Karnataka Elections

VS007 · Post by **VS007** » Tue May 01, 2018 9:34 am

[h=1]CBI Paper Trail Reveals How Karnataka's Reddy Brothers Were Let Off Hook[/h][h=2]Two of the Reddy brothers are BJP candidates from the Ballary area. The third, Janardhana Reddy, is campaigning for the party.[/h]

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/cbi-paper-trail-reveals-how-karnatakas-reddy-brothers-were-let-off-hook-1845076?pfrom=home-topscroll

rajradio · Post by **rajradio** » Tue May 01, 2018 5:34 pm

VS007;674002[h=1]CBI Paper Trail Reveals How Karnataka's Reddy Brothers Were Let Off Hook[/h][h=2]Two of the Reddy brothers are BJP candidates from the Ballary area. The third, Janardhana Reddy, is campaigning for the party.[/h]

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/cbi-paper-trail-reveals-how-karnatakas-reddy-brothers-were-let-off-hook-1845076?pfrom=home-topscroll

This is truly shameless. Then there is sriramulu the other lynch pin of the mining scam. His family got 4 tickets.

My Roots · Post by **My Roots** » Wed May 02, 2018 12:08 pm

GutsyGibbon;506560Yeddi thought he lost because of Black Magic - what a pathetic delusional loser. Loved Siddaramiah's response "Basically I am an atheist. I visit temples only during elections with a view not to hurt the feelings of people who join me". Glad that he is now the CM - the winner.
PS: Old news article
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/siddaramaiah-to-file-defamation-case-against-yeddyurappa/article1146487.ece

Siddu changed his car when a crow sat on it:p

nineyearson · Post by **nineyearson** » Tue May 22, 2018 7:19 pm

I haven't seen the Karnataka assembly election result 2018 in details.

The initial idea is that the result is quite different from the last election result. But also I think the result in Bangalore is almost the same as the previous one. The same set of candidates are chosen this time also.

Any comment on this?

KirKS · Post by **KirKS** » Mon May 28, 2018 8:17 pm

nineyearson;674643I haven't seen the Karnataka assembly election result 2018 in details.

The initial idea is that the result is quite different from the last election result. But also I think the result in Bangalore is almost the same as the previous one. The same set of candidates are chosen this time also.

Any comment on this?

Karnataka has six regions.
Old Mysuru - excluding Bengaluru
Bengaluru
Coast
Central Karnataka
North West (Mumbai KA)
North East (Hyd KA).

This map shows how the assembly elections have fared over the past decade.

As you can see, BJP did pretty much the same way as 2008 in 2018 in most parts. It did extremely well in the coast and central parts of the state. Right from the tip of Uttara Kannada district to Kodagu, it just swept. Even in the most unlikely places like Chitradurga, it got 5 out of 6.

BJP just stopped short of majority due to these -
Bengaluru city voter turn out was very poor. BJP lost 8 seats in Bengaluru area with less than 15,000 margin.

BJP lost these seats by this much margin:

These may seem not that close of a contest, but keep in mind. More than 35,00,000 registered voters didn't vote in Bengaluru :(
So under 70,000 votes, or just 2% of those who didn't vote, has put BJP in opposition for now.

Also, BJP could have done in the district with second highest assembly seats - Belagavi. It did better in 2008.

BJP's weakest spot is Old Mysuru area. The father-son party swept Mandya and many surrounding areas. So we are in a situation where a party with 17% seats won, has a Chief Minister, while a party that crossed 45% seats is sitting in opposition :(

I think the biggest loser for 2019 would be Congress. Mother and Son have prostrated in front of Father and son party. BJP has everything to gain in 2018, if it can create further base in the Old Mysuru area, and make the lazy people vote in Bengaluru. It is doing very well in the other four areas of the state. From here onwards, it is mostly advantage BJP, moderate advantage JDS and downhill journey for Congress.

hermes · Post by **hermes** » Tue May 29, 2018 3:14 am

KirKS;674896
As you can see, BJP did pretty much the same way as 2008 in 2018 in most parts.

So you concede that Modi & Amit shah campaigns, central ministers, other bjp CMs campaign and the past 4 year best rule of Modi didnt help the election at all. Yeddy got 110 then without Modi being the PM and chanakya Amit shah, compared to 104 now.

desi4ever · Post by **desi4ever** » Wed May 30, 2018 5:31 pm

Glass is half full and not half empty. Dixit will probably say glass does not exist and drinks directly from bottle or bothal...I think Modi and co helped BJP retain their position. KA BJP should have groomed someone else for the CM job instead of Yeddy.

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nova2blr · Post by **nova2blr** » Thu May 31, 2018 5:29 am

desi4ever;674947 KA BJP should have groomed someone else for the CM job instead of Yeddy.

Who would that be? If that is done, wouldn’t Yeddy go back to forming his own party - 2nd innings of KJP. There are no succession plans in most parties as nobody want to give up power that easily....not counting the ones that operate in a family setup (Father-son, Mother-son, Father-daughter etc)

VS007 · Post by **VS007** » Thu May 31, 2018 5:36 am

nova2blr;674964Who would that be?

Vijayendra perhaps?

https://www.thequint.com/news/india/yeddyurappa-son-upset-at-denied-ticket-shah-cleared-reddy-brothers

hermes · Post by **hermes** » Thu May 31, 2018 4:28 pm

https://www.deccanherald.com/state/congress-candidate-leading-rajarajeshwari-nagar-672592.html

Election was held a week after karnataka election results. Same congress MLA got elected again. That speaks volumes about BJP and Modi. Waiting for 2019 elections.