In areas with a high percentage of Muslim voters, the Hindu vote coalesces around the BJP.
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Muslim voters in urban areas are double those in rural areas
Samajwadi Party, Congress saw increase in Muslim votes in 2014
In constituencies with many Muslims, Hindu vote for BJP increases

In 2014, when Uttar Pradesh overwhelmingly supported Prime Minister Narendra Modi - the BJP won the equivalent of 337 of the state's 403 seats, the Muslims voted against the "Modi wave" -in 2012, the SP and Congress together won 56% of the Muslim vote, but that grew to 66% in 2014. The BSP held steady at about 21%. So when the Muslims consolidated, they did so largely around the SP and the Congress, while Mayawati did not see a gain.

In areas with a high percentage of Muslim voters, the Hindu vote coalesces around the BJP. The party gets about 43 per cent of Hindu voters in constituencies where Muslims add upto less than 30 per cent of the population and goes up to 46 per cent in areas where Muslims are larger in number.

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