How BJP won the Uttar Pradesh dangal

Brand Modi not just trumped the Mandir wave of 1991, but also managed to repeat his performance 2014 performance in this massive state.

The pollsters were spot on this time. All predicted a mammoth victory for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh and they were proven right. There are many factors that have gone into the victory. Brand Narendra Modi is intact in Uttar Pradesh. He not just trumped the Mandir wave of 1991, but also managed to repeat his performance 2014 performance in this massive state of Uttar Pradesh.

The BJP resounding victory would be largely due to the consolidation of the non-Yadav OBC vote. This sector appears to have felt neglected by the current dispensation in UP and may have shifted to the BJP in large numbers.

The exit polls had projected that the BJP will get 57 per cent of the Kurmi vote, 63 per cent of the Lodh vote and 60 per cent of the remaining non-Yadav OBC vote. This was a big vote bank for the SP in the 2012 elections and became the decider.

The projection of Keshav Prasad Maurya as the UP BJP chief also may have convinced the the non-Yadav OBC voters that they would have a say. His elevation also may have helped the BJP shed the upper-caste tag.

Exit polls had suggested that the BJP will win 64 per cent of the Baniya votes. The BJP will also get 55 per cent of the Kaysath vote, 62 per cent of the Thakur vote and 62 per cent of the Brahmin votes, the exit polls had said.

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