Is Rahul Gandhi Nearing A Century Of Electoral Defeats For Congress?

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Rahul Gandhi’s long political journey in Congress leadership now reflects 99 electoral defeats across the country, placing him one step away from a century of losses.

The electoral infographic highlights repeated setbacks across states and years, showing persistent challenges for the party under his leadership.

Over two decades, Congress has accumulated 99 defeats in state elections and national contests, struggling to secure a stable mandate.

The decline began in 2004 with losses in Karnataka, Odisha, and Sikkim, followed by Bihar and Jharkhand in 2005.

In 2006, Keralam and West Bengal saw defeats, while 2007 brought setbacks in Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh.

Between 2008 and 2009, Congress lost in Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Nagaland, Tripura, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, and Sikkim.

The period 2010 to 2013 added defeats in Bihar, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Goa, Gujarat, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan, and others.

The 2014 general election marked a major setback, with losses across the Lok Sabha and states including Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Sikkim, and Telangana.

From 2015 to 2018, defeats continued in Delhi, Assam, Keralam, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Mizoram, Meghalaya, and Chhattisgarh.

The 2019 Lok Sabha election again delivered a national defeat, alongside losses in Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra, Odisha, and Sikkim.

From 2020 to 2023, Congress faced continued setbacks in Bihar, Delhi, Assam, West Bengal, Punjab, and multiple northeastern states.

In 2024, another Lok Sabha defeat and regional losses deepened the party’s electoral crisis across major states nationwide.

Early projections for 2025 and 2026 suggest ongoing struggles in Bihar, Delhi, Assam, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal.

This long record highlights deep electoral introspection for India’s oldest political party.

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Pragati Upadhyay

I report stories and occasionally rescue facts from chaos. By profession, I’m a journalist; by conviction, a social worker who believes words should move people, not just headlines. I question power, celebrate ordinary heroes, and sometimes irritate the comfortable. If truth had a shift, I’d probably be working overtime.