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. @LoknitiCSDS's next set of articles on #WestBengal: Despite the sharp growth by @BJP4India in the State in the last half-decade, its politics of religious polarisation hit a wall, with the @AITCofficial capturing a good chunk of Hindu voters too: https://www.thehindu.com/elections/west-bengal-assembly/the-limits-to-polarisation-in-bengal-finds-csds-lokniti-survey/article34494009.ece (1/n)
While @BJP4India still managed to get a substantive share of the #Namashudra/ #Rajabongshi votes, its support compared to 2019 fell. Plus the poor preferred the @AITCofficial much more. "Whither 'subaltern #Hindutva'": https://www.thehindu.com/elections/west-bengal-assembly/csds-lokniti-survey-finds-whether-subaltern-hindutva-is-on-the-wane/article34494129.ece (2/n)
Women rallied behind the @AITCofficial in large numbers (50% in 2021 for the party, while @BJP4India won 37%). The contrast was even more pronounced among sections such as Adivasis. (see graphic below): https://www.thehindu.com/elections/west-bengal-assembly/women-rally-behind-trinamool-finds-csds-lokniti-survey/article34494083.ece (3/n)
"Half the traditional Left Front and around two-fifths of traditional Congress voters stuck with their traditional choices and voted for the Left-Congress-ISF joint alliance instead of opting for the BJP": https://www.thehindu.com/elections/west-bengal-assembly/bjp-failed-to-attract-congress-left-supporters-finds-csds-lokniti-survey/article34493183.ece (4/n)
As the election stretched out longer to the later phases, the @AITCofficial's support burgeoned even further. Especially among late deciders/ people who chose their party during the long campaign. ( #COVID19 effect?) https://www.thehindu.com/elections/west-bengal-assembly/longest-elections-did-not-help-bjp-finds-csds-lokniti-survey/article34493006.ece (5/n)
While the @AITCofficial's corruption was an issue, voters preferred to vote on their perception of welfare delivery & development rather than corruption. https://www.thehindu.com/elections/west-bengal-assembly/csds-lokniti-survey-development-mattered-most-not-corruption/article34493110.ece (6/n)
