Blink

Like always, you turn to poetry, when it seems as if you cannot find the words....

"Sabse Khatarnaak woh chaand hota hai
jo har hatyakaand ke baad
veeraan huye aangano.n mein chadhta hai
par aapki aankho.n mein mircho.n ki tarah nahin gadhta"

[That moon is the moon dangerous
that, after each murder,
rises above these desolate homes
but does not descend into your eyes like chillies.]

From Paash's 'Sabse khatatnaak cheez' or The Most Dangerous Thing.

A lady called Chandni sent an email today, citing these lines; she also forwarded a message from Anhad along a breakdown of the voting patterns in Gujarat. It asked us to remember that the margins were slim. That for every 37,722 people who voted for the BJP in Rajpipla, there were many more who voted against (37,091 for the Congress - a difference of 631 votes - and 2807 for the BSP).

I hardly batted an eyelash when I'd heard of the result; I hadn't allowed myself to. But for some reason, this email is making me blink. Furiously.

I'm going to try and put up that list in this post, but in any case, you can go and look at the details on the Election Commission website.

	CONSTITUENCY	BJP VOTE	CONGRESS VOTE	DIFFERENCE	BSP	IND
1	RAJPIPLA	37722	37091	631	2807
2	MANDAL	34843	34166	677		3818
3	KHAMBHALIA	40358	39560	798		4275
4	KANKREJ	37930	37090	840	28934
5	JAMNAGAR	33021	31941	1080		1098
6	KADI	65835	64508	1327		3848
7	GADHADA	50579	49152	1427	1478
8	SURAT CITY	39607	37908	1699		RJD-2584
9	ANAND	63745	61975	1770		12134
10	KALOL	27565	25255	1884		1427+1016
11	CHIKHLI	59471	57204	2267	2708
12	SIDHPUR	52610	50181	2429		2694
13	MANGROL	48256	45625	2631	3389	2782
14	BOTAD	69662	66474	3188	2134	3188
15	VIRAMGAM	47643	44327	3316	3286	3364
16	MANSA	44381	41011	3370		10478
17	GANDHINAGAR	81864	78116	3748	1766	5128
18	RAKHIAL	53993	50048	3945	1395	1428
19	DASADA	38174	34108	4066	3898	2408
20	SIHAR	50756	46638	4118	3501	2973
21	AMRELI	48767	44578	4189		3143+1397
22	VISAVADAR	38179	33950	4229	3399	2074
23	UPLETA	36602	31917	4685	1946	SP-4141
24	SOMNATH	61233	56004	5229	7099
25	BAYAD	40395	34711	5684	3107	3569
26	CHHOTA UDAIPUR	44422	38304	6118		8056
27	KALAWAD	39497	33225	6272	3449	3693
28	WADHAWAN	47466	40564	6902		23261
29	DANGS	56860	48977	7883		5010+4446
30	KUTIYANA	37130	27980	9150	3064	8060
31	VADGAM	50481	40776	9705		16372
32	ABDASA	39004	28985	10019	12397
33	CAMBAY	50163	40086	10077	3081	8684