India 2014 - Results

[TheDeadFlagBlues]

Sbane, could you please stop hijacking this thread? This isn't the Indian equivalent of RedState: socialism isn't a slur and privatization is objectionable from the standpoint of many academic economists. We get it, you like Modi and hate the Indian left. You've made your point.

[TheDeadFlagBlues]

A cursory glance at constituency-level results suggests that this election is historic: the BJP performed very strongly among city dwellers in every region in India.

Here are a few examples:

Kolkata Uttar
AITMC 35 (-17)
BJP 25 (+21)
CPI 20 (-20)

Thiruvananthapuram
INC 34 (-10)
BJP 32 (+22)
CPI 28 (-2)

Mumbai North Central
BJP 57 (+35)
INC 35 (-14)

Lucknow
BJP 54 (+19)
INC 28 (-0)
BSP 6 (-16)

[TheDeadFlagBlues]

Sorry for getting everybody off-track. To clarify: I thought the general tone of the thread was going downhill quickly and was getting irritated by the discussion so I lashed out at Sbane and created the meta-hijack.

Topic for discussion: the BJP's skillful use of social media. Has anyone else noticed that the comments section of any article on the Indian election features at least 10 pro-Modi posts that all fall along similar lines?