12-09-2008, 01:09 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Urban voters went for Congress
Yogita Sabberwal | New Delhi
The Delhi Assembly polls, 2008 have, indeed, obliterated political conventions. This is proved by its results declared on Monday. As the Congress conquered the nationâs Capital for the third consecutive time, a study of the voting trends revealed the urban electoratesâ rising affections for the Grand Old Party.
Making a prominent dent in what was known as the âconventional BJP vote bank,â the Congress has been able to noticeably garner urban class votes by exhibiting surprising results in many urban dominated constituencies.
Against the general perception of urban voters sitting back home, discussing issues but not coming in out to vote; the noticeable turnout this year (around 55 per cent in New Delhi Parliamentary constituency alone, considered as a hub of urban electorate), that, too, in favour of Congress underscored an accomplishment of the development campaign led by the party. The much-touted inflation issue and the anti-incumbency factor against Congress also did not do much in persuading the voters to toe the BJP line. Contrary to its other claim of garnering votes on the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attacks, the high turnout of urban voters post-26/11, if anything, showed that the public seemed to want to maintain the status quo.
The important constituency, New Delhi, had two political stalwarts, Sheila Dikshit and VK Malhotra. The electorate was dominated by Government employees hailing from various states, Punjabi migrants and middle class voters. It also had in its ambit plush colonies like Kasturba Nagar, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi and Patel Nagar, which exhibited a Congress wave. The Kasturba Nagar constituency that unpredictably slipped into Congressâs enclosure elucidated a new criterion that has, apparently, defined the Delhi polls status. The Delimitation Commission that had confounded pundits played a decisive role in deciding the fate of the political status quo in Delhi. <b>The change in voters profile for a constituency, post-delimitation and the migration of urban voters from their vote bank base to places in the National Capital Region (NCR), has had its own ramifications.
The accretion of unauthorised colonies and JJ clusters into many of these constituencies, in addition, has made the electorate shift prominent. </b>
Subsequently, its scattered vote bank fell heavy on the saffron party that relied on its straight voters, blindfolded. A decent voting percentage turnout in urban areas notwithstanding, Congress did manage to bag prominent urban clusters defining new emerging disposition among this section of the populace. Dominated by educated urban voters, other constituencies of Jungpura, Model Town and Timarpur, also witnessed Congress leading the fray.
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JJ = Jhugi Jhopari.
JJ made difference. Now BJP should target these area and get rid of JJ to win.
<i>Kasturba Nagar, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi </i> = Govt employee houses. last minute salary increase really helped them.
Yogita Sabberwal | New Delhi
The Delhi Assembly polls, 2008 have, indeed, obliterated political conventions. This is proved by its results declared on Monday. As the Congress conquered the nationâs Capital for the third consecutive time, a study of the voting trends revealed the urban electoratesâ rising affections for the Grand Old Party.
Making a prominent dent in what was known as the âconventional BJP vote bank,â the Congress has been able to noticeably garner urban class votes by exhibiting surprising results in many urban dominated constituencies.
Against the general perception of urban voters sitting back home, discussing issues but not coming in out to vote; the noticeable turnout this year (around 55 per cent in New Delhi Parliamentary constituency alone, considered as a hub of urban electorate), that, too, in favour of Congress underscored an accomplishment of the development campaign led by the party. The much-touted inflation issue and the anti-incumbency factor against Congress also did not do much in persuading the voters to toe the BJP line. Contrary to its other claim of garnering votes on the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attacks, the high turnout of urban voters post-26/11, if anything, showed that the public seemed to want to maintain the status quo.
The important constituency, New Delhi, had two political stalwarts, Sheila Dikshit and VK Malhotra. The electorate was dominated by Government employees hailing from various states, Punjabi migrants and middle class voters. It also had in its ambit plush colonies like Kasturba Nagar, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi and Patel Nagar, which exhibited a Congress wave. The Kasturba Nagar constituency that unpredictably slipped into Congressâs enclosure elucidated a new criterion that has, apparently, defined the Delhi polls status. The Delimitation Commission that had confounded pundits played a decisive role in deciding the fate of the political status quo in Delhi. <b>The change in voters profile for a constituency, post-delimitation and the migration of urban voters from their vote bank base to places in the National Capital Region (NCR), has had its own ramifications.
The accretion of unauthorised colonies and JJ clusters into many of these constituencies, in addition, has made the electorate shift prominent. </b>
Subsequently, its scattered vote bank fell heavy on the saffron party that relied on its straight voters, blindfolded. A decent voting percentage turnout in urban areas notwithstanding, Congress did manage to bag prominent urban clusters defining new emerging disposition among this section of the populace. Dominated by educated urban voters, other constituencies of Jungpura, Model Town and Timarpur, also witnessed Congress leading the fray.
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JJ = Jhugi Jhopari.
JJ made difference. Now BJP should target these area and get rid of JJ to win.
<i>Kasturba Nagar, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi </i> = Govt employee houses. last minute salary increase really helped them.