Assembly Elections - 2022 & 2023

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 13 May 2023 21:12

Cyrano wrote:Better grow a thick skin and keep your fight back rhetoric ready if you are in politics.

Saving grace - no one can malign ECI or EVMs now

I can. Did you see how bad and inaccessible their site was?

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 13 May 2023 21:17

IndraD wrote: 9.......what is actual % of KA muslims?...... ?

Supposedly 13%

Cyrano · Post by **Cyrano** » 13 May 2023 21:29

If you cant access, you cant hack! ZimbLe onree...

vimal · Post by **vimal** » 13 May 2023 21:39

SuryaG is correct demo will destroy India. It’s infested from within.

madhu · Post by **madhu** » 13 May 2023 21:54

suryag wrote:.

Looking ahead you need an Annamalai to put the Govt on the mat every week and force their hand who is that ? Pratap Simha ? Tejaswi ?CT Ravi? BSY sons ? You need to drag JDS heavyweights into the Bhajpa fold, good part is you kept your vote base intact now attract new sections from JDS and make use of the RSS org.

Personally I don't see any good leader in karnataka. I had lot of expectation on Pratap Simha. But now I feel he is not right candidate. He is clean and works hard but I doubt he has organisational skills.
Tejaswi is good, cleaver but too young in experance. More over he has no mass behind him. CT Ravi if I am not wrong he is a brahmin so like Tejaswi, he cannot be face of CM in karnataka.

There are some good candidates in JDS whom BJP can pull like GT devegowda ... But some how they are not trying.

But don't forget, karnataka voters are different. I feel even if same day election for PM was held modi would have swept karnataka while DKShe or Siddu sweeping State.

sanjayc · Post by **sanjayc** » 13 May 2023 22:13

^^^ So now Karnataka voters can enjoy soon-to-be-good roads and sewers, while celebrating Tipu Jayanti and love jihad. Maybe this alternative appeals more to these smart voters than BJP

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 13 May 2023 22:43

sanjayc wrote:^^^ So now Karnataka voters can enjoy soon-to-be-good roads and sewers, while celebrating Tipu Jayanti and love jihad. Maybe this alternative appeals more to these smart voters than BJP

what is done is done...

Keep the faith, guys.

we need to support them, and try again next elections

In the meanwhile, 2024 is staring the country in the face, and the BIF will redouble their efforts

Garbage had accumulated and unwanted creeps had infiltrated, hoping to make a killing, and now, these vermin need to be cleaned out pronto

the milk has already been spilt and no amount of wailing is going to help

drnayar · Post by **drnayar** » 13 May 2023 23:15

those few thousands each voter might have got would evaporate in the bribes and kickback and what not ..why did sense leave reason , but probably good for the BJP in the long run [ i am still looking at Soros talking about Adani and saying how it will affect Modi ].. interesting times unfortunately

KL Dubey · Post by **KL Dubey** » 13 May 2023 23:21

Election is over and time to move on. KA voters have made their decision. I think the BJP will continue its work towards improving the state party leadership. Its a process, not overnight results. Unless one of the parties improves itself at state level, KA will be locked in a 5 year cycle of changing governments. INC is a family party with not much scope to get better.

KL Dubey · Post by **KL Dubey** » 13 May 2023 23:25

It is also possible that KA voters are playing the same game as DL voters...vote responsibly for Modi in LS for real development, and collect freebies at state level from all parties while indulging their identity (jati, dharma) based desires.

SRajesh · Post by **SRajesh** » 13 May 2023 23:34

Chetakji
Is there a Chanakyan move in the candidates selection by BJP
Meaning all this cra@&£ of Democracy in trouble yada yada
Have the party taken a devilish punt here
Loose an election proves democracy Alive,CEC independent, EVM credible, and BL Santhosh the fall guy for candidate selection
How is that for a conspiracy theory

vijayk · Post by **vijayk** » 13 May 2023 23:35

https://twitter.com/Starboy2079/status/ ... 5099741187

Why BJP lost Karnataka (Analysis)

Vote share in 2018
BJP 36.35%
Congress 38.14%
JDS 18.3%

Vote share in 2023
BJP 35.7%
Congress 43.2%
JDS 13.3%

Immediate observation is
1. BJP more or less recieved same votes
2. 5% of JDS vote transferred to Congress

SRajesh · Post by **SRajesh** » 13 May 2023 23:39

Added bonus corruption rampant peaceful pushback after 5 years Tippoo Jayanthi Bajrang Dal ban and Hijab rollback people will ready for 2024 mass voting for BJP

SRajesh · Post by **SRajesh** » 13 May 2023 23:39

If wishes were horses that is what I would ask for

SRajesh · Post by **SRajesh** » 13 May 2023 23:48

Vijayjkji
Didn’t JDS candidates in certain constituency tactically withdraw or ask people to vote congress

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 14 May 2023 00:06

Rsatchi wrote:Chetakji
Is there a Chanakyan move in the candidates selection by BJP
Meaning all this cra@&£ of Democracy in trouble yada yada
Have the party taken a devilish punt here
Loose an election proves democracy Alive,CEC independent, EVM credible, and BL Santhosh the fall guy for candidate selection
How is that for a conspiracy theory

Rsatchi saar,

one strongly suspects a conspiracy between the congis and the JDS

There are reports that in many places the JDS did not even put up a fight

this is not the strategy of someone who wanted to become the kingmaker

mucho dinero has changed hands, in terms of hundreds of crores

win or lose, this family enterprise has made its moolah upfront

Ambar · Post by **Ambar** » 14 May 2023 00:46

chetak wrote:
Rsatchi wrote:Chetakji
Is there a Chanakyan move in the candidates selection by BJP
Meaning all this cra@&£ of Democracy in trouble yada yada
Have the party taken a devilish punt here
Loose an election proves democracy Alive,CEC independent, EVM credible, and BL Santhosh the fall guy for candidate selection
How is that for a conspiracy theory
Rsatchi saar,

one strongly suspects a conspiracy between the congis and the JDS

There are reports that in many places the JDS did not even put up a fight

this is not the strategy of someone who wanted to become the kingmaker

mucho dinero has changed hands, in terms of hundreds of crores

Not a conspiracy but a fact. Look at Hassan, the fortress and home of Devegowda family, INC kept out of campaigning and named an absolute nobody so they don't cut into JDS debutant candidate HS Swaroop who beat the incumbent BJP MLA Preetham Gowda by a handsome margin. In Tiptur JDS kept out of INC's way to ensure Shadakshari wins against BJP's BC Nagesh. They have such arrangements throughout malnad-old mysore region.

Where JDS' math went terribly wrong was overestimating BJP's numbers, they were probably thinking both INC and BJP will end up with 80-90 each so JDS can extract a bargain from INC and form a coalition government. But ofcourse with Congress winning 135, JDS is now realizing that they ended up sacrificing some of their seats for nothing.

People are oversimplifying thinking JDS drop in vote share by 5% is the reason for INC's huge win, while that may have been the case in few seats, INC won on the back of total consolidation across vokkaligas, lingayats, SCs, OBC, muslims, they won in rural and in urban areas including snatching seats in kittur karnataka region.

Credit is where credit is due, Congress were relentless in attacking BJP and building a narrative that BJP is utterly corrupt (that they were but no more or no less than INC or JDS) and BJP is only interested in polarizing the society. They held "meetings" in many middle class and working class neighborhoods to talk about the cost of food and fuel. I have a feeling that the sudden spike in dal prices again in April which had the ministry of Agriculture form a monitoring committee was likely planned. Much to introspect and extract lessons, what should be the role of Delhi leadership ? What should be the role of RSS and should they have any say at all in candidate selection ? Should they invest more on media management and IT cell in the age of soc.media propaganda by all sides.

sanjayc · Post by **sanjayc** » 14 May 2023 01:10

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Srutayus · Post by **Srutayus** » 14 May 2023 01:42

The reason for BJP defeat can be stated in only one sentence: Hindus are stupid. The rest is over-analysis

Well said. Minorities and leftists will consolidate behind the parties howere corrupt or violent or unethical to defeat the Hindus by defeating the one party that is associated with them. The Hindu votes however are all about caste divisions and cheap freebies. The fact that PM Modi’s popularity is in large measure from his grassroots development schemes and not as much through Hindu consolidation says a lot. Voting for development is good, but it is a “what's in it for me” vote rather than a vote for Hindu causes. And these causes are increasingly critical for our civilization to survive.

dsreedhar · Post by **dsreedhar** » 14 May 2023 02:03

What is the region wise seats won?
The BJP vote share pretty much remained about the same. It is said it lost big time in Central and mumbai region. Lost major chunk from Lingayat and Vokkaliga community. Is that true? If so what explains the vote share maintained? In actual numbers it might have increased as more voting happened this time.
How did the 50+ new candidates do? Is that risk taken yields for future?

Atmavik · Post by **Atmavik** » 14 May 2023 02:28

^^ simplistic analysis says they did lose some vote share in North and central . Yeddi’s sacking must be a factor.

BJP seems to have done better in Bengaluru and some gains in South but it’s not enough. JDS vote has shifted to Congress

BJP needs to now give up on the idea that Modi can win state elections. This is only possible in his home state. We need younger dynamic leaders at the state level who will compete to be the the future PM. And please have Nadda Ji resign asap

vijayk · Post by **vijayk** » 14 May 2023 02:31

One thing that makes BJP vulnerable ...

BJP keeps high fuel taxes, visible GST, and other taxes. The benefits go to pissful a lot. They relentlessly use subsidies to grab everything where as RSS/Hindu orgs/BJP don't care about poor Hindus.

I advised several times to BJP candidate in B'lore to register people to Ayushman Bharat and Awas Yojana kind of programs. They also have to keep the narrative of being in charge of Law&Order, Infra, Development and Job/welfware program with some dose of communal campaign. It is a 24x7 SM campaign. You have to build the narrative 24x7. Unfortunately K'taka BJP did not care.

Pasmandas ...

NO one will vote. Atleast empower VHP/BDal to register poor and lower middle class Hindus and even poor Christians to PM welfare programs and get them benefits

kittigadu · Post by **kittigadu** » 14 May 2023 05:48

There was some prepoll talk about KCR funding the JDS campaign. Maybe the funding was not to fight the election, but to transfer vote selectively. A BJP victory in KA would have cooked KCR’s goose. Now he will definitely win.

vimal · Post by **vimal** » 14 May 2023 06:03

Has the BJP leadership given up on the idea of Pasmanda Muslim votes or are they still continuing with the charade ad infinitum?

madhu · Post by **madhu** » 14 May 2023 06:58

Even before results are announced , based on exit pole results look at the confidence of minority

3 arrested for barging into Kadri Manjunath temple premises in Mangaluru on 2-wheelers

Mangaluru police have arrested three youths on the charge of barging into the premises of Kadri Manjunath temple on their two-wheelers on May 11 night.

The police gave the names of the arrested persons as Hasan Shaheen, 19, Umar Farooq, 21, and Mohammed Zaffar, 18, all residents of Asaigoli, near Thokkottu.

In belagavi, minority shouted Pakistan zindabad in doubt of cop. Cop got pissed off and went straight to crowd and asked can u repeat as he did not hear properly... And minority became silent.

madhu · Post by **madhu** » 14 May 2023 07:16

vijayk wrote:

Pasmandas ... NO one will vote. Atleast empower VHP/BDal to register poor and lower middle class Hindus and even poor Christians to PM welfare programs and get them benefits

The Muslims have no interest in politics as such. Their
predominant interest is religion. This can be easily seen by
the terms and conditions that a Muslim constituency makes
for its support to a candidate fighting for a seat. The Muslim
constituency does not care to examine the programme of the
candidate. All that the constituency wants from the candidate
is that he should agree to replace the old lamps of the masjid
by supplying new ones at his cost, to provide a new carpet
for the masjid because the old one is torn, or to repair the
masjid because it has become dilapidated. In some places a
Muslim constituency is quite satisfied if the candidate agrees
to give a sumptuous feast and in other if he agrees to buy
votes for so much a piece. With the Muslims, election is a
mere matter of money and is very seldom a matter of social
programme of general improvement. Muslim politics takes no
note of purely secular categories of life, namely, the differences between rich and poor, capital and labour, landlord and tenant, priest and layman, reason and superstition.

DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR WRITINGS AND SPEECHES VOL. 8 page 323

Golden words that everyone should remember.

CalvinH · Post by **CalvinH** » 14 May 2023 10:04

sanjayc wrote:^^ The reason for BJP defeat can be stated in only one sentence: Hindus are stupid. The rest is over-analysis

well said!....

KL Dubey · Post by **KL Dubey** » 14 May 2023 11:33

CalvinH wrote:
sanjayc wrote:^^ The reason for BJP defeat can be stated in only one sentence: Hindus are stupid. The rest is over-analysis
well said!....

I find this "hindus are stupid" explanation rather rude and exactly the kind of gaslighting I would expect from a mullah or a padre. Shame on you. I will report these posts as hate speech, no matter if they are coming from hindus.

Hindus are not stupid. We have accumulated a complex culture which comes with jati, lineage, regional identity and what not. It has to be taken and accepted. The others have nothing but a desert religion...and they are supposed to be smart according to you.

Hindu voters are smart enough. Same voters gave Modi a 50+% vote in both UP and KA in LS. Difference is the state level leadership....in UP Adityanath got a big victory in VS yet again, whereas in KA the party managed to just maintain vote share. If the work of last 5 years was not inspiring enough, there is no sense in expecting any consolidation of hindu votes just because the other religions are doing so. If BJP brings leaders who can command respect, then things will change just like they have in many other states. The southern states are not there yet.

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 14 May 2023 12:37

KL Dubey wrote:
CalvinH wrote:
well said!....
I find this "hindus are stupid" explanation rather rude and exactly the kind of gaslighting I would expect from a mullah or a padre. Shame on you. I will report these posts as hate speech, no matter if they are coming from hindus.

Hindus are not stupid. We have accumulated a complex culture which comes with jati, lineage, regional identity and what not. It has to be taken and accepted. The others have nothing but a desert religion...and they are supposed to be smart according to you.

Hindu voters are smart enough. Same voters gave Modi a 50+% vote in both UP and KA in LS. Difference is the state level leadership....in UP Adityanath got a big victory in VS yet again, whereas in KA the party managed to just maintain vote share. If the work of last 5 years was not inspiring enough, there is no sense in expecting any consolidation of hindu votes just because the other religions are doing so. If BJP brings leaders who can command respect, then things will change just like they have in many other states. The southern states are not there yet.

and therein lies the very crux of the problem that has brought us to this sorry pass

'While the Hindu elaborates his argument, the Moslem sharpens his sword' - Churchill at Royal Albert Hall on 18th March 1931

we, as a people, have no idea, concept, or the comprehension to understand the ecosystem that is arrayed against us

We have no perception, recognition, awareness, intellection or even the basic grasp of the civilizational fundamental enshrined in the sense of shatrubodh or sankatbodh.

we deserve all that we get from others who have been dumping on us for centuries

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 14 May 2023 13:22

and, as expected, the BIF weighs in

Sachin · Post by **Sachin** » 14 May 2023 13:29

Atmavik wrote:BJP needs to now give up on the idea that Modi can win state elections. This is only possible in his home state. We need younger dynamic leaders at the state level who will compete to be the the future PM.

KL Dubey wrote:If the work of last 5 years was not inspiring enough, there is no sense in expecting any consolidation of hindu votes just because the other religions are doing so.

Now that the initial shock is over, just thought about a few more things.
1. There was COVID till around a year back. But at least for the last 10-12 months there was no pandemic around and it was business as usual. I don't think the BJP government did any good programs which could give them popularity. In the last minute, they tried to take credit for the BYPL to WFD metro line (with an incomplete bit still remaining at KJM). And then also on the Bangalore-Mysore Express way. Both these programs had heavy central funding. What exactly did state government do for the state? I have no idea.
2. The state BJP leadership thought that some one else would do the hard work, while they can just and enjoy life.
3. Trivial gimmicks, which could polarise communities was used in the last minute. The Bajrang Dal issue as well mention about The Kerala story movie etc was too much of a gimmick. These stuff can be used as a side dish, but not the main course. It kind of proved that other than these, the BJP has nothing much to offer. Good work (if any) during COVID etc could have been highlighted.
4. The Congress candidate in my part of town has won the second time. It was expected. Because he was always seen as a person approachable and was consistently seen helping people. During COVID he made sure that poor folks got 10kgs of rice & vegatables. The BJP candidate here; honestly I have not even heard of his name. There were rumours that an ex-IAS officer would be the BJP candidate. He was also active on social media. Looks like at last minute he was dropped. Then BJP thought Amit Shah doing a road show of 3kms in the area will give them the seat. Fat chance.

chetak wrote:We have no perception, recognition, awareness, intellection or even the basic grasp of the civilizational fundamental enshrined in the sense of shatrubodh or sankatbodh.

And any attempt to make changes in this also gets scuttled by the organised religions (and I include communism as well). At times I feel British identified Hinduism's fault lines very clearly, and have also ensured that the information is passed onto to their recommended rulers of India - the Congress party. At least in the sample of Hindu population I have seen in KL, most of them just seem to be doing various Hindu ceremonies at times even without knowing its context or whether it is all relevant in today's time. It may sound as a poor joke; today a Hindu temple in central KL may get more donations to help a sick temple elephant than a sick fellow Hindu.

williams · Post by **williams** » 14 May 2023 13:44

So percentage-wise, the traditional BJP voters voted for BJP but they were not very excited to do so. Also in the South, there is no traditional Hindu nationalistic ingredient the way it is envisioned in the North. My theory is partition did not make such an impact in the South. So trying to consolidate the Hindu vote is not a viable strategy. Also states like KA and TN are rich and Modi's microeconomic welfare sops are not making such a big impact. We need a better economic model that is bereft of good old corruption. That cannot happen if there is no state-level leadership like Yogi Ji in UP. BJP also needs to develop some sort of Hindu sub-nationalism in the south with issues transcending all the caste divisions.

Sachin · Post by **Sachin** » 14 May 2023 14:29

williams wrote:So percentage-wise, the traditional BJP voters voted for BJP but they were not very excited to do so.

+1. And BJP could not convince any other group of voters, be it fence sitters or people who vote based on caste politics; to vote for them as well. That could be because the state BJP government had nothing good to show to these groups of people. The 4% reservation for Lingayats was a last minute attempt, and it got scuttled in the courts. I don't think KA BJP had any strategy other than parading Modi & Shah across the state. As I mentioned earlier; in KA every politician is a package-deal. He comes with money power and a group of voters. Ideology etc actually takes a back seat. That is how like the ex-CM Bommai etc wins. He has his core voters would who ensure his 'personal' victory. But beyond that there is no loyalty. Perhaps Jagadish Shettar who lost is an excemption. But his mentality actually shows how a KA politician thinks.

BJP also needs to develop some sort of Hindu sub-nationalism in the south with issues transcending all the caste divisions.

Now in hind-sight, I feel the Sabari Mala court verdict and BJP's further actions was one such attempt. The commies did take a beating, and they did course corrections. But the final benefit went to Congress, instead of the KL BJP who as usual goofed up. State level leadership in BJP is pathetic at least in most of the south indian states. They are most often freeloaders. Due to historical reasons, states like MH, UP etc have a strong Hindu base and also a mechanism to bring up good leaders from Hindu religion. KA may be at least 50% okay in that regards. But in KL, TN etc it is now a very remote possibility. An example: The last KL politician who used to visit two Hindu temples every month, with pilot and escort (by K.P) was K. Karunakaran. And that was till around mid 2000s. Today no politician in KL would even attempt to do this, for "secular reasons".

SRajesh · Post by **SRajesh** » 14 May 2023 14:41

Sachinji
100%
The first thing is poor and lower middle class Hindus need mobilisation
BJP needs more spokesperson from south and more capable in vernacular language
Like Annamalai needs to identify three more in Karnataka Kerala and telangana

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 14 May 2023 15:09

caption anyone.....

Neela · Post by **Neela** » 14 May 2023 16:31

Without Gharwapsi, we are going to face an uphill battle every single time!
We will need to mobilize all the Matts, Yogis, Sadhus, across the country . And there is only one entity pan-India that can handle it.

Larry Walker · Post by **Larry Walker** » 14 May 2023 16:51

Srutayus wrote:
The reason for BJP defeat can be stated in only one sentence: Hindus are stupid. The rest is over-analysis
Well said. Minorities and leftists will consolidate behind the parties howere corrupt or violent or unethical to defeat the Hindus by defeating the one party that is associated with them. The Hindu votes however are all about caste divisions and cheap freebies. The fact that PM Modi’s popularity is in large measure from his grassroots development schemes and not as much through Hindu consolidation says a lot. Voting for development is good, but it is a “what's in it for me” vote rather than a vote for Hindu causes. And these causes are increasingly critical for our civilization to survive.

Correct - and infact stupid enough to not understand impact of their stupidity unless it comes and bites their back. INC has to implement its Muslim pasand agenda now that Muslims have en-massed voted for INC. And this will be the driver for counter-polarisation of Hindus for BJP in 2024 in KA.

sanjayc · Post by **sanjayc** » 14 May 2023 17:22

KL Dubey wrote:
CalvinH wrote:
well said!....
I find this "hindus are stupid" explanation rather rude and exactly the kind of gaslighting I would expect from a mullah or a padre. Shame on you. I will report these posts as hate speech, no matter if they are coming from hindus.

Hindus are not stupid. We have accumulated a complex culture which comes with jati, lineage, regional identity and what not. It has to be taken and accepted. The others have nothing but a desert religion...and they are supposed to be smart according to you.

Hindu voters are smart enough. Same voters gave Modi a 50+% vote in both UP and KA in LS. Difference is the state level leadership....in UP Adityanath got a big victory in VS yet again, whereas in KA the party managed to just maintain vote share. If the work of last 5 years was not inspiring enough, there is no sense in expecting any consolidation of hindu votes just because the other religions are doing so. If BJP brings leaders who can command respect, then things will change just like they have in many other states. The southern states are not there yet.

Mental blindness / stupidity of Hindus in political matters has been commented upon by many, including James Tod in "Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan," who said: "Such is the character of the Hindu: a mixture of arrogance, political blindness, pride, and generosity. To spare a prostrate foe is the creed of the Hindu cavalier, and he carries all such maxims to excess."

there is no sense in expecting any consolidation of hindu votes just because the other religions are doing so.

Right. The same was said in 1940s, when Hindus refused to rally behind Savarkar and Hindu Mahasabha in the name of religion, and instead went for Gandhi and Nehru and their flattery and concessions for Muslims. That stupidity led Hindus to permanently lose 1/3rd of India's land to Muslims (and carting away of 1,000 Hindu women every year to mosques in Pakistan even today for forcible marriage to Muslims).

Now they are again choosing Congress (modern version of Gandhi-Nehru) and rejecting BJP (modern version of Hindu Mahasabha) because of some mysterious reason (perhaps for better gutters and roads, which of course will be the consolation prize when their women would be serving ISIS as sex slaves).

"there is no sense in expecting any consolidation of hindu votes just because the other religions are doing so" has begun to sound like famous last words.

ricky_v · Post by **ricky_v** » 14 May 2023 17:32

there are 2 narratives playing out here which are wildly incongruent with each other:

1) bjp should have hyper focused on "core" hindu issues: ucc, nrc, temple control
2) mobilisation of hindus does not work in a similar fashion in the north and the south

so, which is correct?, there can be only one, and the issue of the question actually determines the identity of the ka state politics, ka had the highest voter representation this time, hoping for more would be hyper-optimistic, bjp retained its broader vote share, i would say that this is the population that is willing to stick it out with the party irrespective of any perceived community gains, and who look at the broader, macro picture.

imo, bringing more people into the dharmic fold accounts for very little when their voting pattern is influenced by gains for the community, ml population is 13% in ka, lets say that the overall minority is 20%, you already have 80% hindus, what will bumping up these numbers do when they'll continue voting for any and all revadis?

Ambar · Post by **Ambar** » 14 May 2023 17:55

Vote share does not always tell the full story. For ex : INC had a full 7% higher vote share than BJP in 2004 KA Assembly Elections but yet got 14 less seats. In 2008, INC had 1% higher vote share and yet fell 30 seats behind BJP. Seat level calculation matters and how JDS and independents cut into the votes of both national parties. One thing is for sure, in a straight two way contest, INC is a formidable force and this will come to play in Rajasthan, MP, Chhattisgarh.

Some numbers -

Median victory margin in the 2023 assembly elections is 9.1% of the total votes polled. KA elections because of very high voter turnout is always close.
Congress won 31 seats with margin of < 5k votes, BJP won 25 seats with margin of < 5 k votes.
Congress median victory margin was 10.9% and 7.8% for BJP

Here's the most important part, Congress lead 27 out of 31 districts on aggregated seats basis, the twin coastal districts+Bidar were the only districts that BJP led in total AC count.