New Delhi: The huge voter turnout in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh has worried party leadership, whose own assessment reveals that the BJP may be losing seats in both states, contradicting its claim of a wave in favour of its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.
Traditionally, large turnouts are believed to indicate a vote against the incumbent government.
While these internal surveys show the BJP’s tally getting reduced, in MP it will remain above the halfway mark, but in Chhattisgarh it will face a tough time if it loses more than five seats as it now has 51 members in a 90-member Assembly. In MP, the BJP had won 143 out of 230 seats last time.
Anti-incumbency against MLAs and ministers, disunity and rebel candidates are damaging the BJP’s prospects in MP and Chhattisgarh.
In MP, the BJP may lose 10-20 seats, while in Chhattisgarh the loss may be between five to 10 seats.
