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Parties corner vote share, but fail to win seats

Parties corner vote share, but fail to win seats

Rediff.com17 May 2014

Results coming out of Lok Sabha polls show that parties like Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party and Tamil Nadu's Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam managed to corner a large number of votes but failed to convert them into seats, while parties with lesser vote share have got seats to show in their kitty.

Vote share: BJP gets 31 pc; 3rd largest BSP gets no seat

Vote share: BJP gets 31 pc; 3rd largest BSP gets no seat

Rediff.com17 May 2014

While Bharatiya Janata Party's countrywide vote share shot up by over 12 per cent at the expense of other parties, the chart throws some contrary pictures as parties like Bahujan Samaj Party got no seat in spite of third-highest vote share, but Trinamool Congress and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam clinched over 30 seats each with less than 4 per cent vote share.