Tag: state elections

By Amit Kapoor & Manisha Kapoor, The results of the much-awaited state elections are finally out. By all accounts, it was unexpected that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would be voted out of power in all the three Hindi heartland states. What makes the outcome all the more surprising is that the party has held power for a decade-and-a-half in two of the three states. The party's performance makes two questions extremely pertinent. First, do the results serve as a good predictor of the 2019 general elections? And second, what can...