Last time in the lok sabha elections, RLD was part of the alliance in which SP and BSP were. Under this alliance, RLD had contested elections on three seats. He had to face defeat on all three seats. In this election, Jayant Chaudhary's father and founder of Rashtriya Lok Dal, Ajit Singh himself lost from muzaffarnagar seat.
Jayant Chaudhary had to face defeat on Baghpat seat. Even in the lok sabha elections, 2014, despite contesting on 8 lok sabha seats, RLD's account was not opened. In that election also Ajit Singh had lost from Baghpat. In 2014, RLD's vote share was less than one percent and in 2019, it was less than two percent.
Even though RLD may single-handedly have the power to win one or two seats in the Legislative Assembly, its relevance in terms of lok sabha elections on its own is very less. As the current political situation and environment is in Uttar Pradesh, RLD has less chances of winning the elections with Samajwadi Party. At the same time, by contesting elections together with bjp, the chances of winning can be better. Jayant Chaudhary must be considering this possibility. This could be the biggest reason behind Jayant Chaudhary leaving Samajwadi party and joining NDA.
NDA's claim strong on all seats in UP!
On the other hand, with the support of Jayant Chaudhary, NDA's claim on all the seats in Western Uttar Pradesh will be strengthened. With this happening, it may become easier for nda to achieve the target of achieving the figure of 80 in Uttar Pradesh. This is the reason why bjp seems ready to give 4 seats to bring Jayant Chaudhary into its fold. If this happens, then there is a possibility that under nda in Uttar Pradesh, bjp will win on 72 seats, Jayant Choudhary's RLD on 4 seats, Anupriya Patel's Apna Dal (Sonelal) on two seats, Sanjay Nishad's Nishad party and Om Prakash on two seats. Rajbhar's Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj party contested elections on one seat each.
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