Narendra Modi has been chosen by the BJP-led NDA for a second term as Prime Minister. However, his party has once again failed in Tamil Nadu.
AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa had stolen his thunder ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections with her slogan ‘Lady or Modi’, urging people in T.N. to pick the 'lady' (referring to herself). She went on to win 37 seats. Of the two remaining seats, the BJP, leading a third front, managed one, and its ally, the PMK, took the other.
In 2019, the humiliation is greater. The BJP has drawn a blank. Its ally, the ruling AIADMK, has managed to win just one seat of the 38 Lok Sabha seats.
Result with molitics https://www.molitics.in/election/result
After Jayalalithaa’s death, Mr. Modi facilitated a merger of feuding factions of the AIADMK, to be led jointly by Edappadi K. Palaniswami and O. Panneerselvam. The duo then proceeded to stitch together a mega alliance, roping in the PMK and DMDK into the fold.