Phase by phase, Modi wave kept growing

NEW DELHI: BJP supporters maintained that the Modi

wave

was an undercurrent this time. It surely began that way. In the first phase, BJP’s vote share grew by 1.9%, in the second, by 3.7%, then 6.5%, and so on until it had surged by 12.8% in the sixth phase. The last phase, which covered Punjab, proved an exception though the vote share still grew by 7.6%. Congress’ vote share, on the other hand, grew by a maximum of 1.9% in the second

phase

while falling in three of the seven phases. Here's a look.