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The Bahujan Samaj Party, which fielded the highest number of candidates – 503 – among all political parties, could win only in 21 constituencies, that too none beyond Uttar Pradesh. This marked a success rate of just 4.17 per cent.
The LJP, headed by Dalit leader Ram Vilas Paswan, was the worst performer among all parties and it drew blank. As many as 80 candidates had contested the Lok Sabha polls, and all including Paswan himself bit the dust.
Among the Left parties, the CPI, which is on the verge of losing the status of a national party due to its drubbing in the polls, could win just four seats out of 81 it had contested showing a poor success rate of only 7.14 per cent.
RJD, headed by Lalu Prasad, which had contested 44 seats, mainly in Bihar and Jharkhand, could win just four seats -- a sharp fall from the 24 it had held last time. The performance rate of the party is just 9.09 per cent.
The NCP, whose leader Sharad Pawar was another aspirant for the Prime Ministership, won only in nine constituencies out of the 65 it had contested. The success rate of NCP is 13.85 per cent.
The CPI-M, which too suffered badly in its strongholds of West Bengal and Kerala, had fielded candidates in 81 seats, but could win only in 16 showing a success rate of 19.75 per cent.
Janata Dal (secular), headed by former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, tested its popularity in 33 constituencies but won only three, a poor 9.09 per cent success rate.
The AIADMK, which won nine seats, had contested in 23 constituencies and the success rate is 39.13 per cent. Among the best performers, the DMK topped the list as 18 of the 21 candidates it fielded came out with flying colours. The party now boasts of a success rate of 85.71 per cent.
The Biju Janata Dal, which dumped BJP ahead of the polls, too had a remarkable achievement in Orissa with 14 of its 18 candidates entering the portals of the Lok Sabha. The success rate for the party is 77.78 per cent.
The Congress, which won the highest number of seats – 206 – had fielded candidates in 440 constituencies across the country but its success rate is just 46.81 per cent.
The BJP could win in 116 constituencies out of the 433 it contested, displaying a success rate of only 26.79 per cent.
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The story does not give the figure of BJP performance. Was it better than Congress or worse, considering the number of seats the party contested?
Hinuds are their own worst enemies. They will never learn lessons from the History. They will never wake up from the deep sumber. Divided Hindu votes against consolidated votes of Muslims and Christians helped Roman Christian Sonia with the help of Traitors/Chamchas like Digvijay Singh Arjun Singh Kapil Sibhals, Pranab Mukharjee score victory against BJP. God alone knows when will Hindus wake and have a self esteem.
casteism has become the scourge of the polity while the need to reserve berths for the disprevilaged sections of society is understood some conditions must be implemented .One such method should be to prevent people of the dominant or numerically stronger caste to be barred from contesting the elections from that constituency this will ensure that the peoples representatives are not reduced to caste representatives
If UPA, Manmohan Singh, and the Indian Public wants to wake up. This is a great opportunity to undo the opportunist plans of Mayawati. India has no worst enemy than Mayawati, who has already bankrupted Uttar Pradesh. She has cancelled or delayed all key projects in UP. Her main aim to build her coffers and build Dalit monuments all over her empire. I urge Indian Public to jago and do something about this critical situation.
MAYWATI MUST REALISE NOW,WHERE DOES THE CAST CARD LADEN WITH CORRUPTIPRACTICES AND MEGALOMANIACS GO TO.SHE MUST BE TAKEN OUT OF THE POLITICAL SCENARIO ALTOGETHER AND WIPED IN THE NEXT ELECTION.
That the knickerwallahs who were here boasting about a BJP sweep all along have gone into hiding is well known. But where is the Loh Purush and the Lion of Gujarat ? Everyone is searching for them. Shameless creatures have gone into hiding behind the curtains.
Congress has done well in this elections but if it does not distence it from people Like lalu then next time round it will have trouble.
Sir,All castiest leaders have been given a fitting reply by the electorate. Ram Vilas Paswan, Lalu Yadav, Mayawati are not even the leaders of their own community today. They are populist leaders interested in self-aggrandisement, the records show. To be a good national leader one need to be some one like Dr.Manmohan Singhjee, a level headed person!!Surendra Sharma
“What you sow, so you shall reap”. This is a Divine principle. Most of those leaders referred in the article were erstwhile allies of UPA. They have proven their ungratefulness throughout the election -09 and bite the dust. They received what they deserved, nothing surprising in it. Few Tamilian parties were also enjoying all benefit of being in the UPA Ministry for 5 years, but switched loyalty for more selfish gains and went into political oblivion. One of the laws of Nuton seems has been applied to them perfectly.
WELL DONE THE INDIAN VOTERS YOU HAVE TAUGHT A VERY GOOD LESSON TO THE GREEDY AND AMBITIOUS POLITICIANS .LONG LIVE DEMOCRACY.