In the by-elections to be held in Ghaziabad assembly seat 56, the big challenge for the candidates this time will be to get the voters to the polls. The entire area of this Ghaziabad assembly belongs to the urban population. In such a situation, voters here seem indifferent to voting. In the recent Lok Sabha elections held in Ghaziabad, despite all the efforts and arrangements of the administration, the voting percentage even reached 50 per cent and came down to just 49.80 per cent.
In the Municipal Corporation by-election held in Ghaziabad in 2016, it was also seen that due to lack of enthusiasm among voters, the turnout was only 18.54 per cent. In fact, if there is a lack of enthusiasm among voters in the by-elections, this will affect the voting percentage, which will affect the victory figures of candidates of all political parties. This time the vote will also be held on the 13th, which is Wednesday, this day will be a working day.
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Voting may be reduced to weekdays
In this 56th assembly seat, a large number of people from Ghaziabad leave for work every day towards Delhi and nearby Noida district. In such a situation, the vote percentage is also expected to be very low in these by-elections, which increases the concerns of the political parties, because the low vote percentage will affect the caste equation figures of the candidates as well as victory or defeat. The voting percentage in Muslim and Dalit colonies is higher than in other places, so it will affect the strategy of all parties.
Competition between these candidates for Ghaziabad seat
The main electoral contest in Ghaziabad is believed to be between BJP’s Sanjeev Sharma, BSP’s PN Garg and Samajwadi Party’s Singh Raj Jatav. At the same time, AIMIM’s Ravi Gautam and Azad Samaj Party’s Satpal Chaudhary can also put up a good fight in these elections.
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In such a situation, despite the low percentage of votes, voters here will be divided between the candidates of the main political parties, so the number of wins and losses here will not be much. In such a situation, it will be a challenge not only for the main opposition parties, SP and BSP, but also for their ally BJP, to sensitize the voters and get them to the polls so that the vote percentage can increase here.
