Congress Emerges 2d In 2 UP Bypoll Seats, Sees Ray Of Hope

Lucknow:

An afternoon after the declaration of result of the Uttar Pradesh meeting bypolls, through which the Congress didn’t win any of the seven seats, the party drew convenience from its appearing in two constituencies the place it ended up because the runner-up.

Congress applicants Arti Bajpai in Bangarmau and Kripa Shankar in Ghatampur got here 2d after the BJP within the bypolls.

“There might not be a tectonic shift in opposition to the party within the meeting bypolls, however there’s a sluggish and visual shift a number of the citizens within the state in opposition to the Congress,” UP Congress spokesperson Ashok Singh claimed.

“We’re quantity two at two puts in comparison to the BSP, which completed at quantity two simplest in Bulandshahr,” he advised PTI on Wednesday.

Within the 2017 meeting elections, the Congress used to be 3rd in Ghatampur. In Bangarmau, it had then prolonged give a boost to to the SP, whose candidate completed 2d.

The ruling BJP has retained six of the seven seats and the Samajwadi Party hung directly to the only it held ahead of the November three bypolls have been known as.

The by-elections have been held in opposition to the backdrop of a marketing campaign through the opposition — specifically the Congress — over the legislation and order scenario within the Bharatiya Janata Party-run state.

AICC common secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra many times attacked the Yogi Adityanath govt over the Hathras case through which a Dalit lady died after alleged gang-rape.

In comparison to 2017, the BJP vote proportion dropped quite in 4 of the six constituencies it received.

However it nonetheless bagged 36.73 consistent with cent of the votes polled within the seven constituencies, in comparison to a meagre 7.53 consistent with cent which went in favour of the Congress.

The SP’s vote proportion within the bypolls used to be 23.61 consistent with cent and that of Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party 18.97 consistent with cent.

Bhim Military leader Chandrashekhar Azad’s Azad Samaj Party contested from Bulandshahr to check its electoral reputation. Its candidate were given the 3rd spot there with a vote proportion of 6.69 consistent with cent, only a color under the Congress reasonable around the seven seats.

The BJP vote proportion dropped in Bangarmau, Deoria, Ghatampur and Tundla, and used to be with regards to its 2017 efficiency in Naugawan. Its proportion progressed in Bulandshahr.

The Samajwadi Party received Malhani, conserving its seat within the bypolls. It were given 35.45 consistent with cent of the votes on this constituency, making improvements to its previous efficiency through two share issues.

This used to be in spite of an growth within the vote proportion of its primary rival, unbiased candidate Dhananjay Singh. He were given 33.22 consistent with cent of the votes this time, in comparison to 23.37 consistent with cent votes in 2017, when he contested for a similar seat because the Nishad party nominee.

The BSP’s very best efficiency this time used to be in Bulandshahr, the place its candidate completed 2d, the similar spot it reached in 2017.

In 2017, the SP and the Congress fought in combination below their seat-sharing settlement for Uttar Pradesh.

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