The BJP seems have got its formula right, wining most reserved seats in the last two Lok Sabha polls. In 2014, the party’s strike rate was almost cent per cent; it lost two of 17 to Bahujan

Samaj Party, which claims to have the strongest presence among Dalits, in 2019. These 17 seats reserved for Scheduled Castes in UP are Nagina, Bulandshahr, Hathras, Agra, Shahjahanpur,

Hardoi, Misrikh, Etawah, Bahraich, Jalaun, Mohanlalganj, Kaushambi, Barabanki, Lalganj, Machhlishahar, Bansgaon and Robertsganj. These are spread across the state from western to eastern UP.

Barring Nagina in western UP and Lalganj in far east, BJP won all the 15 seats in 2019 despite the presence of the formidable SP-BSP grand alliance.