BJP lost 20 seats out of 27 in Bengal where Modi campaigned, success rate 25%

Narendra Modi got a major setback on June 4 as the Indian electorate stopped short of handing over a full majority to his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. His ambitious target of '400 paar' fell flat as the BJP managed to get just 240 seats; however, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) crossed the 272 majority mark comfortably. States like Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and West Bengal thwarted BJP's 400-paar campaign. As per media reports, the BJP displayed a poor show in Bengal especially where Modi, the party's star campaigner, held road shows and political rallies.

Modi magic failed in Bengal

Narendra Modi held 23 campaign events in the state in the run-up to the elections, covering 27 Lok Sabha seats out of the total 42. Out of those 27 seats, the BJP lost 20. This translates into an embarrassing success rate of just 26 per cent.

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Of these 27 seats, Modi held an election campaign in one constituency twice. BJP lost there too. Modi came to high profile Krishnanagar seat twice to back BJP's Amrita Roy against Trinamool Congress's firebrand leader Mahua Moitra. Roy lost the seat to Moitra with a margin of 56,000 votes.

Modi also held his first-ever roadshow in Bengal for Kolkata North BJP candidate Tapas Roy. TMC's Sudip Bandopadhyay thrashed him with a margin of 92,560 votes.

Modi's backing couldn’t prevent two union ministers' boats from sinking either. Union Minister of State Nisith Pramanick, for whom Modi held a giant rally in Coochbehar constituency, couldn't stay afloat. Similarly, BJP's Subhash Sarkar lost his Bankura seat to the TMC.

BJP failed to hold on to seats like Barrackpore and Jhargram despite Narendra Modi addressing rallies in both these seats.

Here are some more seats where Modi campaigned but his BJP went straight to the ground: Arambagh, Hooghly, Barasat, Bolpur, Barrackpore, Howrah, Uluberia, Jhargram, Jadavpur, Mathurapur, Medinipur and Bardhaman Purba.

(With inputs from agencies)