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News India Live, Digital Desk: This time the election results on Karakat Assembly seat, one of the most interesting seats of Bihar, were very unexpected. In a tough and exciting contest, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate registered a landslide victory, defeating the candidates of the Janata Dal United (JDU) and the Grand Alliance. This is being considered a big blow for JDU, because this seat was in its possession for the last several elections.
The seat was stuck in a triangular contest
This time the contest on Karakat assembly seat had become triangular. Main candidates in the fray were JDU’s senior leader and sitting MLA Mahabali Singh, CPI(ML)’s Arun Kumar from the Grand Alliance and BJP’s candidates. From the beginning of the counting of votes, there was a close contest between these three candidates. The difference in votes kept increasing and decreasing with each round, due to which there remained suspense till the final results.
Sometimes Mahabali Singh would come ahead, sometimes Arun Kumar, but in the last round of counting, the BJP candidate took such a lead which no one could cross. This victory made it clear that the people of Karakat were in the mood for ‘change’ this time.
Why did JDU lose?
Political experts believe that there could be many big reasons behind the defeat of JDU. On one hand, there was an atmosphere of anti-incumbency (anti-incumbency wave) against the sitting MLA at the local level, on the other hand, CPI(ML) candidate Arun Kumar also made a significant dent in the votes of the Grand Alliance. BJP got direct benefit from this. The BJP candidate successfully mobilized the votes of the upper caste and backward classes in his favour. Apart from this, votes cast in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi also played a big role in the victory.
Strong performance of CPI(ML)
Even though CPI(ML)’s Arun Kumar could not win this election, his performance cannot be ignored. The kind of competition he gave to the strong candidates of JDU and BJP is praiseworthy. This also indicates that the Left parties are once again trying to regain their lost ground in rural areas of Bihar.
Overall, this result of Karakat is a big indication of the changing political wind of Bihar. The people here have made it clear that they will not be bound by the name of any one party or leader and will give their verdict only on development and local issues.