Political status quo in Bengaluru refuses to budge
The Hindu
The hope that the year 2023 will shake the political status quo in Bengaluru has been belied. Neither were civic polls held, nor did the Assembly elections bring about any change in the political representation of the city
The hope that the year 2023 will shake the political status quo in Bengaluru has been belied. Neither were civic polls held, nor did the Assembly elections bring about any change in the political representation of the city.
While the State voted out the BJP and gave the Congress a thumping majority, Bengaluru favoured the incumbent BJP, and the party’s vote share, in fact, improved by 5.4% compared to 2018.
Bengaluru was the only region where the BJP’s tally was more than that of the Congress.
However, a deeper analysis of the Assembly results showed a pro-incumbency trend for the MLAs rather than the party.
In the Assembly polls, of the 28 constituencies only three incumbents were voted out.
In Mahadevapura, instead of the incumbent MLA Arvind Limbavali, his wife contested and won.
While the Congress lost Jayanagar, a result that turned controversial as the BJP won a contested victory by the lowest margin in the State, the JD(S) lost its lone seat in Dasarahalli.
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