Even because the ruling Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) gained all 17 mayoral elections in the state in 2023, its vote share on each seat rose considerably over 2017, a growth that the get together leaders credited to chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s file 50 rallies in 13 days.
For example, in Ayodhya, the BJP acquired 77,494 votes this time towards 44,642 in 2017; in Agra, it acquired 2,67,925 votes towards 2,17,881 final time; in Kanpur, the get together acquired 4,40,352 votes towards 3,96,725 in 2017. Equally, Ghaziabad electors gave 3,50,905 votes to the get together this time towards 2,82,793 in 2017.
On three seats the place the BJP repeated its mayoral picks of 2017–Kanpur (Pramila Pandey), Bareilly (Umesh Gautam) and Moradabad (Vinod Agarwal)–it bettered its earlier efficiency. “We did properly in every single place. The CM’s marketing campaign helped the get together candidates in every single place,” stated Uttar Pradesh BJP secretary Chandramohan.
The get together’s vote share additionally went up. Pramila Pandey acquired 3,96,725 votes (42.1%) in 2017 towards 4,40,353 this time. Umesh Gautam acquired 67,385 votes (47.54%) this time towards 1,39,127 votes (40.73%) final time. Vinod Agarwal acquired 1.21 lakh votes in 2023 towards 94,677 votes final time.
BJP’s vote share
Mayor seat 2017 2023 (in %) (in %)
Ayodhya 44.89 48.67
Agra 42.77 50.87
Kanpur 42.1 48.03
Ghaziabad 49.86 58.12
Gorakhpur 47.72 49.79
Jhansi 35.29 57.15
Prayagraj 40.30 47.66
Firozabad 34.99 36.03
Bareilly 40.73 47.54
Vrindavan-Mathura 41.34 52.6
Moradabad 35.65 41.71
Lucknow 41.94 48.52
Varanasi 42.53 46.56
Saharanpur 36.55 45.68