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How BJP Plans to Conquer 24 Toughest Purvanchal Seats Where Lotus Never Bloomed
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News18•08-10-2026, 10:13
How BJP Plans to Conquer 24 Toughest Purvanchal Seats Where Lotus Never Bloomed
- •Political parties have accelerated preparations for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections by strategizing for every single seat.
- •Out of 124 assembly seats in Purvanchal, there are 24 seats where the BJP has faced defeat consistently in the 2012, 2017, and 2022 elections.
- •Azamgarh remains the biggest challenge for the BJP, where the party failed to secure a direct victory across its 10 assembly seats in recent elections.
- •Other challenging seats include Akbarpur, Jalalpur, and Katehari in Ambedkar Nagar, along with Jangipur in Ghazipur and Rasra in Ballia.
- •Despite alliances with parties like Nishad Party and Apna Dal, the BJP is heavily focusing on decoding these opposition strongholds.
Key Questions Answered
Out of the total 124 assembly seats in eastern Uttar Pradesh, there are 24 seats where the BJP lost consecutively in the 2012, 2017, and 2022 assembly elections.
The most challenging assembly seats where neither the BJP nor its allies have secured a direct victory are located in Azamgarh, Ghazipur, Mau Sadar, and Rasra in Ballia.
Azamgarh has been a major anti-BJP pocket where the party failed to win any of the 10 assembly seats in 2012, opened its account on only one seat in 2017, and was completely reduced to zero in 2022.
