Kaushambi Lok Sabha constituency, which has 19 lakh voters, has more than 7 lakh Dalit voters. In this also the number of votes cast is more than four lakh. Apart from this, the number of Yadav and Muslim votes is also around two lakhs each. In comparison to BJP candidate, outgoing MP Vinod Sonkar, Samajwadi Party placed its bet on only 25 year old youth Pushpendra Saroj on this seat.
Pushpendra Saroj.
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On the day of voting in the elections of Kaushambi parliamentary constituency, ultimately the voters were directly divided between BJP and SP. There was a lot of polarization between BJP candidate Vinod Sonkar and SP candidate Pushpendra Saroj. BSP was seen struggling throughout the day at the polling stations to save its credibility.
Kaushambi Lok Sabha constituency, which has 19 lakh voters, has more than 7 lakh Dalit voters. In this also the number of votes cast is more than four lakh. Apart from this, the number of Yadav and Muslim votes is also around two lakhs each. In comparison to BJP candidate, outgoing MP Vinod Sonkar, Samajwadi Party placed its bet on only 25 year old youth Pushpendra Saroj on this seat.
Due to caste equations, Samajwadi Party had started seeing a conflict between SP and BJP on this seat from the very beginning. BSP was busy making the elections triangular. As the voting date approached. Voters started getting divided between SP and BJP.