The results showed a split between SP, BSP and INC, leading each of them winning a fair share of seats in the state.
The campaigning by Rahul Gandhi proved to be very effective and his decision for Indian National Congress, to go alone in Uttar Pradesh, worked in their favour, since they ended up picking up 21 seats.
After the election, the success of the Bharatiya Janata Party, according to UP BJP leader was, the split of the Muslim votes away from SP to Congress, due to Kalyan Singh supporting the SP and the division of Dalit votes between BSP and Congress, led to success for BJP and its ally Rashtriya Lok Dal.
[citation needed] This split also benefited Congress, since they were able bag many seats, that are usually won by either SP or BSP.
The winner from 2004 has been reported if the constituency name is the same, but this may reflect a completely different basket of districts.