New Delhi, June 21 -- No set of election results epitomized the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP's) dominance in the 2019 elections better than the verdict from western India. Across the 101 seats at stake in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Goa, the BJP and its allies won 92. In these states, more than elsewhere in the country, the party drew support from the full spectrum of caste and class (chart 1). Not only did the BJP sweep most of the region, it did so with big margins. Across these states, the BJP's median victory margin (the difference in vote share to its nearest contestant) exceeded the national equivalent (25% compared to 20%). In Gujarat and Rajasthan, where contests were essentially two-way battles with the Congress, the BJP's...