Is Delhi Elections a Defeat for Prime Minister Modi?

It is undoubtedly true that the election results of Delhi assembly elections 2015 came as a shock for BJP and PM Narendra Modi, though do you really think it is against him? Is Delhi elections a defeat for Prime Minister Modi?

Read on this blog post of mine to understand the real situation at the ground and the meaning of the huge defeat for Bhartiya Janta Party. Does it have any impact on the face of Narendra Modi?

Is Delhi Elections a Defeat for Prime Minister Modi?

Is Delhi Elections a Defeat for Prime Minister Modi?

Delhi Elections 2015

Let me first tell you all that after remaining for president rule for a long time, finally Delhi went for elections on 7th February 2015 in all 70 constituencies and the results of the assembly elections came yesterday. A few months back only when India went for Loksabha elections 2014, Delhi gave all the 7 constituencies to BJP, that time BJP lead to around 60 constituencies of Delhi Assembly.

Considering the same along with the victories which BJP somehow get in the assembly elections of states like Maharashtra, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, and very recently in Jharkhand, BJP were somehow convinced that they will easily win the Delhi elections. At least they will remain in the same state of the single largest party as they were after Delhi elections 2013.

It was 10th of February 2015 when the results of Delhi elections 2015 came and it was like a blast for BJP. Unlike any opinion poll, exit poll and any other surveys and predictions made for Delhi Assembly Elections 2015, the result came as a big shock for BJP.

The results of the Delhi elections 2015 were a clean sweep for Aam Aadmi Party and its leader Arvind Kejriwal. They won 67 seats out of the 70 seats of Delhi Assembly. Other than the 1989 Sikkim Assembly elections in which Sikkim Sangram Parishad won all the 32 seats of the Sikkim Assembly, I did not ever heard any such huge victory by any political parties in state assembly elections.

Thus BJP which won the 7 Parliamentary constituencies of Delhi a few months back is now restricted to only 3 seats in Assembly elections. Although the major setback is for the oldest political party of India came from this assembly election results. Indian National Congress party has 0 members in Delhi Assembly now. Can you remember that till November 2013 they had around 15 continuous years of rule in Delhi assembly?

Is It A Defeat for Prime Minister Modi?

Do you too think so as US and some other international and national media houses are saying that this defeat is of Prime Minister Modi?

In first instance it seems so. Reason being the fact is that BJP were too dependent on one face and so far it was clear that no one will be able to defeat that face of them, and it was the face of the Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi.

Although BJP says that it is not the defeat of the PM Modi in general; as these elections were for the state assembly and not for the prime ministerial post. They also claims that since media did not considered other assembly elections held before Delhi elections as the victory of the PM Modi and his policies, so similarly you cannot consider Delhi elections as a referendum for the PM and team’s work.

I do agree with these statements somewhat, but I am also against these a bit. Reason being, somehow people will claim that an elections and its mandate are always reflective of the mood and sentiment of the central government. Especially when it was choosing the government for Delhi elections, which is the capital of India, all eyes were there on the same.

Although if you know me, you are aware that I am a hardcore Narendra Modi supporter; and if you know my daughter, she is also a big fan of him, as my wife too. My daughter starts telling Modi jee, Modi jee, whenever she sees him on television. Though the point is that, I felt bad about such a huge defeat, as I was a Modi and BJP supporter, but still is this defeat is the real defeat or end of road for BJP?

I guess no, when you see the reality you will realize it. Here are some reasons why BJP had to face this huge defeat in Delhi elections?

Anti-BJP vote Polarization

A few months back when Lok Sabha elections were going on, BJP took the benefits of Anti-UPA or say Anti-Congress vote throughout the nation. Though in this elections all anti-BJP vote went to AAP, which converted into a huge and landslide victory for them.

Negative sentiments against BJP were not that much, as you analyze from the Delhi elections 2013 you will find that they lost around 1% of vote only, though the vote loss faced by Congress and parties like BSP, went directly to AAP and converted this huge victory.

Late in Conducting Elections

Although it was considered as a plus point for BJP, but somehow the sentiment in people is that they made really late by postponing the elections for so long. They could have gone for it a few months after Parliamentary elections 2014 or with the same too, and they would have the benefits.

The time gap which they gave actually gave the chance to Arvind Kejriwal to come into the heart of the common people of Delhi.

Strategy by AAP

Another reason for the defeat of BJP in Delhi elections was the clear strategy made by AAP. They realized one thing, it is of no use to run behind the BJP supporters, and hence they went for the anti-BJP supporters and tried pulling them towards. It was a major blow for BJP.

CM Candidate

Earlier BJP was keen of announcing no CM candidate for this election, but later on they decided to bring Kiran Bedi as the CM candidate. This decision was somehow heartbreaking for many dedicated party workers. Somehow this too impacted into the defeat of BJP in Delhi elections.


Those were some of the reasons why the ruling party of the nation had to face a huge defeat at the capital city of India. Although I strongly feel that these are not at all a negative result for Prime Minister Modi, though he had to take lessons from these things.

He will have to understand the fact that the majority of Indians have given him votes to change the system, and not for being the leader who cannot do anything to change the system. On the other hand when you have huge expectations of people behind you, it is somehow hard to fulfill all those. Though I am sure Modi jee will take the positive lessons from this defeat and will bring forward the agenda of development throughout the nation.

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