LUCKNOW: Development and government functioning were among the top priorities for voters in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, while Ram Mandir and Hindutva exercised their franchise did not hold much weight in people’s minds, a post-poll survey revealed. I have come
Net satisfaction with Narendra Modi government at the Center was three times higher, says study Yogi Adityanath Government in Uttar Pradesh helped by indicating “Modi magic” BJP Returning to power for the second consecutive term.
The Lokniti-CSDS survey also points to a new set of beneficiaries of welfare schemes like the Kisan Samman Nidhi. Ujjwala YojanaFree ration for PM Awas Yojana and ruling coalition, irrespective of caste and religious considerations.
Another important fact that emerged from the extensive data collection was that, allaying all pre-poll apprehensions, the BJP found greater support among farmers, Brahmins, and among the Scheduled Castes even among Mayawati’s core vote bank, the Jatavs. Extended reach.
The BJP-led alliance broke a three-decade-old record by getting re-elected for the second consecutive term in UP under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
On how reliable the survey was in terms of size and geographic coverage, Sanjay KumarProfessor and co-director of the Public Policy Program at the Center for the Study of Developing Societies told PTI that this was a broad sample, an important factor for any survey to be accurate.
Thirty-eight per cent of the respondents said development was their top priority, 12 per cent said that changing or removing the government drove them to the polling booth and 10 per cent listed the functioning of the government as their consideration.
Surprisingly, the issue of Ram Mandir and Hindutva found support among only 2 per cent of the respondents and so did the issue of stray animal menace by opponents to prominently bring the Adityanath government to the mat.
Even during the election campaign, it was seen that the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya was talked about, but this was not a major election narrative even in Ayodhya, where the issue of development was raised more prominently by the competing parties. .
Even in Dhannipur village under Bikapur assembly constituency in Ayodhya, where five acres of land has been allotted following a Supreme Court order for the construction of a new mosque, matters relating to day-to-day life found more favor.
The BJP’s all-star campaigners highlighted the strong work of the government in the field of defense and evacuation of stranded students from war-torn Ukraine.
The issue is also reflected in the fact that net satisfaction with the UP government increased by 7 per cent in 2022 as compared to 2017 as compared to 24 per cent for the Center during the same period.
A shocking revelation of the study published exclusively by The Hindu was the emergence of a new set of beneficiaries of welfare schemes launched by the central and state government.
About four out of five families in Uttar Pradesh have benefited from the free ration scheme and three out of five have benefited from the PDS scheme, which provides ration at a subsidized price.
While talking to people in different parts of the state during the elections, it was learned that women from families, even those with allegiance to opposition parties, supported the BJP for welfare schemes in times of crisis.
Modi as well as Yogi never forget to mention the number of beneficiaries of “Pacca Makaan” (house), free ration during the coronavirus pandemic and the benefits people get from the central government’s Rs 5 lakh health insurance scheme.
The survey also proved the caste arithmetic in favor of the opposition parties wrong in the light of reports of Brahmins being unhappy with the state government and uniting in favor of SP after the flight of leaders like OBCs. Swami Prasad MauryaDara Singh Chauhan and Dharam Singh Saini.
The survey shows that the BJP got 89 per cent of the Brahmin votes, which is six per cent more than in 2017.
SP support among Brahmins fell to 1 percent from 7 percent last time and Mayawati’s trumpet Dalit-Brahmins’ social engineering fell flat, with no support from Brahmins, 2 percent of whom had chosen her last time.
BJP’s support among scheduled castes has also increased.
BJP’s support in Mayawati’s Jatav vote bank also increased from 8 per cent in 2017 to 21 per cent in 2022, while Mayawati’s support declined from 87 per cent to 65 per cent.
In non-Jatav SCs too, the saffron party got 41 per cent votes as compared to 32 per cent last time.
Despite the farmers’ agitation and the SP-RLD alliance, the BJP-led alliance secured a 13 percentage point lead over the SP among voters from farmer families.
Talking about the survey, Sanjay Kumar said that there is a difference between exit poll and post poll survey.
He said, “Exit polls are conducted at the polling station on the day of polling, whereas the poll is not conducted after the poll at the polling station, but is generally conducted at the respondent’s house a day or two after the poll ends. ” ,
He said all the interviews were completed before the counting of votes on March 10.
Net satisfaction with Narendra Modi government at the Center was three times higher, says study Yogi Adityanath Government in Uttar Pradesh helped by indicating “Modi magic” BJP Returning to power for the second consecutive term.
The Lokniti-CSDS survey also points to a new set of beneficiaries of welfare schemes like the Kisan Samman Nidhi. Ujjwala YojanaFree ration for PM Awas Yojana and ruling coalition, irrespective of caste and religious considerations.
Another important fact that emerged from the extensive data collection was that, allaying all pre-poll apprehensions, the BJP found greater support among farmers, Brahmins, and among the Scheduled Castes even among Mayawati’s core vote bank, the Jatavs. Extended reach.
The BJP-led alliance broke a three-decade-old record by getting re-elected for the second consecutive term in UP under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
On how reliable the survey was in terms of size and geographic coverage, Sanjay KumarProfessor and co-director of the Public Policy Program at the Center for the Study of Developing Societies told PTI that this was a broad sample, an important factor for any survey to be accurate.
Thirty-eight per cent of the respondents said development was their top priority, 12 per cent said that changing or removing the government drove them to the polling booth and 10 per cent listed the functioning of the government as their consideration.
Surprisingly, the issue of Ram Mandir and Hindutva found support among only 2 per cent of the respondents and so did the issue of stray animal menace by opponents to prominently bring the Adityanath government to the mat.
Even during the election campaign, it was seen that the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya was talked about, but this was not a major election narrative even in Ayodhya, where the issue of development was raised more prominently by the competing parties. .
Even in Dhannipur village under Bikapur assembly constituency in Ayodhya, where five acres of land has been allotted following a Supreme Court order for the construction of a new mosque, matters relating to day-to-day life found more favor.
The BJP’s all-star campaigners highlighted the strong work of the government in the field of defense and evacuation of stranded students from war-torn Ukraine.
The issue is also reflected in the fact that net satisfaction with the UP government increased by 7 per cent in 2022 as compared to 2017 as compared to 24 per cent for the Center during the same period.
A shocking revelation of the study published exclusively by The Hindu was the emergence of a new set of beneficiaries of welfare schemes launched by the central and state government.
About four out of five families in Uttar Pradesh have benefited from the free ration scheme and three out of five have benefited from the PDS scheme, which provides ration at a subsidized price.
While talking to people in different parts of the state during the elections, it was learned that women from families, even those with allegiance to opposition parties, supported the BJP for welfare schemes in times of crisis.
Modi as well as Yogi never forget to mention the number of beneficiaries of “Pacca Makaan” (house), free ration during the coronavirus pandemic and the benefits people get from the central government’s Rs 5 lakh health insurance scheme.
The survey also proved the caste arithmetic in favor of the opposition parties wrong in the light of reports of Brahmins being unhappy with the state government and uniting in favor of SP after the flight of leaders like OBCs. Swami Prasad MauryaDara Singh Chauhan and Dharam Singh Saini.
The survey shows that the BJP got 89 per cent of the Brahmin votes, which is six per cent more than in 2017.
SP support among Brahmins fell to 1 percent from 7 percent last time and Mayawati’s trumpet Dalit-Brahmins’ social engineering fell flat, with no support from Brahmins, 2 percent of whom had chosen her last time.
BJP’s support among scheduled castes has also increased.
BJP’s support in Mayawati’s Jatav vote bank also increased from 8 per cent in 2017 to 21 per cent in 2022, while Mayawati’s support declined from 87 per cent to 65 per cent.
In non-Jatav SCs too, the saffron party got 41 per cent votes as compared to 32 per cent last time.
Despite the farmers’ agitation and the SP-RLD alliance, the BJP-led alliance secured a 13 percentage point lead over the SP among voters from farmer families.
Talking about the survey, Sanjay Kumar said that there is a difference between exit poll and post poll survey.
He said, “Exit polls are conducted at the polling station on the day of polling, whereas the poll is not conducted after the poll at the polling station, but is generally conducted at the respondent’s house a day or two after the poll ends. ” ,
He said all the interviews were completed before the counting of votes on March 10.