UNITED OPPOSITION VS BJP

KAIRANA: BJP’S LOSS WAS NOT HUGE IN BY-POLL DESPITE SP, BSP & RLD PARTNERSHIP

In 2014, BJP’s Hukum Singh polled 565,909 votes and notched vote share of 50.54% SP polled 329,081 votes (29.39% vote share) BSP polled 160,414 votes (14.33% vote share) RLD polled 42,706 votes (3.81% vote share); Congress had left the seat for then ally RLD In May 2018 by-poll, the BJP polled 436,564 votes The RLD, supported by SP and BSP, got 481,182 votes Victory margin was 44,618 votes

PHULPUR: BJP’S LOSS IN BY-POLL WAS BIGGER THAN KAIRANA; SP, BSP HAD ALLIANCE AND CONGRESS FOUGHT SEPARATELY

In 2014, BJP’s Keshav Prasad Maurya polled 505,364 votes and secured 52.43 vote share SP polled 195,256 votes (20.33% vote share) BSP polled 163,710 votes (17.05% vote share) Congress polled 581,27 votes (6.05% vote share) In March 2018 by-poll, BJP polled 283,462 votes SP (backed by BSP) polled 342,922 votes Congress polled 19,353 votes Victory margin was 59,460 votes

GORAKHPUR: BJP’S LOSS WAS MARGINAL; SP-BSP HAD ALLIANCE AND CONGRESS FOUGHT SEPARATELY

In 2014, BJP’s Yogi Adityanath polled 539,127 votes and secured 51.80 vote share SP polled 226,344 votes (21.75% vote share) BSP polled 176,412 votes (16.95% vote share) Congress polled 45,719 votes (4.39 vote share) In March 2018 by-poll, BJP polled 434,632 votes SP (backed by BSP) polled 456,513 votes Congress polled 18,858 votes Victory margin was 21,881 votes

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Long haul for a united opposition in 2019 Lok Sabha election with Narendra Modi and BJP pulling out all stops