Gujarat, Karnataka, Goa, UP- Election 2007 - 2

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I think its 78, Mayawati had only put up dalits in the dalit rserved seats, most other seats where fielded with brahmins, thakurs etc and the dalits in these areas voted for them along with their candidates castes. So a kshtriya candidate fielded by her pulled in his base and the BSP's dalits votes, so if two blocks(out of 4 for e.g, the other being yadavs and muslims) vote 20% each its hard to lose since you get something like 40% of the vote.