3Photo© oneindia.comUP elections: Congress contested 399 seats lost deposit in 387
New Delhi, Mar 12: The Congress which got a drubbing in Uttar Pradesh lost deposit in 387 of the 399 seats that it contested. The party managed to win just 2 seats in the recently concluded elections that was won by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The BSP which contested all the 403 seats lost deposit in 290. The BJP contested in 376 seats and lost deposit in 3 while the SP contested 347 seats and lost deposit in 6.
However the BJP's ally Apna Dal (S) and Nishad did not lose their deposits in the 27 seats the parties contested between themselves. The SP's partners SBSP and Apna Dal (K) contested in 25 seats and lost deposit in 8. In all, 4,442 candidates contested the elections and 3,552 lost their deposits. The rules say that a candidate loses deposit when he or she fails to secure one-sixth of the total valid votes polled in a constituency.