Gujarat Election Results 2022: From Modi Factor to Weak Opposition, Here’s What Helped BJP To Register Historic Victory in Vidhan Sabha Polls
Ahmedabad, December 8: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is looking to cross an all-time record of 149 seats as it leads in over 150 seats out of 182 seats, as per trends at 2 PM. The BJP has been in power in Gujarat for 27 years but has never won an election with such a massive mandate.
The new Gujarat government will be sworn in on Monday. The Congress had in 1985 won 149 seats – which was the earlier record. The Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are far behind. The AAP claims it has been recognised a national party after their performance in the Gujarat elections.┬аBhupendra Patel to Take Oath as Gujarat Chief Minister On December 12 After BJP Registers Historic Win in Vidhan Sabha Polls
Here Are Some of The Reasons Behind BJP Winning the Gujarat Elections 2022:
Modi Factor
Gujarat has a close connection with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he was the chief minister of the state for 12 years since 2002 The PM is the larger-than-life contestant in the Gujarat polls. The BJPтАЩs poll lexicon is only тАШModi sarkarтАЩ, not тАШBJP sarkarтАЩ.┬аGujarat Assembly Election Results 2022: Celebrations Begin as BJP Registers Historic Win
Weak Opposition
The crossing over of popular faces of the 2017 polls like Hardik Patel and Alpesh Thakor to the saffron party has made the 2022 contest more easy for BJP. There was a lot of infighting within the congress which made things lot easier for BJP.
Clean Image of CM Bhupendra Patel:
Bhupendra Patel has an unblemished image, and most importantly comes from the electorally important Patidar community which accounts for 12-14 per cent of the electorate. The Patidars are extremely powerful, both financially and politically, and are spread throughout the state, with a concentration in north Gujarat and Saurashtra. Patel is known as a soft-spoken, mild-natured and down to earth person. There are no corruption charges against him.
Strong Organisation of BJP
The strong organisation, for which both Modi and Amit Shah are responsible, did the heavy lifting of transforming ModiтАЩs popularity into votes for BJP. The saffron party tried every method possible to connect with the voters. The Congress, which has been out of power for more than two decades and which has lost a few of its leaders to BJP in the last one year, could not match the organisation skills of the BJP leadership.
PM Narendra Modi Invoking Gujarati Pride
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP leaders have made their best to invoke Gujarati asmita. During his speeches, Prime Minister Modi tried focusing on development, Gujarati asmita and the тАЬson of soilтАЭ pitches. The narrative he wanted to build for the Gujarat election was not the present governmentтАЩs performance but the gains and achievements of the past BJP governments. He had presented Congress president Rahul Gandhi as anti-Gujarati, creating doubts in the minds of voters.
The polls were held in two phases on December 1 and 5 across 33 districts of the state.┬аThe elections witnessed a turnout of 64.33 per cent, around 4 per cent less than the previous Assembly polls in 2017.
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