Furthermore, the 2024 election campaign made headlines due to extensive campaigns by the top leadership of the parties rather than active mobilization on the ground.

Comparative analysis of election campaigns at regular intervals also shows that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is ahead in every way against political rivals. While PM Modi held 4-5 election rallies and road shows in a day, his rivals were seen doing only 2-3 election programs.

With the campaign ending on Thursday, PM Modi has set a record of wooing voters with his 75-day-wide outreach programs through election rallies, public events, road shows and interviews with TV channels and news publications. PM Modi's marathon election campaign included 206 public rallies, road shows and 80 interviews over a period of 75 days.The campaign for the 202nd parliamentary election began on 16 March and will end on 30 May.

P Modi's series of campaign events including election rallies and road shows makes it an average of three events per day.

Breaking it down further, one realizes that the Prime Minister spent more than 150 hours in the scorching heat in the election and faced more than 1,000 questions from media outlets either in the election arena or inside the TV studios. Considering that the Prime Minister spoke for about 45 minutes at each election rally, 206 rallies would mean (206 x 45 = 9,270 minutes) approximately 154 hours for which he addressed election rallies.

Considering the flurry of questions the Prime Minister faced in multiple half-hour and one-hour interactions with TV channels and news publications, he must have faced over 1,000 questions and shared his views on all subjects as demanded by the opposition. Will be.Such outspoken interactions with the media and P Modi's extensive campaign irked the opposition too. PM Modi had a fast and energetic campaign across the country, with special emphasis on South India and he held five programs in a single day. While doing four programs in as many days.

It is understood that he conducted 5 programs in at least three days while managing programs in more than 22 days. His campaign gained further momentum in May, as he covered 96 events this month alone.

The Prime Minister's major focus has been 'South Push', which has also become a major issue of discussion in this election.The four big states of the Hindi belt with the maximum number of Lok Sabha MPs top the list of priorities for PM Modi, he spent most of his time campaigning in these states. PM Modi addressed the maximum number of election rallies in Uttar Pradesh, the state which Sends 80 MPs to the Lok Sabha. The NDA won 64 seats in the state in the 2019 elections and the BJP is hoping to increase its seats this time.

Bihar (40 Lok Sabha seats) and Bengal (42 Lok Sabha seats) were the other states where the Prime Minister held several election rallies and road shows, as the party hopes to increase and consolidate its vote share as well as seats in these states.

PM Modi held 20 election programs in Bihar and 18 in West Bengal. In Bihar, the BJP has vowed to win all 40 seats while trying to corner (West Bengal Chief Minister) Mamata Banerjee in her turf by claiming 24-30 seats in the state.Maharashtra is the fourth state visited repeatedly by the Prime Minister for election rallies. PM Modi almost doubled his election rallies and road shows in the state compared to the 2019 elections.

In particular, Maharashtra, with 48 Lok Sabha seats, remains an interesting set as all eyes are on how the breakaway factions of Shiv Sena and NCP pose a challenge to the 'parent' parties run by the party chiefs.

PM Modi also led the BJP's 'South Push' for the 2024 elections and organized at least 35 election events in five southern states, including Karnataka, Telangana and Tamil Nadu. BJP is looking to make deep inroads in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, Karnataka It is hoping to make big gains in Telangana, while sensing an opportunity for its 'best ever show' in Telangana by tapping into anti-incumbency sentiments.For BJP, the biggest focus has been on Eastern India.

PM Modi held 10 election rallies and road shows in Odisha. This is another situation where BJP is expected to get a large number of seats and end BJD's dominance. Jharkhand witnessed 7 programs of the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister took the opportunity to take a strong attack on the rampant corruption under the JMM rule. Taken, which also included a mountain of cash recovered from his minister's associates.

Five election rallies each and four each were held in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, while PM Modi's home state Gujarat saw five campaign events.