UP assembly election 2022: Over half of Hindu voters back BJP, Muslim electors favour SP, shows post-poll survey

The survey also stated that the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party got support of 26% of Hindu voters, up from 18% in the last Assembly elections.

Lucknow: The BJP got the support of the over half of the Hindu voters while the Samajwadi Party was backed by over two-third of Muslim electors in the just-concluded Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, a post-poll survey has revealed.

According to the findings of the CSDS-Lokniti survey, the BJP saw a marginal increase in its support among the Muslim voters as compared to the 2017 Assembly elections.

The study also points to the fact that the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party got the support of 26 per cent of Hindu voters, up from 18 per cent in the last Assembly elections.

Yadav had visited many temples in course of his whirlwind campaign with an aim to dent the BJP's vote base among the Hindus.

Sanjay Kumar, professor and co-director of Lokniti, a Research programme at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), told PTI that the findings of the survey were based on a comprehensive sample, an important factor for any survey to be accurate.