India, April 25 -- BULANDSHAHR The Bulandshahr parliamentary constituency, which goes to polls on April 26, is long considered to be the stronghold of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The ruling party has won the seat, reserved for Scheduled Castes, since 1991 and lost only once, in 2009, to the Samajwadi Party.

BJP candidate Dr Bhola Singh, who won this seat defeating his rivals by big margins in previous elections, is running for a third term this time.

He is up against Shivram Balmiki of the Congress and Girish Chand Jatav of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) .

He has been facing a strong anti-incumbency mood but is drawing strength from the Modi-Yogi factor for fetching him maximum votes, as the seat has a strong presence of Lodh Rajp...