Down To Earth analysed the results of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls through a green lens
Verdict 2024: Odisha’s women may have helped tilt scales in state against BJD, say experts
Women have long been a BJD vote bank; but excessive campaigning by BJP in addition to poll promises may have influenced female voters to go saffron
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Verdict 2024: Did farmer grievances about paddy MSP lead to BJD’s defeat in Odisha?
Leaders feel farmers may have bought into the BJP’s promise to pay Rs 3,100 as paddy MSP if it came to power
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Verdict 2024: Farmers in Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur vote in INDIA bloc over Cauvery water scarcity, drought & MSP
Farmers form a bulk of the electorate in the rice bowl of Tamil Nadu; but they have had to face water scarcity which has affected their ‘kuruvai’ and ‘samba’ crops
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Why did 2024 Lok Sabha predictions miss the mark? Here’s the science behind exit polls
Experts say limitation of sampling methodology, reworking of uniform swing regions and structural issues could be behind polling industry mistakes
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Verdict 2024: Poll results in Maharashtra’s onion belt reflect farmer fury for BJP
The NDA has lost 12 seats in the 13 Lok Sabha constituencies with the highest concentration of onion farmers
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Verdict 2024: Farmers’ angst clearly caused BJP’s retreat from India’s agrarian belt
The lacklustre performance of BJP in the agrarian belt of Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh is being attributed to the rising disappointment amongst the farming communities
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Verdict 2024: Ignoring farmers’ demands & police action over power plant land compensation cost BJP Buxar Lok Sabha seat
Protests over power plant land acquisition shifted voters’ favour to RJD candidate and farmers’ rights advocate Sudhakar Singh
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Verdict 2024: Migrant hub western Odisha voted for change, shows BJP overthrow of BJD strongholds
‘Out of reach’ Naveen Patnaik’s loss to underdog Laxman Bag underscored by relevant issues taking backseat, campaign management by VK Pandian
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Verdict 2024: Odisha fishers help BJP net victory in state and general elections
Fuel prices and neglect help reel in votes amid tides of discontent
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Verdict 2024: As BJP sweeps Uttarakhand, experts say local & environmental issues were not pre-eminent during polls
Locals were not happy with their incumbent lawmakers; but they still voted for PM Narendra Modi & his party
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Verdict 2024: Pending forest land allotment to residents in Odisha’s Mahakalapada proved fatal for BJD
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Apart from the obvious anti-incumbency, BJD’s defeat in Odisha’s Mahakalapada assembly seat also owes its credit to the failure in allotting forest land to its rightful owners
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Verdict 2024: Inaction against polluting mines, corrupt officials, malnutrition cost BJD the Sukinda seat
The development versus health debate drove anti-incumbency sentiments among the area’s tribals this year
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Verdict 2024: BJP setback in Karnataka product of misplaced priorities in agriculture, water distribution & tribal land policies
Loss of 8 seats linked to several missteps amid rising anti-incumbency sentiment
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Verdict 2024: Agniveer scheme, caste polarisation & Jat reservation cost BJP Rajasthan
BJP swept most of Rajasthan’s 25 seats in last Lok Sabha elections; However, this time it won only 14
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Verdict 2024: Lack of focus on regional issues cost BJP both the Telugu states
Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme boosted BRS in Telangana, while water woes and farmer unrest dominated in Andhra Pradesh
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A vocal for local verdict
PM Modi’s performance on the most important issues of unemployment, price rise and dipping income didn’t reflect the slogan he had once coined; it became a rallying cry this election
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