The people’s mandate has given BJP and their leadership strength, but it has also opened a scope for better unity among the anti-BJP political parties in the opposition. The mandate has brought down the personal egos of the leaders of the INDIA block, and it may pave the way for their unity to take on the BJP in the future, a prospect that the BJP leadership will have to deal with, especially in the 2029 general election in the country.

The most spectacular gain for the BJP was in West Bengal which was perhaps beyond their wildest dreams and which certainly exceeded the expectations of all, including the opposition and the political analysts. The trend of election results indicates that BJP is well set to wrest power from TMC. Out of 294 seats, BJP was ahead in 195 seats while TMC in only 92 seats. Performance of the Congress and the Left Front are also very poor - leading only on couple of seats, which seem to be just swept away due to surge of the BJP.

It will be a story to narrate in details how BJP overwhelmed the last political citadel of the opposition in Eastern India led by TMC leader and CM Mamata Banerjee for last one and half decade. Surge of the BJP in West Bengal is a phenomena that needs deeper analysis for several reasons including one that Bengal has have never accepted the BJP and their culture in the past.

Establishment of BJP's dominance in West Bengal completes its dominance in the East and the North East India. It has already won Odisha in 2024, and Bihar in 2025. Only Jharkhand remains out of its power, though it has considerable support base in the state.

Some of the reasons behind its surge in West Bengal include deletion of voters under SIR in the state which was nor than winning margins in the 2021 election, which was a concern even expressed by the Supreme Court Bench hearing the case. Many people could note cast their votes due to deletion or their names not cleared for inclusion in the voter list. Mamata Banerjee fought it tooth and nail because she knew deletion was targeted against TMC’s support base.

She alleged that BJP and ECI conspired to defeat her, administration was taken over and put against TMC rank and file and central agencies unleashed against them. Entire BJP machinery successfully escalated anti-incumbency against TMC rule. And the last, but not the least was introduction of Women's Reservation Bill in the Parliament to influence women voters during Model Code of Conduct was in operation. All these helped BJP to overwhelm West Bengal in addition to BJP's toxic Hindutva communal campaign creating fear among Hindus of Muslims, especially Bangladeshi infiltrators.

As for Assam, it was the first Legislative Assembly election after the delimitation order of 2023. It was alleged at that time that delimitation in the state was done in such a way that favoured BJP. BJP under the state leadership of CM Himanta Biswa Sarma won the election comfortably on the expected line. Parties in opposition failed to unite under India Bloc. The two major opposition political parties - Congress and AIUDF - contested separately. Moreover, several leaders of the Congress and AIUDF switched over to BJP, allegedly due to carrot and stick policy of the Ruling BJP.

Himanta won for the second term in the state, and BJP for the third term. Assam win of the BJP marks the continued dominance of the BJP in the North East. The election result trend is clear - BJP is going to win for the third consecutive term. Out of 126 seats, the BJP was leading in 81 seats. Other NDA allies BOPF is leading on 10 and AGP on 9. Congress and AIUDF performed very poorly, as their leads on merely 20 and 2 seats indicate.

Though the BJP fared poorly in Kerala and Tamil Nadu elections, NDA is set to retain its power in the Union Territory Puducherry under the leadership of AINRC. BJP is also going to win couple of seats in Puducherry. AINRC and BJP are set to win majority of the 30 seats, former already leads in 10 and the later in 5. It is a significant gain for BJP in South India.

In Tamil Nadu, BJP is set to win couple of seats since it is leading in 5 constituencies, helped by its ally AIADMK which was leading on only 58 seats. It goes without saying that the BJP just failed to make any significant headway in the state, which betrayed the expectations of its central leadership.

The mandates of these elections are significant for the BJP and it's leadership which is sure to boost their morale to a new height and they may feel now even closer to realising their Hindutva dream. At the same time, it is expected that the Congress and the other opposition parties will take right lessons from the assembly poll results and expand and consolidate their unity so that they can meet the challenge of rejuvenated BJP in the coming battles. (IPA Service)