In UP, 97% of Congress candidates, 72% of BSP’s misplaced their deposits | India Information – Instances of India

NEW DELHI: The Congress misplaced its safety deposit in a shocking 387 of the 399 seats it contested within the simply concluded Uttar Pradesh meeting polls, during which it received simply two seats. Congress bought simply 2.4% of the whole votes within the state having contested practically 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 large winner, BJP, misplaced the deposit in three of the 376 seats it contested and the primary challenger SP within the case of six of its 347 candidates.

Curiously, 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 during which that they had a minimum of an opportunity of placing up some battle. In distinction, SP’s minor companions SBSP and Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) noticed eight of their mixed 25 candidates shedding the deposit. Even senior ally RLD misplaced its deposit in three of the 33 seats contested.
A candidate who fails to safe a minimum of one-sixth of the whole 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 practically 80% did not get again their safety deposits.