Lucknow, March 15 (TIWN) Despite the pre-election narrative about upper castes being upset with the BJP, an analysis of the election data shows that within the upper castes, the highest number of MLAs are from the BJP alliance.

Caste and religion have remained dominant factors in Uttar Pradesh Assembly election but the charisma of the Modi and Yogi seems to have doused all anger, if any, and the party has got immense Hindu support – including Jats who were said to be opposed to the BJP.  The BJP mobilised voters with social engineering and developmental discourse which paid rich dividends.  Data reveals that the highest number of MLAs have been elected from the Brahmin community (52), followed by Rajput (49), Kurmi/Sainthwar (40), Muslim (34), Jatav/Chamar (29), Pasi (27), Yadav (27), Bania/Khatri (21) and so on.  Except Muslims, Yadavs, and Rajbhars, the BJP alliance has the highest number of MLAs in each caste.  According to BJP sources, the party has got about 89 per cent Brahmin votes, compared to 83 per cent in 2017.