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Election rights body ADR on Tuesday said that of the 276 candidates who switched parties during the 2022 assembly elections in five states, 27 per cent left the BSP and 13 per cent left the Congress for other political parties. National Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) analyzed self-appointed affidavits of 276 candidates and 85 MLAs who switched parties from 2017 to 2022 and contested elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur this year.

According to the report, 27 per cent (75 candidates) left the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to join another party during the recent assembly elections, while 13 per cent (37 candidates) left the Congress.

In the 2022 elections, out of 276 candidates, 54 (20 percent) joined the Samajwadi Party (SP), followed by 35 (13 percent) candidates from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and 31 (11 percent). BSP.

Highest number of MLAs- 27 (32%) quit BJP, while 24 (28%) MLAs left Congress to contest the recent elections.

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