BJP Becomes 1st Party in Almost 4 Decades to Cross 300 Mark in UP
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11 Mar 2017 . 1 min read
It’s being called a Bharatiya Janata Party wave in Uttar Pradesh, with the party winning 308 seats in the state. But BJP’s win is also significant in UP’s electoral history; its only the third time that any party has managed to win more than 300 seats in the state.
Interestingly, both times they were Congress victories — 309 in 1980 and 388 in 1959. Now, in 2017, the Congress and Samajwadi Party are at a mere 65 seats, with the BJP creating history.
The Quint
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