LUCKNOW: Outgoing UP chief minister Mayawati reminded everyone that her core support base was intact and that the Bahujan Samaj Party’s ‘good rule’ will be missed by the people of UP as ‘hooligans’ of the Samajwadi Party take over.
Indeed, the difference in vote share between the victorious Samajwadi Party and Mayawati’s BSP is just 3.3%. But the minor shift in vote meant a difference of 146 seats. BSP won in 80 seats, down from the decisive mandate of 203 seats the party commanded in 2007.