In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP secured victory in 105 seats with a margin exceeding 3 lakh votes, marking a significant increase of 63 seats compared to 2014. This highlights the formidable challenge that opposition parties are expected to encounter in the 2024 general elections. With LS polls halfway, in Episode 1449 of Cut The Clutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta discusses the key numbers, victory margins, momentum of the contesting parties in 2014 & 2019 and what is the distance BJP challengers have to cover to reverse fortunes.----more----Amogh Rohmetra article here: https://theprint.in/politics/bjp-won-105-ls-seats-by-3-lakh-votes-in-2019-up-from-42-in-2014-what-it-could-mean-for-2024/1624058/?amp----more----https://theprint.in/elections/bjp-won-224-seats-with-50-vote-share-in-2019-88-more-than-2014-but-opposition-finds-silver-lining/1640168/

CutTheClutter: Amid market jitters & guesswork, reading 2014, 2019 poll numbers & gap Modi/BJP rivals must cover

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CutTheClutter: Amid market jitters & guesswork, reading 2014, 2019 poll numbers & gap Modi/BJP rivals must cover

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