Keeping up with UP: Will women help BJP retain power
The BJP began cultivating the women’s vote bank after returning to power at the Centre in 2014, through welfare measures such as Ujjwala| India News
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Keeping up with UP: Will women help BJP retain powerThe BJP began cultivating the women’s vote bank after returning to power at the Centre in 2014, through welfare measures such as UjjwalaUpdated on: Apr 30, 2026 10:02 AM ISTBy Sunita AronShare viaCopy link In March 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi credited women for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s victories in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, and Manipur assembly elections. “Wherever women voters outnumber men, the BJP has a landslide victory,” he said.The turnout of women was higher than that of men in 17 of the 80 constituencies in Uttar Pradesh in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. (ANI/Representative)According to Lokniti-CSDS, an overwhelming majority of Hindu upper-caste women voted for the BJP in the 2022 assembly polls.
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