Dec 3, 2023, 09:21 PM IST

India State Elections Verdict Sign of Modi’s Third Term in 2024? 

Mukul Sharma

The trends are in, and the verdict is out. The winning run of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP continues. The BJP looks set to form governments in western state of Rajasthan, and central Indian states of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. 

 

State election results: A look into Rajasthan 

The BJP is set to form government in Rajasthan, the state that sends 25 Members of Parliament to Lok Sabha. The BJP has been winning all the 25 Lok Sabha seats since Modi’s rise to power in 2014. The state election results hint that the trend is likely to continue in 2024 General Elections. 

State election results: A look into Madhya Pradesh

The central Indian state send 29 Members of Parliament to the Lok Sabha. The BJP is set to form government in the state with a little less than two-thirds majority. Like Rajasthan, the BJP has won 27 and 28 of these 29 Lok Sabha seats in 2014 and 2019 General Elections. The trend here too, appears to be least disturbed. 

State election results: A look into Chhattisgarh 

The central Indian state with most tribal population sends 11 Members of Parliament to Lok Sabha. The BJP has won 10 of these 11 Lok Sabha seats in 2014 and 2019 General Elections. The trend has strengthened with the BJP finding itself in a comfortable position to form government in the state. 

What does it mean?

The results in these state elections, seen as semifinal before the General Elections, have again approved Modi’s popularity as the reason behind BJP’s winning run. The results are set to boost BJP’s confidence ahead of 2024 polls while pushing the opposition further on the margins of Indian electoral landscape. 

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