The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which was performing well in Andhra Pradesh till about 2018, suddenly appears to be in a precarious state. Once considered to be the king-maker, it is now isolated and is struggling to regain a foothold on its own.
In 2014, the BJP had a vote share of 7.22% across Andhra Pradesh in parliamentary constituencies. In 2019, this dropped to about 0.98%. In Assembly constituencies, its vote share was 4.13% in 2014 and dropped to 0.84% in 2019. The national party won four Assembly seats in 2014 and two Lok Sabha seats in the State, when it was in an alliance with the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the Jana Sena Party (JSP). But when it fought the 2019 polls on its own, it drew a blank. The situation has not improved since then. This was evident in the rout that the BJP faced in the MLC elections earlier this year.
