Will high voltage campaigns bear fruit on 11 December?
On Tuesday, the results of assembly elections in five states will be announced. ET Magazine picks outs some of the exciting moments of the high-voltage campaigns of the last two months
Madhya Pradesh
Total Seats: 230
Voter Turnout: 75.05%
Past Results (2013): BJP: 165; Congress: 58; Others: 7 Congress’ soft-Hindutva pitch largely neutralised BJP’s attempts to polarise voters in its favour.
Unlike in the past, Congress leaders, including Kamal Nath and Jyotiraditya Scindia, put up a united front this time.
BJP’s campaigns revolved around Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his welfare schemes.
BJP’s campaign buntings in a village near Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh. Telangana
The election is largely Chief Minister KCR versus all. The opposition parties — Congress, TDS, CPI and TJS — have formed a pre-poll alliance named Prajakutami (people’s alliance)
BJP, which is not a key player in the state, mainly wants to expand its footprint, keeping in mind the big battle of 2019
TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu’s overenthusiasm in this election is to create an anti-BJP front for the forthcoming Lok Sabha poll
Huge cutouts of CM K Chandrashekar Rao in Secunderabad A TRS activist at a public meeting RAJASTHAN
Total Seats: 200
Voter Turnout: 74%
Past Results (2013): BJP: 163; Congress: 21; Others: 16
CM Vasundhara Raje and the BJP central leadership were not on the same page initially, but the RSS came to Raje’s rescue as the campaign progressed
BJP president Amit Shah gave all his energy in the last leg of campaign in Rajasthan; PM Modi held 13 rallies, three more than what was planned initially
Congress strategy was based on caste equations and projecting two leaders as potential CM candidate.
BJP supporters wear masks of CM Vasundhara Raje in Ajmer Mizoram
Total Seats: 40
Voter Turnout: 80.5%
Past Results (2013): Congress 34; MNF: 5; BJP: 0; Others: 1
The only state in the Northeast being ruled by the Congress now.
BJP fought the poll on its own, but its main aim is to somehow dislodge the Congress and be a minor partner in an MNF-led coalition government.
Congress witnessed unprecedented factionalism before the poll, leading to two ministers and the assembly Speaker deserting the party at the last minute.
A Bru woman shows her voter identity card Chhattisgarh
Total Seats: 90
Voter Turnout: 76.6%
Past Results (2013): BJP: 49; Congress: 39; Others: 2
The only state in this round of assembly elections where polling was held in two phases mainly due to the Naxal presence in Bastar area
Raman Singh, the longest-serving chief minister from BJP, hopes that anti-incumbency votes will split due to the emergence of the Ajit Jogi-Mayawati combine and would help his party win for the fourth time in a row
Congress, which secured 0.75% votes less than BJP in 2013, is expecting to cross the halfway mark this time
PM Narendra Modi at an election rally in Ambikapur
