BJP In Rise In The India’s Top Metro Cities

Guwahati: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s aggregate vote-share across the six biggest cities of the country has seen a sharp rise in each Lok Sabha polls since 2009.

It has been seen that the urban India voter has had an affinity for the ruling BJP for a long time. The latest results of Lok Sabha elections 2019 suggest that the affinity has only grown stronger over the past decade. India’s six biggest cities- Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Bengaluru together account for 30 out of 542 constituencies but they punch above their weight when it comes to setting the national agenda.

According to reports, BJP’s dominance in these cities mirrors its dominance in Indian politics. BJP’s aggregate vote-share in these cities has more than doubled to 38 percent in 2019 over the past decade which is said based on the latest results.

However, there are city-wide differences. It seems that in 2014 where BJP looks set to sweep in Delhi and Mumbai constituencies but seems to be struggling in Kolkata and Chennai but this time it has been seen that in Kolkata, Chennai and Hyderabad, it is regional parties that seen to have come in the way of the BJP juggernaut. The Congress party is conspicuous by its absence in all of India’s major cities.

However, the Congress still retains more than a fifth of the aggregate vote-share across the six big cities.

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