June 4th 2024.
In the city of Chennai, the BJP party had a major victory when their popular candidate, Suresh Gopi, emerged victorious in the Thrissur district of Kerala. Meanwhile, the Congress party continued to dominate in the southern state, and the DMK-led alliance in Tamil Nadu also saw success in defeating their rivals.
In Andhra Pradesh, TDP leader N Chandrababu Naidu made a remarkable comeback as the NDA coalition achieved an impressive victory in the Assembly polls. With a total of 83 seats won and 51 leading in the 175-member state Assembly, the TDP, along with the BJP and Janasena Party, faced off against the powerful YSRCP party.
The allies of the TDP also showed strong performances, while the YSRCP, led by YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, suffered a major setback with only 12 seats won compared to their 151 seats in 2019. This was also reflected in their performance in the Lok Sabha elections.
In a statement, an upset Reddy expressed confusion over the reason for his party's defeat in the assembly polls, despite implementing various welfare measures without any corruption. Meanwhile, in the state of Tamil Nadu, the DMK party, led by MK Stalin, emerged victorious over their main rivals, the AIADMK and BJP. The BJP had campaigned vigorously under the leadership of K Annamalai, a former IPS officer, but ultimately fell short. Annamalai himself was unable to secure a victory in Coimbatore and came in second place to DMK's Ganapathy Rajkumar.
The DMK and its allies were on track to achieve a perfect score of 40/40, leading in all 39 seats in Tamil Nadu and the lone seat in Puducherry. This would be a repeat of the feat achieved by Stalin's father and former DMK president M Karunanidhi in 2004, which led to the UPA-I coming into power. The BJP also saw success in Telangana, a state previously ruled by the Congress, and where the BJP had suffered defeat in the 2018 assembly polls. It is worth noting that the Congress had also defeated the BJP in the Karnataka assembly polls last year.
In Karnataka, the BJP won 17 out of 28 seats in the 2019 polls and had high hopes for this year's elections. However, they faced a setback due to allegations of sexual abuse against their ally, Prajwal Revanna, who was subsequently suspended. In the end, the BJP secured 17 seats, with notable victories by former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Union Minister Shoba Karandlaje, and Tejasvi Surya. Revanna, who was arrested on the sexual abuse allegations, lost in the Hassan district.
The Congress, who previously only had one member in the outgoing House, improved their performance and won nine seats. Despite falling short of their predicted numbers nationally, the BJP found some solace in their victory in Kerala. Suresh Gopi, who was heavily supported by the party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, did not disappoint as he became the first BJP MP elected from the southern state. He defeated candidates from the CPI and Congress, securing a total of 4,12,338 votes.
Meanwhile, the Congress saw success in Kerala as well, with party leader and outgoing Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi winning by a massive margin of 3.5 lakh votes against CPI's Annie Raja, who is also a part of the Congress' INDIA bloc. Another Congress nominee, Shashi Tharoor, won his fourth term from Thiruvananthapuram, defeating BJP's Rajeev Chandrasekhar, who is also a Union Minister. Out of the 20 seats in the state, Congress won 12 and was leading in two more, while its allies IUML, KEC, and RSP, each won one seat, adding to the UDF's tally. The ruling CPI only managed to secure one seat in Alathur.
In Tamil Nadu, DMK leader MK Stalin was ecstatic with his party's performance, as senior leaders such as A Raja, Kanimozhi, and TR Baalu won their seats by comfortable margins. He dedicated the victory to his late father, Karunanidhi, whose birth anniversary was the day before. Stalin also noted the anti-Modi sentiment in many states and claimed that the BJP's use of money and power did not work in the Lok Sabha elections.
In Telangana, both the Congress and BJP achieved similar results, winning eight seats each out of the total 17. The ruling BRS party led by K Chandrasekhar Rao suffered a defeat, while AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi retained his traditional Hyderabad seat. This was a major improvement for both Congress and BJP, who had only won three and four seats, respectively, in the 2019 polls. The Congress also won in the two union territories in the region - Lakshadweep and Puducherry.
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