NEW DELHI: After its shock defeat in Haryana, Congress is faced with the unenviable project of picking its new team of functioanries in the state which will signal that the party has learnt its lessons.Sources said Congress has realised the need to throw the net wide to increase its social appeal, amid repeated evidence that…
NEW DELHI: Tuesday’s poll outcome was a significant loss for AAP in Haryana, as it not only failed to open its account in the state but also ended up with a vote share of less than 2%. This was despite national convener Arvind Kejriwal, who hails from Siwani in Bhiwani district, leading over a dozen…
NEW DELHI: AAP sprang a surprise winning the Doda assembly seat in J&K but failed to open its account in Haryana despite contesting 88 seats, a major setback in Arvind Kejriwal’s home state. AAP bargained hard in seat-sharing talks with Congress in Haryana but its candidates lost deposit in 87 seats months before Delhi assembly…
NEW DELHI: Even though the BJP is leading on around 240 seats, much less than the 303 seats it won in 2019, its vote share has seen only a marginal dip, meaning it has been unable to convert its vote share into seats this time.In 2019, the BJP had secured around 37.36% of the total…
The first-past-the-post system of voting — where electors cast a vote for a single candidate, and the candidate with the most votes wins — can often lead to counterintuitive outcomes. A party’s gain or loss of seats can many times be disproportional to its vote share. If a party crosses its ‘threshold votes’, it gains…
