Decoding the surprising results of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls
Jun 5, 2024
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Senior journalists and political experts decode surprising 2024 Lok Sabha poll results, discussing BJP's performance, SP's success in UP, TMC's comeback in West Bengal, and Congress party's increased tally. Focus on shifts in public opinion, rejection of dominance politics, and impact of caste dynamics and alliances on election outcomes.
Samajwadi Party's significant gains in Uttar Pradesh reshaped political landscape through effective representation strategies.
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From the BJP managing to win only 240 seats (despite a '400 paar' campaign), to the Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh emerging as the party with the third-highest number of seats in the country, to the Trinamool Congress (TMC) pushing back strongly in West Bengal, and the Congress party significantly increasing its tally, today on the podcast, we decode the rather surprising results of the 2024 Lok Sabha Polls.
Guests: Indian Express’ Vandita Mishra, Neerja Chowdhury, Asad Rehman, Shubhajit Roy, Liz Mathew, Deeptiman Tiwary, and Hamza Khan.
Hosted and written by Shashank Bhargava Produced by Shashank Bhargava and Niharika Nanda Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar Additional support from Mahiyar Rohinton Patel
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