Exit poll: How Lingayats, Vokkaligas, Kurubas and minorities voted in Karnataka
Having handed a shocking defeat to the BJP in the assembly polls last year, Karnataka has proved once again that it votes differently when it comes to the Lok Sabha. As per the exit poll, the BJP is expected to romp home with a massive consolidation of the Lingayat votes - says 'India Today'.
No one can really predict Indian elections.
Here is a classic example. Karnataka has once again proved that it votes differently in assembly and general elections. Many believed that BJP's defeat in the assembly elections in May 2023 meant an endgame for the party's Karnataka unit.
However, it appears that the BJP has proved that by and large their Karnataka ship is steady and the Assembly defeat was just a minor blip.
Scheduled Castes and Kurubas have supported the Congress, exit poll shows.
About 80% of Lingayats have backed the BJP, according to Axis My India exit poll
The wealthy, land-owning Vokkaligas (community of Deve Gowdas) have also sided with the BJP, exit poll predicts .
Appointing BY Vijayendra as the Karnataka BJP president and fielding nine Lingayat candidates, two of them being former Chief Ministers Basavaraj Bommai and Jagadish Shettar, has seemed to work in their favour.
According to the India Today My Axis India exit poll for Karnataka, the Lingayats have appeared to have voted en masse for the BJP. About 80 per cent of Lingayats turned towards the saffron party. It's this vote bank consolidation that can possibly lead the party to a romping victory in Karnataka, as projected by the exit polls.
Appointing B Y Vijayendra as the Karnataka BJP president and fielding nine Lingayat candidates, two of them being former Chief Ministers Basavaraj Bommai and Jagadish Shettar, has seemed to work in their favour.
Prajwal’s alleged sex tapes leak on April 21, just five days before polling in Hassan, has appeared to have had no impact on his poll prospects, according to the exit polls. Maybe the incident did not garner the kind of traction on April 26 as it did later on. If the same elections were held today, Hassan would have voted differently. The revolt, rage and resentment against Prajwal are palpable in Hassan.
In 2019, Prajwal Revanna won with a margin of 1.4 lakh votes from Hassan.
The wealthy, land-owning Vokkaligas, too, have sided with the BJP, according to the exit polls. The Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS) is likely to win from all three seats in the Old Mysore region – Kolar, Mandya and Hassan. If not all three, at least Mandya and Hassan for sure.
Former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy and his nephew Prajwal Revanna are likely to secure their respective victories. The alliance with JDS has worked out pretty well for the BJP in garnering the Vokkaliga votes. Although many believed that the alliance would mostly benefit the JDS, this seems to have been proven wrong.
The fight for Vokkaliga leadership has always been simmering between the HD Deve Gowda family and the DK brothers - Shivakumar and Suresh. If indeed 70 per cent of Vokkaligas have voted for the JDS in the Old Mysore region, it’s a testament to the extent of their sway over the community despite a Vokkaliga, DK Shivakumar, being given the No 2 position in the government as Deputy Chief Minister.
It was obvious that the NDA would give Prajwal a ticket once again. It almost went unsaid in the Gowda family that Prajwal Revanna would be taking over the mantle from his grandfather Deve Gowda. Having lost back-to-back elections, Kumaraswamy’s son Nikhil wasn’t in the fray
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