BSP receives more votes than Victory Margin in 16 UP Seats, benefitting NDA's tally
Lucknow: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Uttar Pradesh emerged with more votes than the winning margin in 16 constituencies, despite not clinching any seats themselves. This has notably benefitted the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) total tally in the Lok Sabha elections.
Out of these 16 seats, the BSP's vote count surpassed the winning margin in 14 seats won by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and two seats won by its allies, the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) and Apna Dal (Soneylal).
Had these votes been transferred to the INDIA alliance, it could have significantly altered the election outcome. Had these seats also gone to the INDIA kitty, it would have taken the NDA’s total tally down to 278 and the BJP’s to 226. BJP, which secured 33 seats in Uttar Pradesh, might have seen its tally reduced to just 19 seats.
The absence of a formal SP-BSP alliance in this election raised questions about the voting dynamics, as anecdotal evidence suggested a shift in the BSP's core base towards INDIA alliance.
The Samajwadi Party had set aside the Bhadohi seat for Trinamool Congress and in return it got a seat in Madhya Pradesh from the Congress, despite the fact that neither TMC nor SP has ever won a Lok Sabha seat in either state.
The TMC candidate who polled nearly 4.2 lakh votes, lost to the BJP candidate by a margin of 44,072 votes. The BSP candidate polled nearly 1.6 lakh votes, which may have helped the BJP candidate, Dr Vinod Kumar Bind, win.
In Mirzapur, Apna Dal (Soneylal) candidate Anupriya Patel won by 37,810 defeating SP’s Ramesh Chand Bind. BSP’sManish Kumar polled over 1.4 lakh votes here.
Seats where BSP’s tally was higher than the winning margin are not confined to any specific region and are spread from Bijnor to Mirzapur.
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Allen, Raghuvanshi, Green power KKR to 29-run win over GT
Kolkata (PTI): Finn Allen blasted a 35-ball 93, while Angkrish Raghuvanshi hit an unbeaten 44-ball 82 as Kolkata Knight Riders kept their playoff hopes alive with a 29-run win over Gujarat Titans in the IPL match here on Saturday.
Sent in to bat, Allen went on a six-hitting spree, smashing 10 maximums and four boundaries to add 95 off 41 balls with Raghuvanshi (82).
Raghuvanshi then shared another 108 off 53 balls with Cameron Green (52 not out) to power KKR to a challenging 247 for 2.
In reply, GT could manage 218-4, riding on skipper Shubman Gill's 49-ball 85 and a 35-ball 57 from Jos Buttler. Opener Sai Sudarsan was retired hurt but returned to make a 28-ball 53 not out.
Sunil Narine (2/29) claimed two wickets and Saurabh Dubey snapped one for KKR.
For GT, Mohammed Siraj (1/50), Sai Kishore (1/38) were the wicket-takers.
Brief Score:
KKR: 247 for 2 in 20 overs (Finn Allen 93, Angkrish Raghuvanshi 82 not out, Camero Green 52 not out; Mohammed Siraj 1/50).
GT: 218 for 4 in 20 overs (Shubman Gill 85, Sunil Narine 2/29).
