The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) suffered setbacks in its traditional strongholds in the North and West, but parts of the East and South partially compensated for the losses incurred in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan.
The BJP made spectacular breakthroughs in the peninsular plateau of Odisha and Telangana, as well as along the Coromandel coast in Andhra Pradesh and southwestward to the Malabar coastline bordering Kerala.
While the prospective seat gains in Odisha, Telangana, and Kerala were achieved on BJP's own steam, the success in Andhra Pradesh - which held simultaneous polls for the Lok Sabha (LS) and Assembly was largely due to its allies, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the Jana Sena Party (JSP), which bolstered the NDA's overall tally.
The BJP retained its winning streak in Karnataka, where reports indicated it led in 18 of the 28 LS seats, while the Congress was ahead in 10.
In Karnataka, the BJP forged an alliance with the Janata Dal (Secular), headed by H D Kumaraswamy, the son of former prime minister HD Deve Gowda.
The BJP calculated that the tie-up would help the party secure votes from the Vokkaliga caste and augment its share of the Lingayat votes. However, given the controversies surrounding the Gowda family most egregiously the alleged rape and molestation charges against Prajwal Revanna, a grandson- it remains speculative whether the alliance yielded the expected benefits for the BJP.
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