1. http://haindavakeralam.com/HKPage.aspx?P...701&SKIN=K
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Crushing CROSS over Kerala</b>
17/05/2009 12:10:06Â SYNONYMOUS
Have a look at the following lists.
AK Antony, PJ Kurien, KV Thomas, PT Thomas, PC Chacko, Anto Antony, Jose Maani, Kodikuunil Suresh (converted) and Vayalaar Ravi (half-cross) â these are the list of MPs who will represent Kerala in Indian parliament. KE Ismail, PV Wahab, E Ahmed, Shanawaz, ET Basheer â this is another list of MPsâ of Kerala.
Together they make up 50% of the MPsâ from Kerala.
Let us see the balance list â Chandran pillai, PR Rajan, Thennala Pillai, Sampath, Peethambara Kurup, Dhanapalan, Raghavan, Sudhakaran, Ramachandran etc,. Most of them are out and out anti-Hindu in their approach. Most of them do not have any voice or leverage in Delhi . And none of them are concerned about the problems of Hindus in Kerala and will never even attempt to voice our concerns in any forum.
Be it :-
a.   ever increasing governmental encroachment into temple administration
b.   aggressive religious conversion targeted at Kerala Hindus
c.   utter disregard for Sabarimala pilgrims by not providing any facilities
d.   ever increasing terrorist outfits operating through Kerala with finance from the Gulf countries
e.   ever increasing missionary work master-minded from Kerala
f.    discrimination against the Hindu community in the Gulf countries
g.   discrimination against Kerala Hindus by restricting their avenues for education in professional colleges (most of them owned by Christians and Muslims)
h.   planned displacement of Hindus from certain districts and regions in Kerala
i.    the dwindling population of Kerala Hindus by forcing compulsory family planning measures on them alone
j.    planned love affairs for conversion or suicides of Hindu girls
k.   forcible take-over of lands from Hindu Adivasis
l.    highly discriminatory expenditure of public money in favour of Christians and Muslims of Kerala
None of these 15 namesake Hindu MPs are going to utter even one word in Indian parliament.
Is this democracy with universal adult franchise? In effect, it is proving to be distorted democracy with double franchise for Christians and Muslims. The so-called majority is completely neglected, side-lined and even insulted with no impunity.
At the end, we have only ourselves to blame for our own plight. If only we realize our mistake and if only we have some selfless leaders like in other communities, can we redeem our past glory that may be lost for ever.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
And the comments:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->J.A.Kumar
19/05/2009 10:14:56Â Hindu MPs
MP also means Mindaa Praani and Mudiyanaya Putran. While Thennala, Dhanapaalan, Ramachandran & Rajan will be Mindaa Praanis in the parliament, we had one Mudinaya Putran in the name of Muralidharan. Anyway, Hindu MPs from Kerala are of no use to the Hindu cause in Kerala.
CONCERNED HINDU
18/05/2009 09:35:00Â ELECTIONS 2009
One hundred years form now when people will try to figure out why Hindus became a minority in their own country, when they would wonder why a great religion and nation of Hindus became subservient to Christians and Muslims forever, they would look at the elections of 2009 as a watershed event. They would look at this elections in the same light as the battles of Panipat and Pallassy where even though the Indians were strong and were favoured to win, they lost due to poor leadership. Historians would write how an italian woman came to India and married the crown prince (Rajiv Gandhi) and systematically build up christianity in India from 2 million in mid nineteen fiftees to over 100 million in year 2009(that is the rael number ) and close to 800 million in year 2109. Do not count on a Shankaracharya to come up and revive Hinduism like it happened when Buddhism had taken over India. This time India is being taken over by a foriegn religion and there won't be any possibility of a Shankaracharya reviving it any more. These foreign religions draw inspiration from and they are rooted in a foriegn land. They go to pilgrimages to a foriegn land. When Andhra CM wins in this election, where does he go to say thanks not to Tirupati, he goes to Israel to say thanks. So, do not count on a future revival of Hinduism. Once Hinduism disappears in the folds of Christianity, it is going to be forever.
(Either that's true or we could be like S Korea: where the fastest growing movements are Korean Buddhism (especially among ex-christians) and ex-christianism.)
Vijayalakshmi
18/05/2009 06:28:45Â Crushing Cross over Kerala.
Many thanks to 'Sea Lion' for coining an apt word:'chawlaising'(we should popularise this word in various forms)!He is right!There's no way the Con party could have swept the polls without the 'chawlaisation' of the EVMs. There's no way BJP could have lost in Jammu, no way the Con party could have gained so many seats in other states, but for this 'chawlaisation'.So Hindu brothers should not blame our BJP leaders, especially of Kerala, who worked quite hard.I had seen how well they put across their points in TV debates.My best wishes to all those who voted for the BJP!May God bless you all!The rest who voted for the other parties are all just slimy 'jenthus'.Even God cannot save those despicable creatures.I do not agree with 'Sea Lion's suggestion that Hindus should have en masse voted for the commies.Has he forgotten the ignominies heaped on Hindus by the arrogant commies?No,Hindus must realize that both the UDF and the LDF(all pseudo-secularists) are against them.For us, it is like a choice between the devil and the deep sea.The BJP was our only hope.Had the foolish and selfish NSS and SNDP supported the BJP, just as the Christian and Muslim clergy exhorted their congregations to vote for particular parties and candidates,there would have been some hope for the Hindus.An anti-hindu like Sashi Tharoor who recommended the Bharat Ratna for the perverted anti-hindu painter M.F.Husain, who caricatured our revered Deities in obscene postures,has been elected from Thiruvananthapuram.What a shame!We should not blame BJP candidates. After all,it is the 'chawlaisation' that is at the root of this Con party victory!
vivek
18/05/2009 06:12:58Â THe cross and crescent dark clouds
All is not lost be assured haindavas. We will never let the vatican colonise Kerala. We have only allowed them refuge but not the right to conquer us.It is time every child born to take take the cudgels to face the most serious threat to face the only pure earth on the surface of the sub-continent. These rascals have exploited to the hilt of the social evils that had existed among us.You have lost your land,your dignity but not you soul. Your families cannot survive without society. Even Hindu institutions are being bled to feed your would be destroyers. The threat is so insidious and subtle that we are being snuffed without even a squeal. Why blame the converts. The enemy is within.
girish Kadali
18/05/2009 04:55:54Â dont blame hindus
Dear all,
Dont be disheartend, the raise has to fall, and the this time it be buried.
Hindus are fools because they dont know reality, dont undestand the plan for evil.
Belive anti-Hindu media because they dont know that they are anti- hindu.
EC has directly supported congress in all ways. EVM were manipluated
Wee have to come up with our own media then only the problem will solved 50 %.
HK has to initiate this activitty ASAP
HK has to form a forum a like minded hindus from across world.
We have to meet each other personallly
Seperate login id for each user and Instan Messanger should also be provided so that we all can meet and discuss each other
Sarge
18/05/2009 04:28:35Â What sort of BJP leaders we have??
One quick question. Are there any credible BJP leaders from Kerala? I don't think so. O.Rajagopal did some thing, and had good rapport with BJP leaders from other parts of the country. What do the remaining "leaders" have? The MPs listed out, they all won elections just not because of their religion alone. It is very easy to say that. BJP does not have a capable leadership in Kerala, and its tactics used in Kerala is non-workable. It may work in North, but not here. Let BJP bring in good leaders and a "Kerala model" election campaign. Then it may yield results.
Sanjay
18/05/2009 03:55:47Â Reply
Most of them are correct but that love matter is utter blunder. And most of them are not only affected in Kerala all over India it si happening. Facilities and money granted for huj pilgrims etc are one of the example.
But remember my brothers and sisters we are now discriminated minority people in kerala how can we resolve this issue.
John B
18/05/2009 03:50:12Â Hindu Representation
If and only if NSS and SNDP had come together and put on an united front, we would have had an equal Hindu representation. But alas, it might take sometime before we can realise this.
Vaisakhan
18/05/2009 00:21:22Â No hindu in Kerala
Regret to say but it is a fact that has already been proved in elections: THERE IS NO HINDU in Kerala. Only Christians, Muslims and Communists!
Proud Hindu
17/05/2009 23:42:20Â Jaise karni waise Bharni
That's what is the choice of the people right???? More Swayam sevaks killed, more terror attacks, Ram setu gone, Kerala hindus might get the plight of Kashmiri Hindus.
This is DEMOCRACY!!!!
SeaLion
17/05/2009 23:22:42Â Kerala shud have voted LDFÂ
(What the? <!--emo&:o--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ohmy.gif' /><!--endemo--> )
En masse to keep the BARBARIC ASURIC CROSS OUT as I had been repeatedly suggesting. It would also had been 15 seats less for ITALIAN IMPOSTER 7200 BEDDED "SAINT". By the way SONIA MAINO and her Xian terrorist Sinhala Xian Mahinda Basil Rajkapse has also silenced PRABHAKARAN with this the real conpsirators in Rajiv Gandhi assasination (from Italy) have been effectively saved their skins. OFFCOURSE THE XIAN-ISLAMIST-KHALISTANI VATICAN HATCHED CONSPIRACY WITH "CHAWLAISED" EVMs have CHEATED THE ELECTIONS FROM REAL VICTORS. NO WAY WUD CONGRESS HAVE WON JAMMU, NO WAY CONGRESS WUD HAVE WON 20 SEATS IN UP, NO WAY CONGRESS WUD HAVE WON 12 SEATS IN MP, NO WAY THE CONGRESS WUD HAVE SWEEPED ANDHRA, NO WAY CONGRESS WOULD HAVE WON 10 SEATS IN GUJARAT, WITHOUT "CHAWLAISING" THE EVMs. THE FUNDALMENTALIST FILTHY AMERICAN PIG AND THEIR CIA WUD HAVE HELPED THEIR BEDWARMER
Ragu
17/05/2009 19:30:23Â hmmm...
One question...
Why do Kerala Hindus vote for criminals?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
2. http://haindavakeralam.com/HKPage.aspx?P...708&SKIN=B
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Cong has Raj, superstars to thank for extra seats</b>
18/05/2009 14:38:05Â Author: Arati R Jerath ; Source : http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1257021
New Delhi: The Congress-led UPA has three men to thank for its seat surge in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls: Raj Thackeray, Chiranjeevi, and Vijayakanth. They helped the victorious alliance win nearly 50 more seats in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu than anyone would have expected, as a result of which the UPA ended up with 262 seats, against the 222 it won in 2004.
The big story is in Andhra Pradesh, where matinee idol Chiranjeevi single-handedly took the Congress from defeat to victory and shattered Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu's dreams. An analysis of the results reveals that the Chiranjeevi factor decimated the TDP in 26 constituencies. The Congress netted 33 seats, four more than in 2004.
The Andhra Pradesh results are an irony of these elections. The Congress registered a drop of 3.84% in vote share but an increase of four seats, while the TDP's vote share plummeted 14.92% and it won one more seat. If the vote share change of the two main parties is added, it is obvious where Chiranjeevi's 17% vote share came from and which party he hit.
The other actor who rescued the UPA was Vijayakanth, who scripted history in a state known for pendulum swings.
For the first time in 23 years, the Tamil Nadu verdict was split, with the DMK-Congress combine picking up 26 seats and the AIADMK-led alliance having to settle for 13.
Vijayakanth's DMDK helped the Congress-DMK combine win in 14 constituencies, including P Chidambaram's hotly contested Sivaganga. In seven others, Jayalalithaa's AIADMK alliance was precariously poised till the very end. Ultimately, it won those seats, but by narrow margins. The final tally for the UPA was 26, 18 to the DMK and eight to the Congress, in a state where the ruling alliance feared a wipe-out.
The vote share figures tell a strange story in this state too. The DMK and the Congress registered an increase in vote shares but failed to sweep the state as in 2004, when their Democratic Progressive Alliance (which included the PMK and MDMK) won all 39 seats. The AIADMK's vote share dropped by 2.79% but the party won nine seats, unlike the duck five years ago.
The third game-changer was Raj. His Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) did exactly what it was expected to do. It cut into Shiv Sena-BJP votes and helped the Congress-NCP alliance to victory in 10 constituencies. Considering that the MNS contested only 12 seats, its delivery for the Congress-NCP was almost 100%. The UPA registered a spectacular second successive sweep in Mumbai and won Pune and Thane thanks to Raj.
(Everyone played their parts as scripted.)
The vote share picture is interesting here too. The Congress party's vote share fell 4.11% in Maharashtra but its seat tally rose by four, to 13. In contrast, the NCP's vote share is up by a slender 0.97% but its seat tally came down by one, to eight.
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Comments at link.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Crushing CROSS over Kerala</b>
17/05/2009 12:10:06Â SYNONYMOUS
Have a look at the following lists.
AK Antony, PJ Kurien, KV Thomas, PT Thomas, PC Chacko, Anto Antony, Jose Maani, Kodikuunil Suresh (converted) and Vayalaar Ravi (half-cross) â these are the list of MPs who will represent Kerala in Indian parliament. KE Ismail, PV Wahab, E Ahmed, Shanawaz, ET Basheer â this is another list of MPsâ of Kerala.
Together they make up 50% of the MPsâ from Kerala.
Let us see the balance list â Chandran pillai, PR Rajan, Thennala Pillai, Sampath, Peethambara Kurup, Dhanapalan, Raghavan, Sudhakaran, Ramachandran etc,. Most of them are out and out anti-Hindu in their approach. Most of them do not have any voice or leverage in Delhi . And none of them are concerned about the problems of Hindus in Kerala and will never even attempt to voice our concerns in any forum.
Be it :-
a.   ever increasing governmental encroachment into temple administration
b.   aggressive religious conversion targeted at Kerala Hindus
c.   utter disregard for Sabarimala pilgrims by not providing any facilities
d.   ever increasing terrorist outfits operating through Kerala with finance from the Gulf countries
e.   ever increasing missionary work master-minded from Kerala
f.    discrimination against the Hindu community in the Gulf countries
g.   discrimination against Kerala Hindus by restricting their avenues for education in professional colleges (most of them owned by Christians and Muslims)
h.   planned displacement of Hindus from certain districts and regions in Kerala
i.    the dwindling population of Kerala Hindus by forcing compulsory family planning measures on them alone
j.    planned love affairs for conversion or suicides of Hindu girls
k.   forcible take-over of lands from Hindu Adivasis
l.    highly discriminatory expenditure of public money in favour of Christians and Muslims of Kerala
None of these 15 namesake Hindu MPs are going to utter even one word in Indian parliament.
Is this democracy with universal adult franchise? In effect, it is proving to be distorted democracy with double franchise for Christians and Muslims. The so-called majority is completely neglected, side-lined and even insulted with no impunity.
At the end, we have only ourselves to blame for our own plight. If only we realize our mistake and if only we have some selfless leaders like in other communities, can we redeem our past glory that may be lost for ever.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
And the comments:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->J.A.Kumar
19/05/2009 10:14:56Â Hindu MPs
MP also means Mindaa Praani and Mudiyanaya Putran. While Thennala, Dhanapaalan, Ramachandran & Rajan will be Mindaa Praanis in the parliament, we had one Mudinaya Putran in the name of Muralidharan. Anyway, Hindu MPs from Kerala are of no use to the Hindu cause in Kerala.
CONCERNED HINDU
18/05/2009 09:35:00Â ELECTIONS 2009
One hundred years form now when people will try to figure out why Hindus became a minority in their own country, when they would wonder why a great religion and nation of Hindus became subservient to Christians and Muslims forever, they would look at the elections of 2009 as a watershed event. They would look at this elections in the same light as the battles of Panipat and Pallassy where even though the Indians were strong and were favoured to win, they lost due to poor leadership. Historians would write how an italian woman came to India and married the crown prince (Rajiv Gandhi) and systematically build up christianity in India from 2 million in mid nineteen fiftees to over 100 million in year 2009(that is the rael number ) and close to 800 million in year 2109. Do not count on a Shankaracharya to come up and revive Hinduism like it happened when Buddhism had taken over India. This time India is being taken over by a foriegn religion and there won't be any possibility of a Shankaracharya reviving it any more. These foreign religions draw inspiration from and they are rooted in a foriegn land. They go to pilgrimages to a foriegn land. When Andhra CM wins in this election, where does he go to say thanks not to Tirupati, he goes to Israel to say thanks. So, do not count on a future revival of Hinduism. Once Hinduism disappears in the folds of Christianity, it is going to be forever.
(Either that's true or we could be like S Korea: where the fastest growing movements are Korean Buddhism (especially among ex-christians) and ex-christianism.)
Vijayalakshmi
18/05/2009 06:28:45Â Crushing Cross over Kerala.
Many thanks to 'Sea Lion' for coining an apt word:'chawlaising'(we should popularise this word in various forms)!He is right!There's no way the Con party could have swept the polls without the 'chawlaisation' of the EVMs. There's no way BJP could have lost in Jammu, no way the Con party could have gained so many seats in other states, but for this 'chawlaisation'.So Hindu brothers should not blame our BJP leaders, especially of Kerala, who worked quite hard.I had seen how well they put across their points in TV debates.My best wishes to all those who voted for the BJP!May God bless you all!The rest who voted for the other parties are all just slimy 'jenthus'.Even God cannot save those despicable creatures.I do not agree with 'Sea Lion's suggestion that Hindus should have en masse voted for the commies.Has he forgotten the ignominies heaped on Hindus by the arrogant commies?No,Hindus must realize that both the UDF and the LDF(all pseudo-secularists) are against them.For us, it is like a choice between the devil and the deep sea.The BJP was our only hope.Had the foolish and selfish NSS and SNDP supported the BJP, just as the Christian and Muslim clergy exhorted their congregations to vote for particular parties and candidates,there would have been some hope for the Hindus.An anti-hindu like Sashi Tharoor who recommended the Bharat Ratna for the perverted anti-hindu painter M.F.Husain, who caricatured our revered Deities in obscene postures,has been elected from Thiruvananthapuram.What a shame!We should not blame BJP candidates. After all,it is the 'chawlaisation' that is at the root of this Con party victory!
vivek
18/05/2009 06:12:58Â THe cross and crescent dark clouds
All is not lost be assured haindavas. We will never let the vatican colonise Kerala. We have only allowed them refuge but not the right to conquer us.It is time every child born to take take the cudgels to face the most serious threat to face the only pure earth on the surface of the sub-continent. These rascals have exploited to the hilt of the social evils that had existed among us.You have lost your land,your dignity but not you soul. Your families cannot survive without society. Even Hindu institutions are being bled to feed your would be destroyers. The threat is so insidious and subtle that we are being snuffed without even a squeal. Why blame the converts. The enemy is within.
girish Kadali
18/05/2009 04:55:54Â dont blame hindus
Dear all,
Dont be disheartend, the raise has to fall, and the this time it be buried.
Hindus are fools because they dont know reality, dont undestand the plan for evil.
Belive anti-Hindu media because they dont know that they are anti- hindu.
EC has directly supported congress in all ways. EVM were manipluated
Wee have to come up with our own media then only the problem will solved 50 %.
HK has to initiate this activitty ASAP
HK has to form a forum a like minded hindus from across world.
We have to meet each other personallly
Seperate login id for each user and Instan Messanger should also be provided so that we all can meet and discuss each other
Sarge
18/05/2009 04:28:35Â What sort of BJP leaders we have??
One quick question. Are there any credible BJP leaders from Kerala? I don't think so. O.Rajagopal did some thing, and had good rapport with BJP leaders from other parts of the country. What do the remaining "leaders" have? The MPs listed out, they all won elections just not because of their religion alone. It is very easy to say that. BJP does not have a capable leadership in Kerala, and its tactics used in Kerala is non-workable. It may work in North, but not here. Let BJP bring in good leaders and a "Kerala model" election campaign. Then it may yield results.
Sanjay
18/05/2009 03:55:47Â Reply
Most of them are correct but that love matter is utter blunder. And most of them are not only affected in Kerala all over India it si happening. Facilities and money granted for huj pilgrims etc are one of the example.
But remember my brothers and sisters we are now discriminated minority people in kerala how can we resolve this issue.
John B
18/05/2009 03:50:12Â Hindu Representation
If and only if NSS and SNDP had come together and put on an united front, we would have had an equal Hindu representation. But alas, it might take sometime before we can realise this.
Vaisakhan
18/05/2009 00:21:22Â No hindu in Kerala
Regret to say but it is a fact that has already been proved in elections: THERE IS NO HINDU in Kerala. Only Christians, Muslims and Communists!
Proud Hindu
17/05/2009 23:42:20Â Jaise karni waise Bharni
That's what is the choice of the people right???? More Swayam sevaks killed, more terror attacks, Ram setu gone, Kerala hindus might get the plight of Kashmiri Hindus.
This is DEMOCRACY!!!!
SeaLion
17/05/2009 23:22:42Â Kerala shud have voted LDFÂ
(What the? <!--emo&:o--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ohmy.gif' /><!--endemo--> )
En masse to keep the BARBARIC ASURIC CROSS OUT as I had been repeatedly suggesting. It would also had been 15 seats less for ITALIAN IMPOSTER 7200 BEDDED "SAINT". By the way SONIA MAINO and her Xian terrorist Sinhala Xian Mahinda Basil Rajkapse has also silenced PRABHAKARAN with this the real conpsirators in Rajiv Gandhi assasination (from Italy) have been effectively saved their skins. OFFCOURSE THE XIAN-ISLAMIST-KHALISTANI VATICAN HATCHED CONSPIRACY WITH "CHAWLAISED" EVMs have CHEATED THE ELECTIONS FROM REAL VICTORS. NO WAY WUD CONGRESS HAVE WON JAMMU, NO WAY CONGRESS WUD HAVE WON 20 SEATS IN UP, NO WAY CONGRESS WUD HAVE WON 12 SEATS IN MP, NO WAY THE CONGRESS WUD HAVE SWEEPED ANDHRA, NO WAY CONGRESS WOULD HAVE WON 10 SEATS IN GUJARAT, WITHOUT "CHAWLAISING" THE EVMs. THE FUNDALMENTALIST FILTHY AMERICAN PIG AND THEIR CIA WUD HAVE HELPED THEIR BEDWARMER
Ragu
17/05/2009 19:30:23Â hmmm...
One question...
Why do Kerala Hindus vote for criminals?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
2. http://haindavakeralam.com/HKPage.aspx?P...708&SKIN=B
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Cong has Raj, superstars to thank for extra seats</b>
18/05/2009 14:38:05Â Author: Arati R Jerath ; Source : http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1257021
New Delhi: The Congress-led UPA has three men to thank for its seat surge in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls: Raj Thackeray, Chiranjeevi, and Vijayakanth. They helped the victorious alliance win nearly 50 more seats in Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu than anyone would have expected, as a result of which the UPA ended up with 262 seats, against the 222 it won in 2004.
The big story is in Andhra Pradesh, where matinee idol Chiranjeevi single-handedly took the Congress from defeat to victory and shattered Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu's dreams. An analysis of the results reveals that the Chiranjeevi factor decimated the TDP in 26 constituencies. The Congress netted 33 seats, four more than in 2004.
The Andhra Pradesh results are an irony of these elections. The Congress registered a drop of 3.84% in vote share but an increase of four seats, while the TDP's vote share plummeted 14.92% and it won one more seat. If the vote share change of the two main parties is added, it is obvious where Chiranjeevi's 17% vote share came from and which party he hit.
The other actor who rescued the UPA was Vijayakanth, who scripted history in a state known for pendulum swings.
For the first time in 23 years, the Tamil Nadu verdict was split, with the DMK-Congress combine picking up 26 seats and the AIADMK-led alliance having to settle for 13.
Vijayakanth's DMDK helped the Congress-DMK combine win in 14 constituencies, including P Chidambaram's hotly contested Sivaganga. In seven others, Jayalalithaa's AIADMK alliance was precariously poised till the very end. Ultimately, it won those seats, but by narrow margins. The final tally for the UPA was 26, 18 to the DMK and eight to the Congress, in a state where the ruling alliance feared a wipe-out.
The vote share figures tell a strange story in this state too. The DMK and the Congress registered an increase in vote shares but failed to sweep the state as in 2004, when their Democratic Progressive Alliance (which included the PMK and MDMK) won all 39 seats. The AIADMK's vote share dropped by 2.79% but the party won nine seats, unlike the duck five years ago.
The third game-changer was Raj. His Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) did exactly what it was expected to do. It cut into Shiv Sena-BJP votes and helped the Congress-NCP alliance to victory in 10 constituencies. Considering that the MNS contested only 12 seats, its delivery for the Congress-NCP was almost 100%. The UPA registered a spectacular second successive sweep in Mumbai and won Pune and Thane thanks to Raj.
(Everyone played their parts as scripted.)
The vote share picture is interesting here too. The Congress party's vote share fell 4.11% in Maharashtra but its seat tally rose by four, to 13. In contrast, the NCP's vote share is up by a slender 0.97% but its seat tally came down by one, to eight.
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->Comments at link.
Death to traitors.