38 minutes agoWriters: Ashish Urmalia
BJP and SP together contested maximum number of Brahmins and Thakurs. There were 177 Brahmins and 122 Thakurs in the fray from both the parties, but in terms of contesting and winning the elections, the Thakurs overtook the Brahmins. Thakurs won 37% of the total candidates while Brahmins could win only 28%.
Come, let us tell you that how many candidates of which caste have been fielded by the SP-BJP together? How many of them won and what percentage won?
Before that, know that we will not talk about 86 reserved seats in UP here because the decision there on the basis of caste is already fixed. In 84 seats, only SC and 2 seats will become ST MLAs. Muslims cannot be talked about because BJP did not give ticket to any Muslim. SP fielded 63 out of which 34 won. However, Hamza Mian, a Muslim who had contested the elections from the BJP alliance, also lost.
BJP and SP together contested 314 OBCs and 252 upper castes. But in the case of candidates contesting and winning by fighting, the upper castes won. 50% of those standing won the election while only 47% of OBC candidates became MLAs.
BJP had given tickets to 173 and SP to 79 upper castes. Talking about OBCs, BJP had given tickets to 143 OBC candidates and SP 171 OBC candidates.
In the matter of winning by contesting, Lodh, Kurmi at the forefront, talk about the caste of the total candidates of BJP and SP
| Caste | Contested Elections (BJP+SP) | become MLA | win percentage |
| Brahmin | 177 | 51 | 28% |
| Rajput/Thakur | 122 | 46 | 37% |
| Kurmi/Sainthwar | 71 | 40 | 56% |
| Yadav | 70 | 27 | 38% |
| Bania/Khatri | 52 | 22 | 42% |
| Lodh | 24 | 18 | 75% |
| Jat | 33 | 15 | 45% |
| maurya | 43 | 14 | 32% |
| Nishad | 19 | 8 | 42% |
| Bhumihar | 1 1 | 5 | 45% |
| Rajbhar | 9 | 4 | 44% |
- Brahmin: BJP+ had contested 68 Brahmins, won 46. At the same time, SP + fielded 39 Brahmins, only 5 could win.
- Rajput/Thakur: BJP+ contested 71 Thakurs, 43 won. At the same time, SP + contested 23 Thakurs, only 4 could win.
- Kurmi/Sainthwar: BJP+ contested 34 Kurmis, won 27. At the same time, SP + contested 37 Kurmis, only 13 could win.
- Yadav: BJP+ contested only 8 Yadavs, only 3 could win. At the same time, SP+ had given tickets to 52 Yadavs, 27 won.
- Bania/Khatri: BJP+ had fought 28, won 21. At the same time, SP + had contested 13 elections and won only 1.
- Lodh: BJP+ had given tickets to 17 people, 15 won. At the same time, SP + had fought 7, only 3 could win.
- Jat: BJP+ had fielded 17 Jats, 8 won. At the same time, SP+ had given tickets to 16 Jats, only 7 could win.
- Morya: BJP+ had contested 25 Mauryas, Kushwahas, Shakyas and Sainis, won 12. On the other hand, SP + had contested the elections on 18, only 2 could win.
- Nishad: BJP+ had contested 10 candidates belonging to Nishad, Bind, Kashyap, Mallah castes, 6 won. At the same time, SP + had fielded 9, only 2 could win.
- Bhumihar: BJP+ had fought 6, won 4. At the same time, SP+ had given ticket to 4 Bhumihars, only 1 won.
- Rajbhar: BJP+ had contested 5 elections, only 1 could win. At the same time, SP + had given ticket to 4, 3 won.