Mumtaz Alam, Ghazanfar Abbas, IndiaTomorrow.net,
Lucknow, March 13: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) of Asaduddin Owaisi polled just 0.2% vote share (2.05 lakh votes) in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2017. The party contested 36 seats but its best performance was on just one seat – Sambhal – where its candidate finished at No. 2. Out of those 36 seats, BJP won on 22 seats. Did AIMIM candidates divide non-BJP votes and help BJP win? A deep analysis of results data debunks the allegation.
How division of non-BJP votes among SP-Congress alliance and BSP helped BJP
Out of the 36 seats that AIMIM contested, Samajwadi Party won on 13 seats, Independent on 1 seat and BJP on 22 seats.
On 16 out of the 22 seats won by BJP, the sharp division of votes happened between candidates of SP-Congress alliance and BSP. The votes polled by these parties were far far more than the votes polled by winning BJP candidate (See the table below). On 6 seats, BJP candidates polled more votes than SP-Congress and BSP candidates put together.
Division of non-BJP votes among SP-Congress alliance and BSP helped BJP
Constituency
Votes Polled by AIMIM
Votes Polled by SP-Cong alliance
Votes Polled by BSP
Votes Polled by Winner BJP
1
Badaun
883
70847
32641
87314
2
Bikapur
3275
67422
49690
94074
3
Bilgram Mallanwan
2716
75380
51502
83405
4
Firozabad
11478
60927
51387
102654
5
Gainsari
3160
46378
53413
55716
6
Hasanpur
1235
83499
51930
111269
7
Kanth
22908
73959
43820
76307
8
Koil
463
42851+ 38623
37909
93814
9
Lucknow Central
2314
73306
24313
78400
10
Lucknow West
1770
79950
36247
93022
11
Moradabad Nagar
947
120274
24650
123467
12
Pharenda
1878
73958
35765
76312
13
Ram Nagar
1196
66210
53891
88937
14
Shrawasti
2933
78992
53014
79437
15
Tanda
2070
73043
49526
74768
16
Utraula
2966
56066
44799
85240
Performance of AIMIM in UP
AIMIM failed to open account in its maiden Assembly contest in India’s largest state.
The best performance of AIMIM was on Sambhal where its candidate polled 60426 votes and finished at No. 2. On rest 35 seats that AIMIM contested, its candidates finished at No. 4 or below. Its worst performance was in Agra South where its candidate finished at No. 16.
In all, it polled 0.2% of the total votes polled in the state. In numbers, it stands at 2, 05,232 votes
Performance of AIMIM in Uttar Pradesh Assembly election 2017
Constituency
Candidate
Votes Polled
Position
1
Agra South
Edarish
232
16
2
Allahabad South
Syed Afzaal Muzib
868
5
3
Amroha
Shameem Ahmad
2861
5
4
Arya Nagar
Rabiullah
1557
5
5
Badaun
Khalid Pervaiz
883
6
6
Barabanki
Mohd. Abul Kalam Qureshi
708
7
7
Bikapur
Juver Ahmad
3275
4
8
Bilgram Mallanwan
Abdul Aziz
2716
4
9
Firozabad
Ahtsham Ali (babar)
11478
4
10
Gainsari
Manjoor Alam Khan
3160
5
11
Hasanpur
Naushad Ali
1235
5
12
Isauli
Mohammad Daud Khan
3865
6
13
Kairana
Maseehulla
1365
5
14
Kanth
Faizulla Chaudhary
22908
4
15
Khadda
Nisar Ahmad
8903
4
16
Khalilabad
Tafsirullah
2578
7
17
Koil
Parvez Khan
463
7
18
Kundarki
Israr Husain
7025
4
19
Lucknow Central
Mohammad Irfan
2314
5
20
Lucknow West
Mohammad Tauheed Siddiqui
1770
4
21
Matera
Mohd Akiulla
1226
6
22
Moradabad Nagar
Shahbuddin
947
7
23
Moradabad Rural
Mohd Aslam
3503
5
24
Menhdawal
Mohd. Tabish Khan
19040
5
25
Nagina
Neelam
4385
4
26
Najibabad
Tazeem Siddiqui
2094
5
27
Nautanwa
Kamini Jaiswal
1797
7
28
Pathardeva
Zainul Abedin
1820
5
29
Pharenda
Reena
1878
6
30
Ram Nagar
Shahnawaz
1196
7
31
Saharanpur Nagar
Talat Khan
693
5
32
Sambhal
Ziyaurrahman
60426
2
33
Shrawasti
Kalim
2933
5
34
Tanda
Irfan
2070
4
35
Thakurdwara
Aizaz Ahmad
9444
4
36
Utraula
Mohd Nizamullah Khan
2966
4
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