Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) got here into existence opposing the Congress and BJP. In the true sense, that X-factor has been a key to the grand success of AAP in Delhi and Punjab. In Delhi, it gave AAP three consecutive successes and Punjab a victory larger than Congress and Akalis. The Aam Aadmi Party has managed to extend its vote share in lots of different states like Gujarat, Haryana and Goa. But forward of the Lok Sabha elections, the AAP seems to have fallen into the lure of the Congress-led INDIA bloc and it could harm the social gathering’s prospects within the Parliamentary polls.
AAP-Congress Seat Sharing Deal
In Delhi (7 seats), Congress will contest three seats and AAP on 4 whereas in Gujarat, Congress will contest 24 seats and AAP on two seats – Bharuch and Bhavnagar. Of the ten seats in Haryana, Congress to contest 9 and AAP on one -Kurukshetra. In Chandigarh, the Congress will contest on the lone seat whereas in Goa, the Congress to contest on each seats. The AAP had already introduced a candidate for one of many two seats in Goa however withdrew it after a take care of the Congress.
Delhi | Congress and AAP announce seat-sharing in Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Chandigarh and Goa
In Delhi (7 seats), Congress to contest on 3 and AAP on 4
In Gujarat (26 seats), Congress to contest on 24 and AAP on 2 (in Bharuch and Bhavnagar)
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Historical Data From Delhi 2019 Polls
In Delhi, the place the AAP is a number of instances stronger than Congress, the ruling social gathering has given three out of seven seats to the grand outdated social gathering. The Congress has been constantly witnessing an erosion of its vote financial institution within the nationwide capital in favour of the AAP. By becoming a member of palms with Congress, AAP has despatched out a message that each events are the identical and thus it’s sure to alienate these voters who help AAP for its distinct ideology. In reality, on all of the seven seats, the mixed vote share of AAP-Congress was lower than that polled by the BJP within the 2019 polls with the Congress securing second place and the AAP at third rank.Â
Learnings From RJD, Samajwadi Party
In Bihar, throughout the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and even throughout the 2020 meeting elections, the RJD was in alliance with the Congress. It gave 9 seats to the Congress within the Parliamentary polls however the alliance did not win even a single seat. In the 2020 meeting polls, the RJD contested 144 seats and received 75 of them whereas the Congress contested 70 seats and received simply 19. The decrease strike charge of Congress was thought of one of many causes that the RJD misplaced out on energy by a whisker. In Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party had allied with the Congress throughout the 2017 Assembly polls. The Samajwadi Party contested 298 seats and the Congress on 105 seats. The Congress received simply seven seats whereas the SP bagged 47 of them.Â
In the 2022 meeting polls, Akhilesh Yadav opted to not ally with the Congress and contested 347 seats by itself by allocating 56 seats to the regional events. Due to this, the SP managed to extend its successful seats to 111 whereas the Congress regardless of contesting 399 seats, received simply two seats. This exhibits that allying with Congress hurts the regional events’ prospects. Whenever a celebration, robust in a selected area or state allies with the Congress, its successful possibilities lower whereas serving to the Congress survive extinction risk. If the development continues, AAP could witness a lower in its vote share whereas that of Congress could improve barely. This could additional harm the AAP’s effort to extend its presence throughout the nation.
