The BJP had governments in 21 states in India till March 2018. In some states, the BJP was in government on its own and in some states it was running the government with the help of allies.

There were a total of 29 states in India before being divided into two union territories of Jammu and Kashmir in 2019. The number of union territories was 7. Now the number of states has come down to 28. The number of union territories has increased to 9.

After the formation of NCP, Shiv Sena and Congress governments in Maharashtra, BJP has been out of power in another state.

Maharashtra is the latest setback for the BJP after losing in the 2018 assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.

It is not the first time for a single political party to be in this number of state governments in India. In 1993, the Congress Party had governments in 16 of the 26 states in India. In 15 of these states, Congress was in power on its own.

The Bharatiya Janata Party was in power in seven states before Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in India in 2014.

By March 2018, the BJP was able to form a government in 21 states, growing rapidly. The BJP tripled in four years.

In 2015, BJP joined hands with PDP to form government in Jammu and Kashmir. PDP 28, BJP 25, National Conference 15 and Congress 12 seats were won in these elections. At that time, Jammu and Kashmir had a total of 87 assembly seats.

This was the first time that the BJP was in government alone or with its allies in the entire North India except Punjab.

But the BJP's expansion began to stall from 2018, when the Congress alliance formed the government in Karnataka. However this government did not last long and after some time BJP again formed the government in the state.

After the recent results of Maharashtra, it is clear that BJP and its allies are losing grip in the states.

However, the number of states where BJP has been out of power in a year is not very large. But it cannot be denied that the BJP has been out of power in the big states of India, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, which is a big setback for the BJP.

These are states in which the BJP and its allies have a strong hold. The population of these states is also much higher than many other states.

According to the census data of 2011, the total population of the states where BJP was in government in 2018 was around 84 crores. That is, BJP ruled over 70 percent of the total population of India.

After the defeat in the recent elections, the BJP's state governments are ruling over 47 percent of India's population. That is, there has been a decline of about 23% since 2018.

The eyes are now on the Jharkhand elections to be held in December, where the BJP is trying to return to power again.

But is it difficult to say whether this will happen?

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