Launched by PM Narendra Modi in 2018, the Aspirational District Programme recognized 112 districts, the place the NITI Aayog screens the progress underneath 5 broad socio-economic themes — well being & vitamin, training, agriculture & water assets, monetary inclusion & ability improvement, and infrastructure.

As the outcomes present, over two-thirds of the seats in 26 districts throughout 4 states have gone to the BJP.

In MP, the BJP received 30 of 35 seats within the Aspirational Districts, whereas the remaining 5 went to Congress. In Rajasthan, the BJP received 10 of the 17 seats in these districts, whereas the Congress and BSP received six and one respectively. In Chhattisgarh, the BJP received 11 of the 21 seats within the Aspirational Districts, whereas the Congress received 9 and one went to the Gondwana Ganatantra Party (GGP). Of 8 seats in Aspirational Districts in Telangana, Congress received 4, BRS 2, and the BJP and CPI one every.

Of the 52 seats that the BJP received in these districts, 33 are new seats whereas 19 are seats that it retained from 2018. The Congress may retain simply 19 of the 52 seats that it received throughout these districts in 2018.

Like Aspirational Districts, the tribal belts throughout MP, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan too have given a push to the BJP.

Of the 101 seats reserved for STs within the three states – 47/230 in MP, 29/90 in Chhattisgarh and 25/200 in Rajasthan – the BJP has received 56 seats, virtually doubling its tally from 2018, when it received simply 29. The Congress tally in these states stands at 40, down from 66 seats in 2018. The remaining ST seats have gone to new entrants, together with Bharat Adivasi Party (BAP), which has received 4 seats throughout these states, and the Gondwana Ganatantra Party, which has received one seat in Chhattisgarh.

In the 2013 elections, when the Congress misplaced all of the three states, the BJP had received 60 ST seats, most of those in MP and Rajasthan. In Chhattisgarh, nonetheless, the celebration trailed behind the Congress, which had received 18 of the 29 ST seats.

However, the BJP’s efficiency within the tribal belts of those states isn’t as strong as its tally in the remainder of the state. While the celebration has received 71% of all seats in MP, it received solely 57% of tribal seats within the state. Similarly, in Rajasthan, the place the BJP received 58% of all seats, it received in solely 48% of tribal seats. It is simply in Chhattisgarh that the celebration’s efficiency matches its efficiency within the tribal belts – it received 60% of all seats and 58% of all ST seats within the state.

Conversely, the Congress, which received solely 29% of the seats in MP, has received 40% of the tribal seats within the state. In Rajasthan, the celebration received 35% of seats within the state however virtually 48% of tribal seats. Even in Chhattisgarh, the Congress’s efficiency within the state virtually matches its efficiency in tribal seats at 39% and 38% respectively.