Poll results: How the rural voters helped Samajwadi Party uproot BSP

LUCKNOW: It was the rural voters who actually played a big role in bringing the Samajwadi Party to power. Be it in Bundelkhand or Poorvanchal or the rural corners of central and western Uttar Pradesh, voters turned up in favour of the SP.

For example, in the case of Bundelkhand, the party managed to double its tally this assembly election in comparison to the last state polls. A similar trend was also seen in Poorvanchal where voters came out heavily in favour of Mulayam Singh Yadav’s party.

Be it first-time voters, or women or the Muslims, they were in for a change of government . The target eventually became the BSP which was hit the most. Until the last assembly elections, over 300 rural constituencies of UP had voted in favour of the BSP.

Not only caste equations, but development issues also played a key role in upsetting the ruling BSP government, to pave way for the SP.

Like in case of the Chitrakoot constituency of Chitrakoot district from where Veer Singh won this year. This seat was a bastion of the BSP. At the same time, the SP lost to Congress in Tindwari from where Daljeet Singh of the Congress won.

The villagers were also influenced by the SP’s poll promises , which claimed to provide adequate fertilizers and irrigation facilities to the farmers.