BJP has won a bumper victory in Dalit dominated seats of West Bengal. Apart from this, good success has also been achieved in tribal dominated areas. According to the statistics, TMC is lagging badly on these seats. Such social equation will trouble Mamata Banerjee a lot in the future.
Mamata Banerjee’s 15 year old rule in Bengal is gone. This power struggle was so tightly fought that Mamata Banerjee refused to resign from the post of CM even after the defeat. Now the only way left is for the Governor to dismiss him. Meanwhile, experts are busy analyzing the data to find out how BJP got such a big victory and how TMC missed it. An answer to this is also being found from the voting pattern of Scheduled Caste dominated areas. According to the data, BJP has won 82.7 percent of the seats where Scheduled Caste population is more than 30 percent.
BJP has won 72 Dalit dominated seats, while TMC has won only 15 seats. At the same time, BJP has won 69 percent seats with 20 to 30 percent Dalit population. Now if we talk about the seats with less than 10 percent population of Dalits, then BJP’s victory figure here is only 56 percent. TMC has won 33% seats here. In this way BJP has achieved great success in Scheduled Caste dominated seats. The data clearly shows that in areas where Dalit population is high, BJP’s victory percentage has been increasing.
This is a big change in the politics of Bengal. Till now BJP was considered a party doing politics of upper castes and other classes not only in Bengal but across the country. Since 2014, BJP’s expansion has gained ground among OBCs and Dalits, but the Bengal elections have given it new heights. It is believed that BJP’s efforts for Hindu unity have been successful. Due to this, it has received the support of most sections of the Hindu society. If this trend continues for a long time, then there will be bad signs for Mamata Banerjee’s future in Bengal. Some experts believe that BJP has labeled Mamata Banerjee as a Muslim appeasing leader and its effect is visible.
BJP’s penetration even in the villages of Bengal, a big threat to Mamata
This is the reason why BJP, which till now had won seats only in urban areas, has made inroads even in the villages of Bengal. Even in tribal dominated areas, BJP has got good seats. BJP’s victory figure in seats with more than 20 percent ST population is 96 percent. He has got 25 seats from here. At the same time, only one seat has gone to TMC’s account. Let us tell you that Jhargram, where PM Narendra Modi ate Jhalmuri, is also Scheduled Tribe dominated. This makes it clear how BJP has increased the social base of its voters.