According to sources Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh is confident of winning all the 11 Assembly seats in the bypoll to be held on October 21. Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Maurya said "The mood among the people is upbeat, the performance of the State and Central government is good and the Opposition has no issues against us. We are confident of our victory in the by-elections".
Meanwhile the BJP held nine out of the eleven seats that are going to the polls while the Samajwadi Party (SP) had the Rampur seat and the Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) held the Jalalpur seat and the BJP is contesting ten seats out of the eleven seats while one seat (Pratapgarh) has been given to Apna Dal. Maurya said "Things have changed in favor of the BJP now. The abrogation of Article 370 and triple talaq have propelled the mood in favor of the BJP. We are going to win by a greater margin than in 2017".
Reportedly the BJP vote share fell from 44.49 per cent in 2017 to 38.55 per cent in 2019 and the BJP candidate yuvraj singh could win the elections with a margin of 17,771 votes and Chief Minister yogi Adithyanath will start addressing election meetings in all the constituencies where by-elections are being held from October 15.
