In UP, 97% of Congress candidates, 72% of BSP’s lost their deposits | India News

NEW DELHI: The Congress misplaced its safety deposit in a surprising 387 of the 399 seats it contested within the simply concluded Uttar Pradesh meeting polls, by which it gained simply two seats. Congress received simply 2.4% of the entire votes within the state having contested almost all seats, a share decrease than the RLD’s 2.9% from simply 33 seats it contested.
Among the many different main events, the BSP misplaced the deposit in 290 seats having contested all 403.
Even the massive winner, BJP, misplaced the deposit in three of the 376 seats it contested and the principle challenger SP within the case of six of its 347 candidates.

Apparently, the BJP’s minor companions, Apna Dal (Soneylal) and Nishad, didn’t lose their deposits in even one of many 27 seats they contested between themselves, a sign that they got solely these seats to contest by which that they had at the least an opportunity of placing up some combat. In distinction, SP’s minor companions SBSP and Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) noticed 8 of their mixed 25 candidates dropping the deposit. Even senior ally RLD misplaced its deposit in three of the 33 seats contested.
A candidate who fails to safe at the least one-sixth of the entire legitimate votes polled in a constituency loses the deposit underneath the election guidelines. All advised, of the 4,442 contestants in UP, 3,522 or almost 80% didn’t get again their safety deposits.