Congress in Haryana elections suffered a shocking blow with the contest seeming terribly close when the election finally concluded. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) gained a slight edge of less than one percentage in vote share though could win 11 seats more than Congress.
Recent controversy was caused by senior Congress leader Pawan Khera who questioned that the media had failed to give the party an idea of the situation accurately in advance and its projections were too rosy. In an interview with journalist Rajdeep Sardesai, Khera responded to a question seeking to know whether Congress was overconfident because of faulty poll predictions saying: “We never take you guys seriously.”
On television, it was showed that Congress was successful in garnering about 11 percent vote share more than the elections in 2019; however, it could not fortify this gain into victory during Haryana elections. With the BJP improving their vote share too, by three percent it won 48 seats against Congress’ 37.
Pawan talks about Congress in Haryana Elections
This has left most of them puzzled considering that most poll pundits had predicted better performance for Congress. Yet in this context Khera’s comments about media projections running against popular understanding stands vindicated for many of them believe that it is the same reason which had gone wrong for Congress while taking the electoral decisions.
In Haryana, it was as if the Congress polled well on vote share but lost out in many areas. This has been the phenomenon of Indian politics where parties garnered more votes but fewer seats.
There was also discussions relating to Congress on in Haryana elections on social media. A viral post parodied that Congress must have rested too much on faulty predictions. Users questioned campaign strategies of Congress and still ridiculed the pollsters from media. The debate goes on as Congress comes to terms with defeat, wondering how it fetched a higher vote share yet fewer seats.
