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Drop in voting percentage in UP bypolls can upset calculations of parties: Experts

Lucknow, Nov 4 (UNI) A drop in voting percentage in seven assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh that went to polls on November 3 can upset calculations of many political parties after reports that people in rural areas have voted in large numbers as compared to urban parts of the constituency.
“The election results are bound to give hiccups to the political parties because the low polling percentage and presence of all major political parties in the fray could spring surprise ,” Nomita P Kumar of Giri Institute of Development Studies in Lucknow said here.
The polling percentage has come down by over 10 per cent as compared to the 2017 elections with highest dip is visible in Nagawan Sadat in Amroha where in 2017 polling percentage was over 76 per cent while this time it is 61.50 per cent. There are reports too that villages have voted in large numbers as compared to urban areas thus giving sleepless nights to the BJP whose vote bank is more city-centric.
Ms Kumar said the equations have changed because BSP is contesting bye-elections after many decades and the Congress is giving a fight to the main opponents like BJP and Samajwadi Party. “In this scenario it will be difficult to predict winners and losers,” she said.
The polling was held for the seven seats with 88 candidates in the fray. BJP had won six out of seven seats while SP one in 2017 elections. “As BJP had won maximum seats the pressure would be on the ruling party to retain all its seats. But the ground reality is different from 2017 and is bound to have a different result,” a social activist Brijesh Mishra said.
In 2017 elections, Samajwadi Party and Congress had contested election as an ally. But this time they have contested separately. Besides, in Deoria a rebel BJP candidate has entered the fray while in Bangarmau and Ghatampur Congress is likely to do well. Mayawati’s revelation about the secret deal with BJP has also made the election interesting as ground reports suggest that Muslims have shunned BSP and have voted in favour of SP and Congress.
In some constituencies people boycotted elections. In Tundla in Firozabad district villagers boycotted the by-election alleging no development in their area. Chanting "vikas nahi, to vote nahi" (no development, no vote), voters at the Rudhau Mustkil booth number 30 boycotted the polling.
The by-elections were held in Malhani (Jaunpur), Tundla (Firozabad), Bunaldshahr, Naugawan Sadat (Amroha), Ghatampur (Kanpur City), Bangarmau (Unnao), and Deoria. Of these seats six were previously held by BJP while SP had won Malhani.
However, all the political parties have claimed victory in the by-elections. SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav said that despite BJP using government machinery it is all set to lose the election. “It is the beginning of the end of Yogi Raj,” he said in a statement.
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