Trends for 2017 Assembly elections are live now. In Uttar Pradesh, BJP looks all set to perform better than the wildest expectations, with it hovering above the 300 mark. In Uttarakhand too, BJP looks like forming the government with a 2/3 rd majority. In Punjab, Congress is bursting the AAP bubble with Kejriwal’s party coming a distant second with 25 seats as compared to the Congress’s 75. Goa and Manipur look too close to be called and might be heading towards a hung parliament.
Reactions started pouring early in the morning. The prime focus was on BJP’s surge and AAP’s demise, the party which according to latest figures is yet to open account in Goa. Here are a few reactions which we managed to compile:
The BJP’s UP performance with respect to all the previous elections it has contested:
BJP – Uttar Pradesh Assemblyelections
1980:11
1985:16
1989:57
1991:221
1993:177
1996:174
2002:88
2007:51
2012:47
2017:300+#ElectionResults— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) March 11, 2017
Turns out, the BJP’s appeal transcended all communities:
Deoband with 80% Muslim population votes for BJP #ElectionResults #TripleTalaq pic.twitter.com/BmuAR8aCWT
— Ritvik Sharma (@ritviks95) March 11, 2017
Now speculations have started who would be BJP’s CM Candidate
Who should be the CM of Uttar Pradesh?
— Ritesh Verma (@IamRitzV) March 11, 2017
People also made fun of Rahul Gandhi’s entrepreneurship comments:
2 mins silence for Michelle Obama who couldn’t use Made in Jaunpur Patila for boiling milk. A big jolt to the US. #ElectionResults
— Aladdin (@Alllahdin) March 11, 2017
The alliance in UP which clearly did not work
What RaGa did with Akhilesh’s cycle. #UPKoYeSathPasandHai #ElectionResults pic.twitter.com/k4wHhOFy7Y
— AJ (@DarrKeAage) March 11, 2017
@iAnkurSinghpic.twitter.com/bjux584RKr
— Mehul B Dave (@Mehuldave1978) March 11, 2017
2 minutes of silence for all the ET journalists who tried to prove that Akhilesh Yadav has made a New York out of Uttar Pradesh
— Rahul Raj (@bhak_sala) March 11, 2017
There were a lot of reactions to AAP’s below par performance:
After watching #ElectionResults pic.twitter.com/Q01o1r9GWq
— The Viral Fever (@TheViralFever) March 11, 2017
@KyaUkhaadLega AAP is ready with victory posters ??? pic.twitter.com/lyQUr0PEGd
— PoliCrics (@abishek0139) March 11, 2017
Dear Kejriwal, hope now you understand negativity & hatred is no match to development & humanity #ElectionResults
— Ra_Bies (@Ra_Bies) March 11, 2017
Delhi is like Shiv ji. It drank the poison to save Goa and Punjab. Congratulations to Goa and Punjab voters who learnt from others mistake.
— हम भारत के लोग (@India_Policy) March 11, 2017
Was #AAP wave in #Punjab only a perception created by few Lutyens Delhi editors? Introspection time for Indian media. #ElectionResults
— Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) March 11, 2017
Some pulled out old tweets of Kejriwal which would be a bit embarrassing in today’s context
#ElectionResults pic.twitter.com/1j8xuscU1z
— The-Lying-Lama (@KyaUkhaadLega) March 11, 2017
A reaction to Congress’s victory:
Lesson for #Congress in #Punjab: Victory due to Captain Amrinder Singh. Not Prashant Kishor or Rahul Gandhi. Do SWOT analysis, guys.
— Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) March 11, 2017
Some reactions for the states which didn’t get a lot of focus:
Goa and Manipur are feeling like nakul,sahdev today.
— har har mahadev (@OneTipOneHand_) March 11, 2017
Irom Sharmila, darling of national media in Manipur, polls just 51 votes. Shows how distant Delhi’s studios, activists are from NE reality https://t.co/DNqB92xYSO
— Shekhar Gupta (@ShekharGupta) March 11, 2017
Some in the opposition gave an astute reaction:
At this rate we might as well forget 2019 & start planning/hoping for 2024.
— Omar Abdullah (@abdullah_omar) March 11, 2017
Even AAP’s Ashutosh gave a good reaction, though the context looks a bit misplaced for him:
Today’s results will set the tone for the future politics in India. It’s a historic day.
— ashutosh (@ashutosh83B) March 11, 2017
Even Modi’s usual critics critics conceded:
Double celebration for BJP with Uttarakhand now firmly in its favor. Big big day for BJP and Team Modi
— Rana Ayyub (@RanaAyyub) March 11, 2017
As trend show Modi sweep in UP knives out for @yadavakhilesh by Mulayam camp @madhukarjetley tells me “Akhilesh a problem. Gatbandhan wrong”
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) March 11, 2017
While we are publishing this article, we are still seeing many interesting reactions. We will update it once the results are declared.
