Streak of losses continues for BRS, fails to win a single seat in Telangana

In Telangana, BJP and Congress won 8 seats each, while AIMIM won in Hyderabad. BRS failed to win any seat, benefiting Congress the most.

Updated on: Jun 5, 2024, 06:30:49 IST

By Sreedev Krishnakumar

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NEW DELHI: Both the BJP and the Congress won eight seats each in Telangana, while the AIMIM won in Hyderabad. However, what is notable in this election is that the BRS failed to win a single seat in the state in which it had a seat share of 64.7% and 52.9% in 2014 and 2019, respectively. In fact, this is a continuing streak of losses for the party which lost the state to the Congress in the 2023 assembly polls.

Nizamabad: BRS chief and former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao at a tiffin centre in Nizamabad district on May 7 (PTI)

The BRS secured 34.7% of the vote share in Telangana in 2014. By 2019, although its seat share saw a dip, the party still managed to increase its vote share to 41.3%. However, this time around, the party hasn’t been able to secure even half of the vote share it garnered in 2014. The vote share of BRS in the 2024 Lok Sabha election stands at 16.7%. The vote share of the BRS declined in each of the 17 PCs in the state.

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While the vote share of the BRS has declined, the vote share of the BJP and the INC has seen considerable increase in Telangana. The Congress and the BJP secured a vote share of 40.1% and 30.1% this time around compared to 29.5% and 19.1% in 2019 respectively.

Who benefited the most from the decline of the BRS?

The BRS won nine seats in 2019. The Congress has won six of these seats in 2024, while the BJP has won three. This was similar to the gains made by Congress in 2023 assembly elections in which out of the 64 ACs it won, 47 were previously held by the BRS. The 2023 and 2024 results indicate that it is the Congress which has benefited the most from the decline of BRS in Telangana.

The BJP, meanwhile, has retained four of the seats it won in 2019, while also adding one seat held by Congress and three by the BRS to its tally.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sreedev Krishnakumar
Sreedev Krishnakumar is a data journalist who specialises in stories at the intersection of the economy, geopolitics, politics and finance. His work combines data analysis, reporting and visual storytelling to explain complex issues through evidence-based journalism, with a focus on making public data accessible and meaningful for readers. He joined the Data and Political Economy team at Hindustan Times in 2024 after working as a correspondent/data journalist at Moneycontrol, where he covered macroeconomics, markets, public finance and business. Over the course of his career, he has developed expertise in analysing large datasets, building interactive visualisations and using computational methods to uncover trends and patterns that inform public debate. Sreedev holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Integrated Multimedia Journalism from the Asian College of Journalism. His reporting interests include finance, economics, geopolitics, trade, technology and development.Read More

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