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@TheEconomist HOW ARE the UNSTABLE AND UNRELIABLE UK GOVERNMENT, ECONOMY, AND ROYALS ARE FARING?? Meanwhile, below some HARD FACTS for you, as shared by @RShivshankar - HARD FACT 1: BJP RETAINED 208 SEATS OF THE 303 SEATS IT WON IN 2019 RETENTION RATE: 68% TAKEAWAY: No intense anti-Incumbency against Modi and BJP. HARD FACT 2: Just 6 lakh votes across 33 seats could have secured BJP a majority. Some of these, like Chandigarh, Hamirpur, Salempur, Dhaurahra, Dhule, Beed, Arambagh, Daman & Diu, were lost by BJP by a margin between 2000 and 8000 votes. TAKEAWAY: No intense pan-India anti-Incumbency wave against Modi and BJP. HARD FACT 3: BJP WON 32 NEW CONSTITUENCIES ACROSS 11 STATES & UTs TAKEAWAY: BJP is seen as THE alternative across India HARD FACT 4: BJP’s 32 new constituencies are pan-India. Odisha (12) Telangana (4), Maharashtra (3), AP(3), WB(2), Bihar (1) Dadar & Nagar Haveli (1), Chhattisgard (1), Andaman and Nicobar (1), UP(1), MP (1), Karnataka (1), Kerala (1) TAKEAWAY: BJP is still growing in states where it is established and in which it wasn’t a force earlier. HARD FACT 5: BJP lost only 42/92 seats in head-to-head fights against Congress TAKEAWAY: BJP first choice of voters in most direct fights against Cong HARD FACT 6: Total voters who voted in South for BJP or Cong BJP: 39,465,778 Cong: 39,165,682 TAKEAWAY: More voters voted for BJP than Cong in South despite the latter contesting 94 and BJP contesting 88 of a total of 131 seats HARD FACT 7: BJP leads Cong in states and UTs won with 50% or more votes BJP: 3 UTS, & 7 States CONG: 2 UTs, 1 State (Nagaland) TAKEAWAY: More voters overwhelmingly favour BJP in more geographies HARD FACT 8: Popular votes won by BJP across all seats: 23,59,73,935 (36.5%) Popular votes won by CONG across all seats: 13,67,59,064 (21.19%) TAKEAWAY: Cong failed to defeat BJP despite 10 years of anti-incumbency HARD FACT 9: NDA won 18/22 (82%) of constituencies where women voters exceeded men by 10% TAKEAWAY: Women voters reposed faith in BJP where they make up a majority of voters