READ: Congress debacle in 2014 vs Congress disaster in 2019, seat by seat comparison of party's performance in Lok Sabha elections

The Congress Working Committee met following the party's drubbing in the Lok Sabha elections as it won 52 seats, winning just eight more seats since the 2014 polls. Congress president Rahul Gandhi's resignation was not accepted in the meeting, despite the party's poll debacle, as the 'party needed him'. The party under Gandhi's leadership not only lost the elections but failed to become a strong opposition to the BJP owing to it winning just 52 seats. The voters did not seem to take well to Rahul Gandhi's digs at the Prime Minister, the constant mention of Rafale deal and allegations of corruption, the sloganeering of 'Chowkidar Chor Hai'. The party's manifesto promises, be it NYAY or the proposal to dilute AFSPA and action against sedition law, and zero concrete measures against corruption did not go down well with Indian electorate. While the party saw a colossal defeat in Karnataka, one state it also held on to following the assembly elections in a dysfunctional coalition with JD(S), it continued its hold over Kerala winning more seats since the previous general elections. It performed well in Punjab and Tamil Nadu compared to 2014. While it maintained status quo in a few states, it lost its hold in several others. The party has been wiped put from these states and Union Territories - Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Delhi and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Mizoram, Sikkim and Tripura. Below is the seat by seat comparison of Congress performance in states from 2014 with 2019 Lok Sabha elections: Karnataka Seat won by Congress candidates In 2014: Bangalore Rural - DK Suresh Chamarajanagar - R Dhruvanarayana Chikkballapur - M Veerappa Moily Chikkodi- Prakash Babanna Hukkeri Chitradurga- BN Chandrappa Gulbarga- Mallikarjun Kharge Kolar- KH Muniyappa Raichur- BV Nayak Tumkur- Muddahanumegowda SP Seat won by Congress candidates in 2019: Bangalore Rural - DK Suresh In a massive defeat, the party won just one seat in the state. Its coalition with JD(S) failed to secure enough number of seats. Battle-hardened party giants such as Mallikarjun Kharge and Veerappa Moily were brought to their knees in this elections. The party's plan to give the Tumkur seat, where it had a sitting MP, to JD(S) supremo HD Devegowda backfired as he lost the seat to a BJP candidate. Muddahanumegowda SP had rebelled against the party decision of giving the seat to Devegowda and had even filed his nomination only to be pressurised to take it back. Kerala The party performed well in the state which usually sees a battle between Left led-LDF and Congress-led-UDF. Seat won by Congress candidates In 2014: Alappuzha - KC Venugopal Ernakulam - Prof KV Thomas Kozhikode - MK Raghavan Mavelikkara - Kodikunnil Suresh Pathanamthitta - Anto Antony Thiruvananthapuram - Dr Shashi Tharoor Vadakara - Mullappally Ramachandran Wayanad - MI Shanavas Seat won by Congress candidates in 2019: Alathur - Ramya Hharidas Attingal - Adv Adoor prakash Chalakudy - Benny Behanan Ernakulam - Hibi Eden Idukki - Adv Dean Kuriakose Kannur - K Sudhakaran Kasaragod - Rajmohan Unnithan Kozhikode - MK Raghavan Mavelikkara - Kodikunnil Suresh Palakkad - VK Sreekandan Pathanamthitta - Anto Anthony Thiruvananthapuram - Dr Shashi Tharoor Thrissur - TN Prathapan Vadakara - K Muraleedharan Wayanad - Rahul Gandhi Tamil Nadu: Seat won by Congress candidates in 2014: Congress failed to secure any seat from the state Seat won by Congress candidates in 2019: Arani - Dr MK Vishnu Prasad Kanniyakumari - H Vasanthakumar Karur - SJothimani Krishnagiri - A. Chellakumar Sivaganga - Karti CHidambaram Thiruvallur - K.Jayakumar Tiruchirappalli - Su. Thirunavukkarasar Virudhunagar - Manickam Tagore Punjab Seat won by Congress candidates in 2014: Amritsar - Capt Amarinder Singh, Gurjeet Singh Aujla Jalandhar - Santokh Singh Chaudhary Ludhiana - Ravneet Singh Bittu Seat won by Congress candidates in 2019: Amritsar - Gurjeet Singh Aujla Khadoor Sahib - Jasbir Singh Dimpa Jalandhar (SC) - Charanjit Singh Atwal Anandpur Sahib - Manish Tiwari Ludhiana - Ravneet Singh Bittu Fatehgarh Sahib (SC) - Dr. Amar Singh Faridkot (SC) - Muhammad Sadiq Patiala - Preneet Kaur Telangana The state was formed in 2014. Seat won by Congress candidates in 2019: Malkajgiri - A Revanth Reddy Nalgonda - N Uttam Kumar Reddy Bhongir - K Raj Gopal Reddy Uttar Pradesh Seat won by Congress candidates in 2014: Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi had won decisively from Amethi and Rae Bareli respectively Seat won by Congress candidates in 2019: While Sonia Gandhi won in Rae Bareli defeating Dinesh Pratap Singh with a margin of 167178 votes, Rahul Gandhi was handed over a defeat from Amethi by Smriti Irani with 55120 Madhya Pradesh Seat won by Congress candidates in 2014: Chhindwara- Kamal Nath Guna- Jyotiraditya M Scindia Seat won by Congress candidates in 2019: Chhindwara- Nakul Kamal Nath Nakul Kamal Nath won with a margin of 37536 votes against BJP's Nathansaha Kawreti, while the party's UP West general secretary Jyotiraditya Scindia was defeated by Krishna Pal Singh by 125549 votes. Maharashtra Seat won by Congress candidates in 2014: Hingoli - Rajeev Shankarrao Satav Nanded - Ashok Shankarrao Chavan Seat won by Congress candidates in 2019: Chandrapur - Balubhau alias Suresh Narayan Dhanorkar Dhanorkar defeated BJP's Hansraj Gangaram Ahir by 44763 votes Former Maharashtra CM Ashok Chavan failed to win the seat from his stronghold. West Bengal Seat won by Congress candidates in 2014: Baharampur - Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Jangipur - Abhijit Mukherjee Maldaha Dakshin - Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury Maldaha Uttar - Mausam Noor Seat won by Congress candidates in 2019: Baharampur - Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Maldaha Dakshin - Abu Hasem Chowdury (Dalu) In Jangipur, Khalilur Rahaman from TMC defeated BJP's Mafuja Khatun while in Maldaha Uttar, Khagen Murmu from BJP defeated Mausam Noor of TMC Andhra Pradesh Seat won by Congress candidates in 2014: Nagarkurnool - Yellaiah Nandi Nalgonda - Gutha Sukhender Reddy Seat won by Congress candidates in 2019: The party failed to win any seats Bihar Seat won by Congress candidates in 2014: Kishanganj - Mohammad Asrarul Haque Supaul - Ranjeet Ranjan Seat won by Congress candidates in 2019: Kishanganj - Mohammad Jawed Haryana Seat won by Congress candidates in 2014: Rohtak - Deepender Singh Hooda Seat won by Congress candidates in 2019: The party failed to win any seats Chhattisgarh Seat won by Congress candidates in 2014: Durg - Tamradhwaj Sahu Seat won by Congress candidates in 2019: Bastar - Deepak Baij Korba - Jyotsna Charandas Mahant Pratima Chandrakar of Congress was defeated from Durg by BJP's Vijay Baghel 391978 votes Assam Seat won by Congress candidates in 2014: Autonomous District - Biren Singh Engti Kaliabor - Gourav Gogoi Silchar - Sushmita Dev Seat won by Congress candidates in 2019: Barpeta - Abdul Khaleque Kaliabor - Gaurav Gogoi Nowgong - Pradyut Bordoloi Sushmita Dev, Indian Mahila Congress head, lost from Silchar to Rajdeep Roy with a margin of 81596 votes. Goa Seat won by Congress candidates in 2019: South Goa - Cosme Francisco Caitano Sardinha Jharkhand Seats won by Congress candidates in 2019: Singhbhum - Geeta Kora Odisha Seats won by Congress candidates in 2019: Koraput - Saptagiri Ulaka Arunachal Pradesh Seat won by Congress candidates in 2014: Arunachal East - Ninong Ering Seat won by Congress candidates in 2019: The party failed to win any seats Mizoram Seat won by Congress candidates in 2014: Mizoram - CL Ruala Seat won by Congress candidates in 2019: Congress alliance with Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) failed to win. Meghalaya Seat won by Congress candidates in 2014: Shillong - Vincent H Pala Seat won by Congress candidates in 2019: Shillong - Vincent Pala retains the seat Manipur Seat won by Congress candidates in 2014: Inner Manipur - Dr Thokchom Meinya Outer Manipur - Thangso Baite Seat won by Congress candidates in 2019: Congress failed to secure any seats. Andaman and Nicobar Congress' Kuldeep Rai Sharma won from here. Puducherry V Vaithilingam won from here

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