NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: Shortly after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the 2019 elections, one trending Twitter topic was “#TNrejectsBJP" as Tamilians celebrated their rejection of the national consensus. Apart from Karnataka, the south remained largely untouched by the Modi wave in an election where the BJP swept Lok Sabha constituencies with big margins across the country. The BJP’s vote share across the five southern states was 17.6%, well below its national vote share of 38%. According to political scientist Milan Vaishnav, the southern states would lose 26 seats to northern states. This is the first of a five-part series on the Lok Sabha election verdict.

Source: Mint June 02, 2019 15:22 UTC