Dalit voters appeared to have performed a decisive role in Samajwadi Get together candidate Sudhakar Singh’s victory within the Ghosi meeting bypoll on Friday regardless of Bahujan Samaj Get together (BSP) chief Mayawati’s name to her social gathering supporters to avoid polling or go for NOTA.
Sudhakar Singh maintained a lead over BJP nominee Dara Singh Chauhan in all rounds of counting of votes, apparently indicating that he obtained the help of voters even within the Dalit- dominated areas of the constituency.
Within the 2022 meeting election, Dara Singh Chauhan polled 1,08,430 votes on the SP ticket whereas the BJP candidate Vijay Kumar Rajbhar obtained 86,214 votes. Chauhan received the election by 22,216 votes final yr. Within the bypoll, Sudhakar Singh obtained 1,24,427 votes whereas Chauhan obtained 81,668 votes as a BJP nominee, shedding by 42,759 votes.
Within the 2022 meeting election, BSP candidate Vasim Ekbal polled 53,953 votes within the constituency which has round 60,000 Dalit voters.
The SP candidate obtained extra votes within the 2023 bypoll compared to the 2022 meeting election.
“It’s clear indication that together with the bottom vote of the social gathering — OBCs and Muslims — the social gathering candidate obtained the help of the Dalit neighborhood because the BSP didn’t subject a candidate within the bypoll,” stated Asit Yadav, an SP chief.
Whereas 1,246 voters opted for NOTA within the 2022 meeting ballot in Ghosi, 1,725 voters pressed the NOTA button within the bypoll held on September 5 this yr. It clearly signifies that Dalit voters defied the BSP chief’s name, Yadav stated.
Countering the SP chief’s declare, a BSP chief stated 58.53% votes had been polled in Ghosi within the 2022 meeting election however the ballot share dropped to 50% within the bypoll this yr.
The autumn within the ballot share signifies that Dalit voters stayed away from the ballot.
The BSP had received the Ghosi meeting seat in 1993 and 2007. It was the runner-up within the 1989, 1996, 2012 and 2017 meeting elections. The BSP bagged the Ghosi Lok Sabha seat within the 2019 Lok Sabha election.
Senior SP chief Rajendra Chaudhary stated, “The SP obtained the votes of all of the communities, together with Dalits. The BSP technique to pave the way in which for the victory of the BJP candidate by calling upon its voters to avoid polling failed. The Dalit neighborhood will help the SP within the 2024 Lok Sabha election to specific solidarity with the I.N.D.I.A. alliance,” he stated.
“The BSP technique to not subject a candidate within the bypoll is more likely to damage its prospects within the 2024 Lok Sabha election. BSP chief Mayawati is engaged on a method to emerge as a 3rd pressure within the 2024 Lok Sabha election by sustaining a distance from the NDA and the I.N.D.I.A. alliance. After the SP’s victory within the Ghosi meeting bypoll, a message has gone to the voters that the SP has the aptitude to problem the BJP’s would possibly within the Lok Sabha election,” he stated.
