In Kerala, did the BJP manage to increase their vote share with the aggressive campaigning, making Sreeshant its face, and with two years of Modi in the centre? Did the people ditch the Left in more numbers to push the Trinamool Congress to victory in West Bengal? Congress’ Gogoi was ousted after 15 years as CM by the BJP who jumped from 5 seats in 2011, to 61 in 2016; did the INC lose a proportional amount of votes as well?
A lot has been said and written about the Assembly Elections 2016 after the votes were counted on 19 May. However – to lean on the cliche – a picture is worth a thousand words. In eight charts, we show you the swing in vote share and seat share between the elections in 2011 and 2016 that’ll answer all your questions.
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Data Courtesy: Election Commission of India
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