Comments on: Uttar Pradesh Assembly Polls - Dalit Vote Significance http://www.bloggernews.net/15168 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:56:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: vishal http://www.bloggernews.net/15168#comment-373164 vishal Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:54:22 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/15168#comment-373164 i said my name was front of this educational oputtinity that means bias against certain people i was one of the most brilliant student in the world i have an sholership it is given by prime minister . so, i will in amity university i said my name was front of this educational oputtinity that means bias against certain people i was one of the most brilliant student in the world i have an sholership it is given by prime minister . so, i will in amity university

]]> By: Chandra http://www.bloggernews.net/15168#comment-8680 Chandra Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:40:36 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/15168#comment-8680 Hi While there is no guarantee that the BSP has a monpoly of the Dalit vote, there should be no doubt either that a majority of new dalit voters have traditionally voted for the BSP. In the event that a large number of new dalit voters do turn up at the booth- a majority (60%) of them are likely to vote for the BSP and the rest to be split between the SP, Congress and a host of other small parties. Even that would turn into a significant benefit for the BSP in the coming election. Speaking about turnout, a bigger factor for turn out would also be the BJP voter. If you look at voting patterns, this could be the election when many of the old BJP voters are back at the booth. With about 12 million votes last time, the BJP was thrashed. However I anticipate an increase to 13-14 million this time. No other party has understood the dynamics of turn out better than BJP in recent time. rgds Hi

While there is no guarantee that the BSP has a monpoly of the Dalit vote, there should be no doubt either that a majority of new dalit voters have traditionally voted for the BSP. In the event that a large number of new dalit voters do turn up at the booth- a majority (60%) of them are likely to vote for the BSP and the rest to be split between the SP, Congress and a host of other small parties. Even that would turn into a significant benefit for the BSP in the coming election.

Speaking about turnout, a bigger factor for turn out would also be the BJP voter. If you look at voting patterns, this could be the election when many of the old BJP voters are back at the booth. With about 12 million votes last time, the BJP was thrashed. However I anticipate an increase to 13-14 million this time. No other party has understood the dynamics of turn out better than BJP in recent time.

rgds

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