Expected Tally of BJP in 2019

Why do I believe BJP can’t cross 210 LS seats?

Change in alliance scenario in 2019:

BJP won 282 LS seats in 2014 Parliament Election

At present the alliance scenario has changed in 2019. The major changes in alliance scenario between 2014 and 2019 is described below:

BJP lost TDP as Pre-poll alliance Partner from Andhrapradesh and Telangana
BJP added AIADMK as pre poll alliance in Tamilnadu. Mr. Dinakaran Part away with AIADMK and fighting separately in 2019. DMK, MDMK,VCK,IUML,keft parties joined UPA in 2019 Election.Please Note: BJP is fighting only in 5 LS seats from Tamilnadu
BJP added AGP and BPF as pre poll alliance in Assam
BJP added JD(U) as Pre-poll alliance in Bihar. But BJP lost RLSP in Bihar. At Present BJP is fighting in 17 LS seats as compared to 22 seats won in 2014.VIP and HAMS are fighting for the 1^st time in Parliament election as an alliance of UPA
BJP added Mr. Hanuman Beniwal as Pre-poll ally in Rajasthan
BJP added BDJS as an pre-poll alliance in Kerala
SP+BSP+RLD are fighting as Pre-poll alliance in Uttar Pradesh
Raju Shetty left NDA and he is now part of UPA in Maharastra
Congress added JD(S) as Pre-poll ally in Karnataka
AIUDF is fighting only in 3 LS seats in Assam

Now in the new alliance scenario, if BJP polled the same like 2014 and opposition polled the same like 2014, BJP will be winning 227 LS seats.

Now let us analyse where we should give corrections. We assume that BJP will poll the same vote% of 43% in UttarPradesh in 2019 as it polled in 2014.

BJP is expected to improve its vote share in the following States as compared to 2014:

West Bengal
Odisha
Haryana
Karnataka
Tripura
Kerala

At the same time BJP is expected to lose its vote share in the rest of Indian States.

Expected Gains from West Bengal for BJP:

It is expected that BJP will replace left as the main opposition of TMC. It can be concluded very easily that BJP will improve its vote share. One point to be noted, 28% of Bengal population is Muslim. The rise of BJP will ensure a good consolidation (around 70%) of Muslim votes in favour of TMC.

It means BJP will have to consolidate Hindu votes in West Bengal. I believe the best Hindu consolidation of Hindu votes in favour of BJP occurred in UttarPradesh 2014 Parliament Elections. In Uttar Pradesh 2014 Parliament Election, BJP was able to get around 43% vote out of 79% hindu population. So around 54.4% of hindu voters in Uttar Pradesh voted for BJP in 2014 Parliament election. In Bengal the maximum Hindu consolidation can happen in the level of 45% in favour of BJP. So BJP will end up with around 32% vote. Still TMC will manage with 40% vote. So the maximum tally of BJP can go up to 10 LS seats from West Bengal.

Expected gains from Odisha for BJP :

Please note there is simultaneously MLA and MP elections in Odisha. It can be safely assume that Mr. Navin Patnaik will once again gain the complete majority and form the State Government. Now the question is how many voters did a split voting in 2019 Odisha election. The main deciding factor in the Parliament election will be how many of them voted for Congress or BJD in assembly election but voted for BJP in the Parliament election.

To vote differently in assembly and Parliament, a voter has to be educated enough. Odisha has around 22% Tribal Population. Odisha also has around 17% SC population. In the Past, Odisha has not shown a huge split voting among the 3 major parties (BJD, BJP and Congress).

So as per my understanding BJP can win at the maximum 10 LS seats from Odisha in 2019 Parliament election.

Expected gains from Tripura for BJP :

BJP is expected to gain two LS seats from Tripura.

Expected gains from Karnataka, Kerala and Haryana for BJP :

BJP won 17/28 LS seats from Karnataka in 2014.

BJP won 7/10 LS seats from Haryana in 2014.

So there cannot significant gains from BJP from Haryana and Karnataka.

BJP can gain a LS seat from Kerala.

State	Maximum LS seats Possible for BJP in 2019
West Bengal	10
Odisha	10
Tripura	2
Haryana	7
Karnataka	17
Kerala	1
Total LS seats for BJP	47

In 2014 Parliament election, BJP won 27 LS seats from these 6 States. So there can be a maximum gain of 20 LS seats for BJP in 2019 as compared to 2014 from these 6 States.

Expected loss for BJP outside UP and Bihar for BJP :

Please note BJP performed its worst (last 15 years) in terms of assembly seat tally in the recently concluded Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Punjab and Rajasthan assembly elections.

Also BJP will face double anti-incumbency in

Mahasrastra (4.5 years of State anti-incumbency)
Jharkhand (4.5 years of State anti-incumbency)
Uttarakhand (2.5 years of State anti-incumbency)
Himachal Pradesh (2.5 years of State anti-incumbency)
Goa(2.5 years of State anti-incumbency)
Assam (3 years of State anti-incumbency)
Manipur(2.5 years of State anti-incumbency)

From these 12 States BJP is expected to lose at least 35 LS seats in 2019 Parliament Election due to loss in vote%. It is mainly due to the loss of SC+ST votes as compared to 2014 for BJP. We also analysed why do we feel BJP will lose SC and ST votes in 2019 as compared to 2014.

We also don’t expect BJP to win all 17 LS seats as it is contesting from Bihar. We believe BJP can win maximum 15 LS seats from Bihar.

Final tally of BJP in 2019:

Parameter	LS Seats won
After adjusting the alliance Scenario	227
Gain from WestBengal,Odisha,Tripura,Haryana,Kerala,Karnataka	+20
Loss from 12 States	-35
Loss from Bihar	-2
Final Tally of BJP	210

Will BJP lose support from SC ad ST segments as compared to 2014?

We analysed the data of recently concluded Chattisgarh, MadhyaPradesh and Rajasthan election results. We compared the assembly election 2018 results with 2014 Parliament and 2013 assembly election results.

Methodology used to analyse it:

District wise SC and ST population % is calculated from 2011 census
Districts with high ST population is selected for ST voting preference calculation
Districts with high SC population is selected for SC voting preference calculation
Vote % of BJP in these districts have been calculated in 2013, 2014 and 2018 elections

Recent Voting Pattern in SC dominated districts of Chattisgarh,Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan :

Districts with more than 20% SC population	State	% SC Population	% ST Population	% Muslim Population	Vote% of BJP in respective districts
Districts with more than 20% SC population	State	% SC Population	% ST Population	% Muslim Population	2013 Assembly	2014 Parliament	2018 Assembly
Bilaspur	Chhattisgarh	20.8%	18.7%	2.2%	37.8%	49.9%	33.7%
Janjgir-Champa	Chhattisgarh	24.6%	11.6%	0.9%	34.2%	48.0%	30.6%
Baloda Bazar	Chhattisgarh	22.1%	15.1%	0.8%	41.5%	50.1%	27.6%
Mungeli	Chhattisgarh	29.2%	10.1%	0.8%	40.7%	51.3%	34.1%
Average of Chattisgarh		24.1%	13.9%	1.2%	38.5%	49.8%	31.5%
Ashok Nagar	Madhya Pradesh	20.8%	9.7%	4.8%	37.9%	36.1%	36.8%
Bhind	Madhya Pradesh	22.0%	0.4%	3.9%	33.5%	57.7%	30.1%
Chhatarpur	Madhya Pradesh	23.0%	4.2%	4.0%	38.8%	55.0%	30.7%
Datia	Madhya Pradesh	25.5%	1.9%	3.6%	36.6%	51.4%	35.4%
Morena	Madhya Pradesh	21.4%	0.9%	3.9%	35.4%	44.2%	29.6%
Panna	Madhya Pradesh	20.5%	16.8%	3.5%	36.6%	48.2%	38.9%
Sagar	Madhya Pradesh	21.1%	9.3%	4.4%	48.6%	56.1%	47.0%
Sehore	Madhya Pradesh	20.7%	11.1%	10.5%	51.8%	65.5%	48.9%
Shajapur	Madhya Pradesh	23.4%	2.5%	11.6%	48.7%	57.2%	37.4%
Tikamgarh	Madhya Pradesh	25.0%	4.7%	3.1%	41.4%	54.0%	34.6%
Ujjain	Madhya Pradesh	26.4%	2.5%	11.7%	52.0%	63.8%	47.0%
Vidisha	Madhya Pradesh	20.0%	4.6%	10.3%	46.0%	58.5%	49.5%
Average of MadhyaPradesh		22.5%	5.7%	6.3%	42.3%	54.0%	38.8%
Nagaur	Rajasthan	21.2%	0.3%	13.7%	46.8%	45.8%	32.4%
Bikaner	Rajasthan	20.9%	0.3%	10.0%	40.1%	63.4%	40.0%
Churu	Rajasthan	22.1%	0.6%	12.2%	47.0%	49.6%	33.9%
Bharatpur	Rajasthan	21.9%	2.1%	14.6%	37.7%	60.1%	32.8%
Ganganagar	Rajasthan	36.6%	0.7%	2.6%	32.4%	53.3%	32.3%
Kota	Rajasthan	20.8%	9.4%	12.5%	52.2%	56.8%	47.5%
Hanumangarh	Rajasthan	27.8%	0.8%	6.7%	39.6%	55.8%	41.7%
Dausa	Rajasthan	21.7%	26.5%	2.8%	34.1%	29.2%	34.5%
Karauli	Rajasthan	24.3%	22.3%	5.6%	29.7%	39.8%	32.0%
Tonk	Rajasthan	20.3%	12.5%	10.8%	47.7%	57.5%	39.9%
Sawai Madhopur	Rajasthan	20.9%	21.4%	11.7%	38.3%	47.0%	31.4%
Dholpur	Rajasthan	20.4%	4.9%	6.0%	31.0%	56.0%	38.0%
Average of Rajasthan		23.2%	8.5%	9.1%	39.7%	51.2%	36.4%
Average of Rajasthan, MadhyaPradesh and Chattisgarh		23.3%	9.4%	5.5%	40.2%	51.7%	35.6%

So in these SC dominated districts (average SC population 23.3%) of these 3 States, the vote% of BJP reduced to 35.6% in 2018 assembly election as compared to 40.2% in 2013 assembly elections. So there is a drop of 4.6% in between two assembly elections.

When it is compared with 2014 Parliament election then the drop is 16.1%.

This indicates SC votes are drifting away from BJP as compared to 2013 Assembly or 2014 Parliament election.

Recent Voting Pattern in ST dominated districts of Chattisgarh,Madhya Pradesh & Rajasthan :

Districts with more than 25% ST population	State	% SC Population	% ST Population	% Muslim Population	Vote% of BJP in respective districts
Districts with more than 25% ST population	State	% SC Population	% ST Population	% Muslim Population	2013 Assembly	2014 Parliament	2018 Assembly
Balrampur	Chattisgarh	4.5%	59.2%	4.4%	38.5%	49.1%	27.7%
Kanker	Chattisgarh	4.2%	55.4%	0.8%	39.2%	50.6%	34.5%
Bijapur	Chattisgarh	4.0%	80.0%	0.6%	41.8%	53.3%	28.5%
Bastar-Jagdalpur	Chattisgarh	2.7%	65.9%	0.9%	38.9%	52.9%	33.2%
Jashpur	Chattisgarh	5.7%	62.3%	1.8%	49.7%	57.5%	38.3%
Dantewada	Chattisgarh	2.4%	76.9%	1.2%	32.7%	54.3%	33.4%
Narayanpur	Chattisgarh	3.6%	77.4%	0.6%	48.8%	59.9%	42.3%
Kondagaon	Chattisgarh	4.7%	66.9%	1.3%	35.3%	45.9%	40.1%
Sukma	Chattisgarh	1.4%	90.4%	0.9%	28.8%	48.9%	27.7%
Surajpur	Chattisgarh	3.9%	60.2%	1.6%	36.9%	55.4%	32.0%
Average of Chattisgarh		3.7%	69.5%	1.4%	39.1%	52.8%	33.8%
Alirajpur	Madhya Pradesh	3.7%	89.0%	2.4%	45.6%	49.8%	35.5%
Anuppur	Madhya Pradesh	9.9%	47.9%	2.9%	35.5%	48.6%	33.6%
Barwani	Madhya Pradesh	6.3%	69.4%	4.2%	46.5%	55.0%	44.6%
Dhar	Madhya Pradesh	6.7%	55.9%	5.3%	43.6%	50.1%	36.1%
Dindori	Madhya Pradesh	5.6%	64.7%	1.0%	41.5%	39.4%	28.3%
Jhabua	Madhya Pradesh	1.7%	87.0%	1.5%	35.3%	47.2%	38.1%
Mandla	Madhya Pradesh	4.6%	57.9%	1.6%	40.8%	49.6%	36.3%
Umaria	Madhya Pradesh	9.0%	46.6%	2.5%	45.1%	62.1%	42.0%
Average of MadhyaPradesh		5.9%	64.8%	2.7%	41.7%	50.2%	36.8%
Udaipur	Rajasthan	6.1%	49.7%	3.4%	44.8%	56.3%	43.6%
Banswara	Rajasthan	4.5%	76.4%	2.7%	47.6%	49.4%	39.7%
Dausa	Rajasthan	21.7%	26.5%	2.8%	34.1%	29.2%	34.5%
Dungarpur	Rajasthan	3.8%	70.8%	2.1%	45.3%	48.3%	31.7%
Sirohi	Rajasthan	19.5%	28.2%	2.9%	51.1%	53.2%	46.1%
Pratapgarh	Rajasthan	7.0%	63.4%	3.0%	43.8%	60.5%	46.4%
Average of Rajasthan		10.4%	52.5%	2.8%	44.4%	49.5%	40.4%
Average of Rajasthan, MadhyaPradesh and Chattisgarh		6.7%	62.3%	2.3%	41.7%	50.8%	37.0%

So in these ST dominated districts (average ST population 62.3%) of these 3 States, the vote% of BJP reduced to 37.0% in 2018 assembly election as compared to 41.7% in 2013 assembly elections. So there is a drop of 4.8% in between two assembly elections.

When it is compared with 2014 Parliament election then the drop is 13.8%.

This indicates ST votes are drifting away from BJP as compared to 2013 Assembly or 2014 Parliament election.

So in 2019 Parliament election, we will probably see a drop of BJP vote share as compared to 2019 in these SC and ST dominated districts.

This article is written by Partha Pratim Das.

Source of the data is www.chanakyya.com