The NDA’s emphatic victory in Bihar — powered by record turnout, a women-heavy voter surge, and the consolidation of Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs) — has sent a clear signal to neighbouring Uttar Pradesh. With the 2027 Assembly election inching closer, parties across UP are scrambling to decode the Bihar template and assess how much of it could repeat on their turf.

Bihar registered its highest-ever turnout of 66.9 per cent, and the NDA swept past the halfway mark with ease. The most critical element of this victory: the decisive shift of EBCs and Mahadalit voters, along with an unprecedented rise in women’s turnout, driven largely by welfare schemes and targeted delivery. For UP, where caste compositions, migration patterns, and socio-economic realities overlap significantly with Biha

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