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STRENGTHS
Significant support among Dalits
Strong support among poor and lower class
Mayawati tallest woman leader with ears on the ground
Cadre based party with each seat having 20-30,000 dedicated voters
Decent support amongst Muslims and Brahmins (c.20% each)
Strong presence across all seven regions of the state
WEAKNESS
Exodus of senior leaders like Maurya, Chaudhary and Pathak
Allegations of demanding cash for tickets has hurt image
Too much reliance on Mayawati and no significant second rung leadership
Failure to stitch alliance with AIMIM / other smaller parties
Rigid, Inflexible leadership, Over confidence
OPPORTUNITY
To form govt. in the state after 5 years
Win cements Maya’s position as the champion of Dalits / Poor and propels her nationally vs Modi
Family feud and infighting in SP provides it an opportunity to project that BSP is better placed to defeat BJP
Poor law and order situation in the state, people still recall her tenure when she took on goondaraj (Ansari episode may dilute this a bit)
Garner support from upper castes who are unhappy with excessive OBC dominance in BJP
Consolidate Dalits-Muslim votebank accounting for 40% of population
THREAT
Alliance between SP-INC
Consolidation of Muslim votes in favour of SP-INC alliance
Loss of whatever upper caste votes BSP has to BJP
Loss of non-Jatav support to BJP
Public preference for same govt. in state and center
High popularity rating of Akhilesh vs Maya
Sympathy for Akhilesh in family feud and shift of focus away from shortcomings of his govt.
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