Data analysis: BJP lost more than 70% seats where Narendra Modi campaigned in latest Assembly polls

The prime minister spoke at 80 constituencies, of which the BJP won 23 and lost 57, shows analysis of electoral data.

Anmol Alphonso, IndiaSpend.com

· Dec 19, 2018 · 01:30 pm

The 'leftover' castes, strategic silences and clever messaging that helped the BJP sweep UP

The party got the support of castes such as the Gujjar, Tyagi, Brahmin, Saini and Kashyap who are not factored in the matrix based on dominant groupings.

Radhika Ramaseshan

· Mar 21, 2017 · 06:30 pm

No grand alliance against BJP for Uttar Pradesh elections, says JD(U): Hindustan Times

The leader of the state's ruling Samajwadi Party, Mulayam Singh Yadav, earlier said he was never interested in any alliance for the upcoming 2017 polls.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 15, 2016 · 12:30 pm

Everywhere yet nowhere, seen but seldom heard: How Amma holds sway in Tamil Nadu

Jayalalithaa has created an aura of being a universal mother to all those who need her.

Geeta Doctor

· May 22, 2016 · 03:30 pm

O Captain! Why Tamil Nadu decided to choose between the devil and the deep sea

Vijayakanth’s Third Front came a complete cropper in the southern state, with vote shares of its constituents demolished to near nothing

Sandhya Ravishankar

· May 20, 2016 · 06:15 pm