At 10:25 pm +0500 14/5/04, uvj at vsnl.com wrote:
>Doug Henwood posted:
>
>Arundhati Roy:
>
>> None of the pundits and psephologists predicted the results. The
>> rightwing BJP-led coalition has not just been voted out of power, it
>> has been humiliated. It cannot but be seen as a decisive vote against
>> communalism, and neo-liberalism's economic "reforms".
>
>Compare the difference in votes polled by BJP led coalition and Congress led
>coalition in this election. The respective shares are 36% and 37.7%, mere
>1.7% difference in the votes polled.
If we leave aside the solid Congress and BJP areas -- if there are such areas -- what was it like elsewhere? Was there any discernible swing?
What about if you rank the areas by GDP or some other measure?
Ditto with the Left parties.
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