Lok Sabha polls: What BJP and friends could lose to alliances in key states

If the 2014 voting pattern repeats, the SP-BSP combine could wrest 38 seats from the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, but the BJP's losses in Bihar would be negated by its tie-up with Nitish Kumar's JD(U)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with party leaders at the BJP National Executive meet in New Delhi on Friday. On the occasion, the party unveiled its 2019 poll slogan of abki baar phir Modi sarkar (Photo: Dalip Kumar)

Sai Manish New Delhi

11 min read Last Updated : Apr 09 2019 | 3:27 PM IST

A Business Standard analysis shows that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies could potentially lose in around 61 constituencies across key states where national and regional alliances have been forged and broken. The main states where new alliances have come up (those that did not exist in 2014) include Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka and Jharkhand. Some like Maharashtra have seen old alliances getting reinforced. In Andhra Pradesh, N Chandrababu Naidu-led Telegu Desam Party (TDP), which was a BJP ally in 2014, has decided to sever ties with the saffron party this time around.

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