share began declining with the Bhawanipur by-election in Kolkata, where its vote share fell from less than 35% in May 2021 to only 22% in October of the same year, persisting thereafter. In the elections for 108 other municipalities, the BJP could only secure 12.57% of the votes. In last year’s panchayat elections, it remained in third place with a 22% vote share.
