Uttar Pradesh Phase- 2: A Projection

 

  1. BJP will witness a sharp decline. The national party will be able to reclaim only 19 (+ or- 3 seats) seats instead of its grand total of 38 back in 2017. 

  2.  SP will see a steep climb from 15 seats to 26 (+ or- 3 seats) seats in 2022. 

  3. INC will improve its health by adding another seat to its 2017 number and will stand at 3 (+ or- 3 seats) constituencies. 

  4. BSP will manage to gain around 1 (+ or- 3 seats). 

  5. We have been unable to figure out a clear winner for 6 constituencies.  

Insight-

It’s an accepted fact in the psephology community that an increase in voter turnout indicates an increased vote share for BJP. So, the dip in voter turn-out percentage will be a telling-fact: Phase 2 (2022) is 60.44 percent and 65.33 percent (2017). 

District 

2017 

2022 

Sahranpur 

73% 

67% 

Bijnor 

67% 

61% 

Moradabad 

67% 

65% 

Sambhal 

65% 

57% 

Rampur 

64% 

60% 

Amroha 

72% 

66% 

Budaun 

60% 

56% 

Bareilly 

63% 

58% 

Shahjahanpur 

60% 

55%