BJP and NDA Lost In Nearly Half The Seats Where PM Narendra Modi Held Rallies

PM Modi had given speeches in 164 constituencies, among which the BJP lost 77 seats.

BJP or NDA candidates lost in nearly half the seats where PM Narendra Modi gave speeches as part of the campaign in the run up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The Quint analysed the 164 constituencies where PM Modi held public meetings and gave speeches, and found that the BJP/NDA candidate lost in 77 of the seats, and won on 87. This includes only the speeches delivered by PM Modi between 16 March (when the Model Code of Conduct came into force) till 30 May which was the last day of campaigning in the elections. The list of speeches were procured from PM Modi’s official website. This does not include roadshows.
 
The BJP won in 53 per cent of the seats where PM Modi gave speeches as part of his campaign, which is a significant decline from the 2019 Lok Sabha polls where the BJP-NDA had won in 85 per cent of the seats where the leader campaigned— having lost just 17 of 103 constituencies he had covered back then.