UP, Bihar by-elections: Vote share of each party
The BJP suffered shock defeats in Gorakhpur and Phulpur. The Samajwadi Party bagged both these seats in the Uttar Pradesh by-elections. It was clear that the support from the BSP helped the SP a great deal in beating the BJP.
There was clearly a huge difference in the vote share of the BJP when compared to the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The case was similar in Bihar as well.
Here is a look at the vote share of the parties in the just concluded by-elections at UP and Bihar.
| 2014 | 2018 | |||
| Phulpur (UP) | BJP | 52.43 | BJP | 38.81 |
| SP | 20.3 | SP | 46.95 | |
| BSP | 17.1 | |||
| Gorakhpur (UP) | BJP | 51.8 | BJP | 46.53 |
| SP | 21.8 | SP | 48.87 | |
| BSP | 17 | |||
| Araria (Bihar) | BJP | 26.8 | BJP | 43.2 |
| RJD | 41.8 | RJD | 49.2 | |
| JD(U) | 22.7 | |||
| Jehanabad (Assembly, Bihar) | RJD | 50.9 | RJD | 54.2 |
| BLSP | 30.07 | JD(U) | 29.2 | |
| Bhabua (Assembly, Bihar) | BJP | 34.6 | BJP | 47.9 |
| JD(U) | 29.3 | Congress | 36.8 | |
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