Top 10 questions that BJP is looking at to review its Lok Sabha debacle in Uttar Pradesh. Full details here

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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has prepared a checklist to review the party's below-par performance in recently concluded Lok Sabha Elections for the 80 seats of Uttar Pradesh. Through the list of questions in the checklist, the saffron party will try to analyse reasons for its defeat in most of the constituencies in the state. The party will also explore seats, except Varanasi and Lucknow, where the it won but with a reduced victory margin than before, according to a report in Indian Express.

While Prime Minister Narendra Modi retained Varanasi for the third term, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh won Lucknow again. The victory margins in both the seats came down compared to 2019.In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP won just 33 seats down from 62 it won in 2019. The vote share of the party came down from 49.98 per cent in 2019 to 41.37 per cent in 2024.Also Read: Priyanka Gandhi's electoral debut from Wayanad: Congress strategy decoded in 8 pointsThe BJP won 240 seats across the country in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, the results of which were declared on June 4.

Since the number is 32 short of 272-seat majority mark in the Lok Sabha, the BJP had to rely on its allies in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for its government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be in power for the record third term.For the review, the BJP has assigned senior leaders in Uttar Pradesh. These leaders have been asked to to visit each Assembly segment of the Lok Sabha seat assigned to them. They have to submit their reports to the state leadership by June 25.