29 assembly constituencies have returned the same party to power through the 2002, 2007 and 2012. What is special about them is that they make up core party bastions that are yet to be breached and any change here in 2017 would reflect a wider shift. SP has retained the maximum of these bastions so far at 13, second is BJP with 8, while BSP has 5 and Congress 1.
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Nalin Mehta, award-winning social scientist, journalist and author. He is currently associate professor with Shiv Nadar University, consulting editor with The Times of India and editor of the international journal South Asian History and Culture (Routledge) as well as the Routledge ‘South Asian History and Culture’ book series. He has previously been managing editor and channel head, Headlines Today (India Today Group), adjunct professor at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, and held senior positions with the Global Fund in Geneva, Switzerland, and UNAIDS.
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