UP bypoll results: Its vote share improves, but Congress fails to grab even 1 of 6 seats contested

Congress candidates completed second on two seats and did not make a lot of an impression on 4 others for which meeting bypolls have been held in Uttar Pradesh. The get together couldn’t contest the Tundla seat due to the rejection of the nomination papers of its candidate.

The get together’s total vote share went up marginally from 6.25% within the 2017 meeting elections to 7.53% even because it has revamped its state unit forward of the 2022 meeting elections. A weak organisation and the failure to place up winnable candidates have been blamed for the Congress’s persevering with poor electoral performances within the state. The get together didn’t even handle to get a double-digit vote share in Bulandshahr, Naugawan Sadat, Deoria, and Malhani.

Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu mentioned they’ve been capable of enhance their total efficiency. “Our vote share has also improved. We are discussing what went wrong with our party leaders. We will continue to work on our drawbacks and take corrective measures to further strengthen the party.”

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Congress’s Arti Bajpai and Kripa Shankar completed second in Bangermau and Ghatampur with vote share of 22.09% and 23.23%. Sushil Chaudhary, the get together’s candidate in Bulandshahr, completed fourth with 5.1% of votes. Even Muhammad Yameen of the newly-formed Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) obtained extra votes and completed third with 13,530 votes. Chaudhary obtained simply 10,319 votes.

The Congress managed simply 2.18% votes in Naugawan Sadat, 2.17% in Deoria, and 1.39% in Malhani.

A Congress functionary blamed the selection of candidates for the poor present in these seats. “A senior office-bearer of the All India Congress Committee camped in Deoria for weeks to shortlist the party’s candidates there. A similar exercise was carried out at other places. Yet, there was a protest against the party’s choice in Deoria. The revamped party organisation failed to make any impact. The rejection of the Congress candidate’s nomination papers in Tundla shows how the party failed to make appropriate preparations despite having a battery of lawyers.”

A second functionary mentioned Lallu has been main agitations and the get together has been capable of hold itself in focus up to now few months. “But the party organisation has failed to perform in the first political test.”

Lallu mentioned by-elections usually go within the favour of the ruling get together. “The Bharatiya Janata Party [which won six of the seven seats] is known for misusing the election machinery and it did so in the by-elections.”