Yogeshwar Dutt had lost the by-election in Haryana’s Sonipat district to Indu Raj Narwal from Congress. It was Yogeshwar Dutt’s second loss in a row. He had lost to Krishan Hooda from Congress.
Elections of local bodies
The BJP significantly improved its performance in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) election by coming second to the ruling TRS. He left behind AIMIM led by Asaduddin Owaisi.
In Rajasthan’s civic elections as well, the BJP won more seats than the ruling Congress.
In Kerala’s local body elections, the BJP made unprecedented inroads into state politics. Not only did he improve his tally from 1,200 seats in the previous 2015 elections to 1,600 this time, he also made inroads into the strongholds of senior congressional leaders such as former Defense Minister AK Antony, former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, leader of the opposition in Kerala. assembly Ramesh Chennithala and Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha MP Shashi tharoor.
He was victorious also in Sabarimala which falls in Pandalam. Sabarimala was the epicenter of protests organized by the party along with other Hindu groups against the entry of women of menstruation age into the temple.
The BJP also advanced in the Northeast by winning the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) and Tiwa Autonomous Council (TAC) elections in Assam and the Arunachal Pradesh civic elections.
In the recent BTC elections, the BJP won nine seats and aligned itself with the United Liberal Party (UPPL) to come to power. In the 2015 BTC elections, the BJP had won a single seat and was in power in coalition with its alliance partner in state government, the Bodo Popular Front (BPF). However, he did not side with BPF to come to power on the Bodoland Territorial Council.
In the TAC elections, the BJP won an overwhelming 33 seats and came to power. In the 2015 elections, he won only three seats.
The BJP won the most, while Congress and the PDP were the biggest losers in the first District Development Council (DDC) elections held in Jammu and Kashmir. These were also the first elections after the repeal of Article 370 in August 2019 and the change in the status of Jammu and Kashmir from a state to a Union territory.
The BJP made an entry into the Kashmir Valley by winning three of the 140 seats. It was a great boost for the national party. The seven-party People’s Alliance for the Gupkar Declaration (PAGD or popularly known as the Gupkar Alliance) emerged victorious in most seats in the Kashmir Valley, while the BJP performed well in the Jammu region.
While the 10 districts of the Kashmir Valley are dominated by Muslims, six of the 10 districts in the Jammu region are dominated by Hindus. The four remaining districts of Rajouri, Poonch, Doda and Kishtwar that border the Kashmir Valley have a sizeable Muslim population. The results were more or less a mirror of the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir assembly and the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Out of 280 seats, 140 each in the Kashmir Valley and Jammu region, the BJP emerged as the largest party by winning 74 seats. While the National Conference (NC) led by Farooq Abdullah won 67 seats, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) led by Mehbooba Mufti won 27 and Congress 26.
Following pre-election arrangements, the seven-party Gupkar Alliance, consisting mainly of PDP and NC, was the overall winner with 112 seats.
The BJP was also victorious in the Ladakh Hill Council elections. Ladakh forked from Jammu and Kashmir and was created as a separate Union Territory during the repeal of Article 370.
The BJP also maintained a good lead in the results of the Karnataka panchayat elections. It appeared to be a repeat of the 2018 state assembly elections. The BJP claimed to lead the bill with Congress in second place and the JD (S) in a distant third.
However, the year ended for the BJP on a different note. Haryana’s ruling coalition government, the BJP-Jannayak Janta Party (JJP), suffered a setback on Wednesday, as it could only win one of three mayor seats, for which elections were held on December 27. protests against the three agricultural laws of the central government and several of the 41 farmers unions belong to the state.
As the BJP struggled to win in Panchkula, Congress and the Haryana Jan Chetna Party (HJCP) held mayoral positions in Sonipat and Ambala, respectively.
It was the first time that direct elections were held for the mayoral positions in the three cities.
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