[Considering the provisional figure of 67.11% of polling this time, it's a rise of 0.71% points over the preceding poll in 2014 (66.40%, as reported by the wiki). 2014 itself had seen a jump of a rather phenomenal 8.50% points: 66.40% - 57.90% (as reported by the wiki).
The outcome was that since 1984, for the first time, a single party did win absolute majority, even if it had fought the poll in alliance with a few others and its vote share of 31.34% was the lowest ever for a party winning absolute majority. The fact that the voting %age has further gone up, even if only marginally, would tend to indicate a wave, given the phenomenal jump in the preceding poll. The only plausible candidates available to cause a wave are Pulwama/Balakot and anti-minority prejudices/anger. The Nyaya, in any case, meant for the bottom-most 20% of the populace, most difficult to be accessed, is hardly a competitor. The other likely candidate could be strong disaffection with the present dispensation - the hoax of "Acche Din". But, that'd have, normally, had brought the polling percentage down, not pushed it up. Btw, exit polls, almost unfailingly, miss the magnitude of a large swing. But, all these are, admittedly, speculations. One'll have to wait for the 23rd, just two days away. <<Voter turnouts have fluctuated over the past 16 Lok Sabha elections, the lowest being in first election held in 1951 with 45.67% voter participation. Thereafter turnouts were 47.74% in 1957, 55.42% in 1962, 61.33% in 1967 (the first elections when Indira Gandhi led Congress), 55.29% in 1971, 60.49% in 1977, 56.92% in 1980, 64.01% in 1984-85 (held in the wake of assassination of Indira Gandhi), 61.95% in 1989 (when National Front won under V P Singh), 55.88% in 1991-92 (during which Congress president Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated), 57.94% in 1996, 61.97% in 1998, 59.99% in 1999, 57.98% in 2004, 58.19% in 2009 and 66.44% in 2014.>>] https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/at-67-1-2019-turnouts-a-record-election-commission/articleshow/69419715.cms Lok Sabha elections: At 67.1%, 2019 turnout’s a record, Election Commission says Bharti Jain | TNN | Updated: May 21, 2019 Snipped -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/greenyouth/CACEsOZgYJUE%3DA34CW_B7C_9XoJLt%2BNkNYb6SgvHc_5%3DgqXA5OA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
