India General Election 2014

The election to the 16th Lok Sabha is scheduled to be held in between April 7 to May 12th with as many as nine phases.

The General Elections 2014 results date has been decided upon as 16th of May. The election will be critical for the country as the 10-year uninterrupted rule of the Congress-led UPA will be tested. The party has suffered major defeats in the 2013 assembly elections, and it is being seen as an important indicator of public sentiment. Given the allegations of widespread corruption and poor governance, the party indeed has an uphill task ahead.

The exit polls said that the BJP, led by its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, would register its best electoral performance while the Congress, which has ruled the country for a decade as the head of the UPA, would fall to a record low. The polls said the Congress is in for a serious setback with its tally falling below 100 seats. Its previous worst was 114 in 1998.

The surveys suggested that Uttar Pradesh would be the biggest contributor to the BJP’s kitty, with all predicting the BJP winning more than 40 seats of the total 80. The BJP’s gains in Uttar Pradesh indicate massive losses for the SP and BSP, with both failing to cross 20 seats. Both had 20 or more seats in the outgoing Lok Sabha.