Patna (Bihar):As the Assembly elections in Bihar near, apart from the traditional heavyweights, even large parties from other states continue to seek their support base, even if victory seems extremely far-fetched for them.
The Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party, Trinamool Congress, and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha are among the parties who might be unable to win any seats, but will have a role to play in 'cutting' of votes.
SP, BSP, NCP still searching for their place in Bihar
Tariq Anwar had left the Congress in 1999. Along with Sharad Pawar and PA Sangma, Anwar laid the foundation of the NCP. Pertinently, Tariq Anwar was also an MP from Bihar's Katihar. However, ever since Anwar left the NCP in 2018, the party became even more marginalised in Bihar. On the other hand, the situation of Samajwadi Party and BSP is also pretty similar.
Parties won no seats in 2015
In the 2015 assembly elections, the Samajwadi Party, AIMIM, and JMM contested, but did not manage to win even a single seat. The JMM had fielded candidates for 32 seats and the Samajwadi Party for 135 seats. Owaisi's party had contested on six seats in Seemanchal. Apart from this, parties from other states also fielded candidates, but could not succeed.
Samajwadi Party's performance
On the other hand, even the performance of the Samajwadi Party has been on a downward slope since 2005. In the 2005 assembly elections, the SP fielded candidates for 142 seats, of which it managed to win four. However, the SP could not win a single seat in the 2010 and 2015 elections.
JMM disappointed
From the neighbouring state of Jharkhand, the JMM tasted success only on one occasion. JMM had fielded its candidates for 41 seats in the 2010 assembly elections, in which the party had won one seat. After this, JMM fielded candidates for 32 seats in the 2015 Bihar Assembly Elections, but was not successful even on a single seat.