India’s political map after Gujarat and Himachal election results : Here’s the full details
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s triumph in the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections has not only proven that the Narendra Modi-Amit Shah juggernaut is still rolling but also changed the political map of India further.
The BJP’s seemingly inexorable political conquest of India continues: it is all set to form governments in both Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. In Gujarat, Narendra Modi’s home state, the prime minister’s personal charisma and Gujarati ‘asmita’ seem to have won the day. Himachal Pradesh, a swing-state, has swung right.
The BJP’s biggest win this year was Uttar Pradesh, where Yogi Adityanath leads a team of over 300 lawmakers in the country’s largest state Assembly. It also won Uttarakhand, and formed governments in Manipur and Goa. Amarinder Singh’s win in Punjab was the Congress’ consolation prize.
After the Himachal and Gujarat election result, only nine states remain outside BJP, BJP-alliance or NDA territory: Tamil Nadu (AIADMK), Kerala (CPI-M), West Bengal (Trinamool Congress), Odisha (Biju Janata Dal), Meghalaya (Congress), Telangana (Telangana Rashtra Samiti), Mizoram (Congress), Delhi (Aam Aadmi Party) and Tripura (CPI-M)
Modi and BJP president Amit Shah will have a chance to paint at least four of them – Karnataka, Mizoram, Tripura and Meghalaya – saffron next year.
The TDP, which governs Andhra Pradesh, is a member of the NDA. So is the NPF in Nagaland. The BJP is also in alliance with other parties in some states, like Bihar and Jammu and Kashmir.
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