Uttar Pradesh: BJP crushes SP in Milkipur bypolls, wins by 60,000+ votes

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured a decisive victory in the Milkipur Assembly bypoll, marking a significant political win.

BJP candidate Chandrabhanu Paswan triumphed over Samajwadi Party's (SP) Ajit Prasad by an overwhelming margin of 61,710 votes.

The bypoll was necessitated after former MLA Awadhesh Prasad vacated the seat following his victory in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Faizabad, which includes the Ayodhya assembly segment.

Despite its historic connection to the region, the BJP had lost Faizabad within just five months of the consecration of the Ram Temple.

In the bypoll, SP fielded Prasad’s son as its candidate, but he managed only 84,687 votes—falling short by over 60,000 votes compared to Paswan, who secured 1,46,397 votes.

Following BJP’s landslide victory, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took aim at the Samajwadi Party, asserting that the election result signaled the end of dynastic politics and misinformation.

दिल्ली विधान सभा चुनाव और उत्तर प्रदेश के अयोध्या जनपद की मिल्कीपुर विधान सभा उप चुनाव का परिणाम झूठ एवं लूट की राजनीति पर पूर्ण विराम का स्पष्ट संकेत है... pic.twitter.com/714Q9fIzzZ

— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) February 8, 2025

"The results of Milkipur by-elections will put a full stop to the politics of 'pariwarwad' and lies...The people have made it clear that no matter how much propaganda is done by the Samajwadi Party, the public is going to punish them," CM Yogi stated.

On the other hand, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav accused the BJP of manipulating the electoral process to secure the win.

"BJP cannot face the growing power of PDA on the basis of votes, that is why it tries to win by misusing the electoral machinery. The level of manipulation of officials required to carry out such electoral fraud may be possible in one assembly constituency, but this 'four hundred BC' will not work in 403 assemblies. BJP members also know this, that is why BJP members postponed the by-election of Milkipur. PDA means 90% of the people have seen this fraud with their own eyes," Yadav wrote on X.

Labeling the victory as illegitimate, Yadav further remarked:

पीडीए की बढ़ती शक्ति का सामना भाजपा वोट के बल पर नहीं कर सकती है, इसीलिए वो चुनावी तंत्र का दुरुपयोग करके जीतने की कोशिश करती है।

ऐसी चुनावी धांधली करने के लिए जिस स्तर पर अधिकारियों की हेराफेरी करनी होती है, वो 1 विधानसभा में तो भले किसी तरह संभव है, लेकिन 403 विधानसभाओं में…

— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) February 8, 2025

"This is a false victory, which the BJP will never be able to celebrate by looking into their own eyes in the mirror. Their guilt and fear of future defeat will keep them awake," he alleged.

BJP’s strong performance in Milkipur comes on the heels of its massive victory in the Delhi Assembly elections, where the party ended AAP’s decade-long rule and returned to power after 27 years.

The win in Delhi reinforced the BJP’s growing electoral dominance and was widely credited to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership and Home Minister Amit Shah’s strategic planning.

With these back-to-back victories, the BJP has further solidified its position ahead of crucial upcoming state elections.

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