In vote share terms, the BJP fared badly in constituencies where Narendra Modi and Yogi Adityanath campaigned in four States that went to polls in November-December (Mizoram is excluded from the analysis).

The table shows the State-wise tally of seats where Rahul Gandhi, Mr. Modi and Mr. Adityanath campaigned.

Campaigner Chhattisgarh Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan Telangana Total Adityanath 23 11 26 1 61 Narendra Modi 8 18 26 3 55 Rahul Gandhi 19 20 28 8 75

The below table shows vote percentage changes in seat terms in comparison to 2013/14

Campaigner Seats where vote % dropped Seats where vote % increased NA/Did not contest Rahul Gandhi 12 58 5 Narendra Modi 46 7 2 Adityanath 50 11 -

The slip in vote share for the BJP was most evident where Mr. Adityanath campaigned. There was a drop in vote share in 50 seats out of 61 (82%).

Where Mr. Modi campaigned, the BJP's vote share slumped in 46 out of 55 seats.

In Mr. Gandhi's case, 58 out of 75 seats (77%) registered an increase in vote share for the Congress.



The table below shows the average vote share change in 2018 compared to the 2013/14 elections in these seats.

Campaigner Chhattisgarh Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan Telangana Rahul Gandhi 2.64 6.79 7.90 22.86 Narendra Modi -7.20 -3.76 -9.69 -8.64 Adityanath -8.55 -5.79 -6.06 16.19

The table below shows percentage of seats gained or lost by the Congress in places where Mr. Gandhi campaigned.

'Gained' denotes percentage of seats where a party won in 2018 but had lost in 2013/14.

'Lost' denotes percentage of seats a party lost in 2018, but won in 2013/14.

State Gained Lost Chhattisgarh 47.37% 15.79% Madhya Pradesh 35.00% 0.00% Rajasthan 39.29% 0.00% Telangana 33.33% 66.67% Total 40.00% 7.14%

The table below shows percentage of seats lost by the BJP in places where Mr. Modi campaigned. The party did not gain even one seat in these places.

State Gained Lost Chhattisgarh 0.00% 37.50% Madhya Pradesh 0.00% 38.89% Rajasthan 0.00% 61.54% Telangana 0.00% 0.00% Total 0.00% 49.06%

The table shows the percentage of seats gained or lost by the BJP in places where Mr. Adityanath campaigned.

State Gained Lost Chhattisgarh 8.70% 65.22% Madhya Pradesh 0.00% 27.27% Rajasthan 3.85% 46.15% Telangana 0.00% 0.00% Total 4.92% 49.18%

Inputs from Vignesh Radhakrishnan, Srinivasan Ramani and Omar Rashid. Some data was sourced from Mint newspaper