2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

The Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election followed as a result the expiration of the five-year term of the previous legislature elected in Uttar Pradesh, India. The election to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly was held in seven phases from 8 February through 3 March 2012. Uttar Pradesh has the world's largest population for a sub-national democracy. The incumbent chief minister Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party, which previously won an absolute majority of seats, was defeated by Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi Party, which gained an absolute majority in the election. Mulayam's son and Samajwadi party president Akhilesh Yadav was nominated as chief minister by the party.^[2]

2012 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election

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All 403 assembly constituencies
Turnout	59.40% 13.44%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Akhilesh Yadav Mayawati Party SP BSP Alliance - - Leader since 2012 1995 Leader's seat MLC MLC Seats before 97 206 Seats won 224 80 Seat change 127 126 Popular vote 22,090,571 19,647,303 Percentage 29.15% 25.91% Swing 3.72% 4.52%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Uma Bharti Raj Babbar Party BJP INC Alliance NDA UPA Leader since 2012 2009 Leader's seat Charkhari Did not contest Seats before 51 22 Seats won 47 28 Seat change 4 6 Popular vote 11,371,080 8,832,895^[1] Percentage 15.00% 11.63% Swing 1.97% 3.04%   Fifth party   Leader Ajit Singh Party RLD Alliance UPA Leader since 1996 Leader's seat Did not contest Seats before 10 Seats won 9 Seat change 1 Popular vote 1,763,354 Percentage 2.33% Swing 1.37%
Chief Minister before election Mayawati Bahujan Samaj Party Elected Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Samajwadi Party

Background

Uttar Pradesh is the largest state in India in terms of population, but the fourth largest in terms of landmass after the bifurcation to create Uttarakhand. It is also considered politically important because of the number of seats it returns to the Lok Sabha and as including the constituencies of such nationally notable figures as Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Varun Gandhi and Maneka Gandhi of the Nehru-Gandhi family dynasty. It was also previously the home of Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

The legislative assembly has 403 seats, 206 of which were won by the BSP in the previous election.^[3]

Schedule

Initially the ECI announced on 24 December 2011 that the election will occur in seven phases on 4, 8, 11, 15, 19, 23 and 28 February and the results will be declared on 3 March.^[4] Later, the date for announcement of result was changed to 6 March.^[5][6]

On 9 January, the Election Commission had announced that the original date of 4 February for the first phase had been changed to 3 March, while vote counting had moved from 4 to 6 March^[7] due to celebrations for Barawafat, for which an Election Commission official said that: "There were concerns people would not be able to come out to exercise their franchise." ^[8]

Phase	Date	Constituency (with ECI Assembly constituency number)
I^[9]	8 February	145. Maholi, 146. Sitapur 147. Hargaon (SC) 148. Laharpur 149. Biswan 150. Sevata 151. Mahmoodabad 152. Sidhauli (SC) 153. Misrikh (SC) 266. Kursi 267. Ram Nagar 268. Barabanki 269. Zaidpur (SC) 270. Dariyabad 271. Rudauli 272. Haidergarh (SC) 273. Milkipur (SC) 274. Bikapur 275. Ayodhya 276. Goshainganj 277. Katehari 278. Tanda 279. Alapur (SC) 280. Jalalpur 281. Akbarpur 282. Balha (SC) 283. Nanpara 284. Matera 285. Mahasi 286. Bahraich 287. Payagpur 288. Kaiserganj 289. Bhinga 290. Shrawasti 291. Tulsipur 292. Gainsari 293. Utraula 294. Balrampur (SC) 295. Mehnaun 296. Gonda 297. Katra Bazar 298. Colonelganj 299. Tarabganj 300. Mankapur (SC) 301. Gaura 302. Shohratgarh 303. Kapilvastu (SC) 304. Bansi 305. Itwa 306. Domariyaganj 307. Harraiya 308. Kaptanganj 309. Rudhauli 310. Basti Sadar 311. Mahadewa (SC)
II^[10]	11 February	312. Menhdawal, 313. Khalilabad 314. Dhanghata (SC) 315. Pharenda 316. Nautanwa 317. Siswa 318. Maharajganj (SC) 319. Paniyra 320. Caimpiyarganj 321. Pipraich 322. Gorakhpur Urban 323. Gorakhpur Rural 324. Sahajanwa 325. Khajani (SC) 326. Chauri-Chaura 327. Bansgaon (SC) 328. Chillupar 329. Khadda 330. Padrauna 331. Tamkuhi Raj 332. Fazilnagar 333. Kushinagar 334. Hata 335. Ramkola (SC) 336. Rudrapur 337. Deoria 338. Pathardeva 339. Rampur Karkhana 340. Bhatpar Rani 341. Salempur (SC) 342. Barhaj 343. Atrauliya 344. Gopalpur 345. Sagri 346. Mubarakpur 347. Azamgarh 348. Nizamabad 349. Phoolpur-Pawai 350. Didarganj 351. Lalganj (SC) 352. Mehnagar (SC) 353. Madhuban 354. Ghosi 355. Muhammadabad- Gohna (SC) 356. Mau 357. Belthara Road (SC) 358. Rasara 359. Sikanderpur 360. Phephana 361. Ballia Nagar 362. Bansdih 363. Bairia 373. Jakhanian (SC) 374. Saidpur (SC) 375. Ghazipur 376. Jangipur 377. Zahoorabad 378. Mohammadabad 379. Zamania
III^[11]	15 February	184. Jagdishpur (SC), 185.Gauriganj 186.Amethi 187. Isauli 188. Sultanpur 189. Sadar 190. Lambhua 191. Kadipur (SC) 251. Sirathu 252. Manjhanpur (SC) 253. Chail 254. Phaphamau 255. Soraon (SC) 256. Phulpur 257. Pratappur 258. Handia 259. Meja 260. Karachhana 261.Allahabad West 262.Allahabad North 263.Allahabad South 264. Bara (SC) 265. Koraon (SC) 364. Badlapur 365. Shahganj 366. Jaunpur 367. Malhani 368.Mungra Badshahpur 369. Machhlishahr (SC) 370. Mariyahu 371. Zafrabad 372. Kerakat (SC) 380.Mughalsarai 381. Sakaldiha 382. Saiyadraja 383. Chakia (SC) 384. Pindra 385.Ajagara (SC) 386. Shivpur 387. Rohaniya 388. Varanasi North 389. Varanasi South 390. Varanasi Cantt. 391. Sevapuri 392. Bhadohi 393.Gyanpur 394.Aurai (SC) 395.Chhanbey (SC) 396. Mirzapur 397. Majhawan 398. Chunar 399. Marihan 400.Ghorawal 401. Robertsganj 402.Obra 403. Duddhi (SC)
IV^[12]	19 February	154. Sawayazpur, 155. Shahabad 156. Hardoi 157.Gopamau (SC) 158. Sandi (SC) 159. Bilgram Mallanwan 160. Balamau (SC) 161. Sandila 162. Bangermau 163. Safipur (SC) 164.Mohan (SC) 165. Unnao 166. Bhagwantnagar 167. Purwa 168. Malihabad (SC) 169. Bakshi Kaa Talab 170. Sarojini Nagar 171. Lucknow West 172. Lucknow North 173. Lucknow East 174. Lucknow Central 175. Lucknow Cantt. 176.Mohanlalganj (SC) 177. Bachhrawan (SC) 178. Tiloi 179. Harchandpur 180. Rae Bareli 181. Salon (SC) 182. Sareni 183. Unchahar 192. Kaimganj (SC) 193.Amritpur 194. Farrukhabad 195. Bhojpur 196. Chhibramau 197. Tirwa 198. Kannauj (SC) 232. Tindwari 233. Baberu 234. Naraini (SC) 235. Banda 236. Chitrakoot 237. Manikpur 238. Jahanabad 239. Bindki 240. Fatehpur 241. Ayah Shah 242. Husainganj 243. Khaga (SC) 244. Rampur Khas 245. Babaganj (SC) 246. Kunda 247. Vishwanath Ganj 248. Pratapgarh 249. Patti 250. Raniganj
V^[13]	23 February	95.Tundla (SC), 96.Jasrana 97.Firozabad 98.Shikohabad 99.Sirsaganj 100. Kasganj 101.Amanpur 102. Patiyali 103.Aliganj 104. Etah 105. Marhara 106. Jalesar (SC) 107. Mainpuri 108. Bhongaon 109. Kishni (SC) 110. Karhal 199. Jaswantnagar 200. Etawah 201. Bharthana (SC) 202. Bidhuna 203. Dibiyapur 204.Auraiya (SC) 205. Rasulabad (SC) 206.Akbarpur-Raniya 207. Sikandra 208. Bhognipur 209. Bilhaur (SC) 210. Bithoor 211. Kalyanpur 212.Govindnagar 213. Sishamau 214.Arya Nagar 215. Kidwai Nagar 216. Kanpur Cantt. 217. Maharajpur 218.Ghatampur (SC) 219. Madhaugarh 220. Kalpi 221.Orai (SC) 222. Babina 223. Jhansi Nagar 224. Mauranipur (SC) 225.Garautha 226. Lalitpur 227. Mehroni (SC) 228. Hamirpur 229. Rath (SC) 230. Mahoba 231. Charkhari
VI^[14]	28 February	1. Behat, 2. Nakur 3. Saharanpur Nagar 4. Saharanpur 5. Deoband 6. Rampur Maniharan (SC) 7. Gangoh 8. Kairana 9. Thana Bhawan 10.Shamli 11.Budhana 12.Charthawal 13.Purqazi (SC) 14.Muzaffar Nagar 15.Khatauli 16.Meerapur 43.Siwalkhas 44.Sardhana 45.Hastinapur (SC) 46.Kithore 47.Meerut Cantt. 48.Meerut 49.Meerut South 50.Chhaprauli 51.Baraut 52.Baghpat 53.Loni 54.Muradnagar 55.Sahibabad 56.Ghaziabad 57.Modi Nagar 58.Dhaulana 59.Hapur (SC) 60.Garhmukteshwar 61.Noida 62.Dadri 63.Jewar 64.Sikandrabad 65.Bulandshahr 66.Syana 67.Anupshahr 68.Debai 69.Shikarpur 70.Khurja (SC) 71.Khair (SC) 72. Barauli 73.Atrauli 74.Chharra 75.Koil 76.Aligarh 77.Iglas (SC) 78.Hathras (SC) 79.Sadabad 80.Sikandra Rao 81.Chhata 82.Mant 83.Goverdhan 84.Mathura 85.Baldev (SC) 86.Etmadpur 87.Agra Cantt. (SC) 88.Agra South 89.Agra North 90.Agra Rural (SC) 91.Fatehpur Sikri 92.Kheragarh 93.Fatehabad 94.Bah
VII^[15]	3 March	17. Najibabad, 18. Nagina (SC) 19. Barhapur 20. Dhampur 21. Nehtaur (SC) 22. Bijnor 23. Chandpur 24. Noorpur 25. Kanth 26. Thakurdwara 27. Moradabad Rural 28. Moradabad Nagar 29. Kundarki 30. Bilari 31. Chandausi (SC) 32. Asmoli 33. Sambhal 34. Suar 35. Chamraua 36. Bilaspur 37. Rampur 38. Milak (SC) 39. Dhanaura (SC) 40. Naugawan Sadat 41. Amroha 42. Hasanpur 111. Gunnaur 112. Bisauli (SC) 113. Sahaswan 114. Bilsi 115. Badaun 116. Shekhupur 117. Dataganj 118. Baheri 119. Meerganj 120. Bhojipura 121. Nawabganj 122. Faridpur (SC) 123. Bithari Chainpur 124. Bareilly 125. Bareilly Cantt. 126. Aonla 127. Pilibhit 128. Barkhera 129. Puranpur (SC) 130. Bisalpur 131. Katra 132. Jalalabad 133. Tilhar 134. Powayan (SC) 135. Shahjahanpur 136. Dadraul 137. Palia 138. Nighasan 139. Gola Gokrannath 140. Sri Nagar (SC) 141. Dhaurahra 142. Lakhimpur 143. Kasta (SC) 144. Mohammdi

Parties

A total of 223 parties vied for the 403 seats in the legislative assembly. This was an increase compared to the previous election which featured 131 parties who had filed candidates.^[16] The parties represented in the previous legislature were:

• Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) (incumbent) (contested 403 seats^[17])
• Samajwadi Party (SP) (Resulting majority elected to power)
• Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
• Indian National Congress (INC) (pre-election alliance with RLD^[18])
• Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) (pre-election alliance with INC)
• Rashtriya Parivartan Dal
• Akhil Bhartiya Loktantrik Congress
• United Democratic Party
• Bharatiya Jan Shakti
• Jan Morcha
• Rashtriya Swabhimaan Party
• Peace Party of India^[19]
• Apna Dal^[20]
• Quami Ekta Dal^[21]
• JD(U)^[21]
• All India Trinamool Congress^[1][22][23]
• Communist Party of India^[24]
• Communist Party of India (Marxist)^[24]

2010 issues

In 2010, INC general secretary Rahul Gandhi was arrested, along with, while he was staging a sit-in in Bhatta Parsaul village in support of farmers agitating against inadequate compensation for the acquisition of their land for a highway project. Though he was released after three hours, INC party members in other parts of the country such as Mumbai's western suburbs of Santacruz, Malad and Borivali protested against his arrest.^[25] Amidst the event he said: "I have seen the violence unleashed on your youth and women. By seeing what has happened here, I feel ashamed to be an Indian. The state government [sic] is tormenting its own people."^[26] Though INC party spokesman Subodh Srivastava said that "several party leaders and workers were injured in the lathicharge by police at a number of places in the state (sic) during peaceful protest and demonstration. (sic) More than 10,000 workers and leaders were arrested across the state," the UP government said that there was no impact as a result of the INC agitation and that only 135 people had been arrested in apprehension of breach of peace during the ensuing chakka jam^[a] in protest against Gandhi's arrest.^[27] Mayawati responded also to the Gandhi agitation by saying: "I would like to tell Yuvraj that whatever struggle he has to do, he should do in his home first, as the decision is in the hands of the Centre...It seems that he is not being heard in his own home and he is venting his frustration by indulging in mean dramatics."^[28]

The same day his mother, Sonia Gandhi, visited her national constituency of Rae Bareli to review the implementation of such nationally sponsored rural employment and housing schemes as the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act where she called for better implementation of the various schemes such as to ensure that 100 days of employment would be provided to a maximum number of families.^[29][30]

Under the pretext of land acquisition, the action was read as having gathered pace as after other legislative elections. The Times of India read the move as "a bigger favour from jittery chief minister Mayawati" and that the "subsequent free-for-all" included INC staging anti-Mayawati protests as well as BJP leaders trying not to be undone by "also courting trouble" on the basis of "land-related strife everywhere...giving politicians scope for photo ops." It also said that Mayawati may have had a "point in lobbing the land acquisition ball back into the Centre's (national government) court" but that attempts to "keeping law and order will only make her opponents look good for being martyred;" while it still question if the INC were "genuinely friends of farmers, tribals, Dalits, et al."^[31]

Corruption issues

A Centre for Media Studies report showed that the corruption has increased in UP.^[32][33] The Central Bureau of Investigation said there was "strong evidence" against incumbent Chief Minister Mayawati in a case about disproportionate assets for a public figure;^[34] while Samajwadi party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav also has a case pending against him in a similar case.^[35] Out of a total of 403 MLAs, 143 face criminal charges.^[36][37]

The Chief Election Commissioner has raised concerns about the use of money in the election for some form of undue campaigning.^[38][39] After the EC imposed restrictions on the movement of unaccounted money, police checks across UP netted over 120 million in cash, several kilogrammes of silver and weapons, leading to the arrest of at least one person.^{[40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47]}

The Uttar Pradesh government was also sent a notice by the national government for alleged corruption in MGNREGA. Mayawati, however rejected the allegations as "politically motivated."^[48] She has also been accused by former minister Avdesh Verma of selling party tickets in the election for Rs. 40 million.^[49] Furthermore, the BSP also expelled Badshah Singh and Babu Singh Kushwaha, who had been removed after CBI evidence of corruption, from the party on charges of corruption.^[50]

During the tenure of the incumbent CM Mayawati, opposition parties have accused her of constructing parks and statues of herself and other dalit icons such as Ambedkar and Kanshi Ram in places such as Noida and Lucknow that cost the exchequer crores of rupees in the name of development and social upliftment for dalits.^{[51][52][53][54]} The Uttar Pradesh Government was also criticised by the Supreme Court for not halting the construction of the memorials.^[55] despite an order to do so.^[56][57] On 7 January the Chief Election Commissioner S. Y. Quraishi ordered for the veiling of statues of all political figures except for Mohandas Gandhi, as well as veiling the BSP's symbol the elephant, in order to have a "level playing field" by 11 January at 17:00, according to the District Magistrate of Gautam Budh Nagar, though Chief Electoral Officer Umesh Sinha said the deadline was 15 January but the government should try and do so earlier in view of the implementation of code of conduct. However, in Lucknow BSP activists were reported to have removed the a veil minutes after it had been installed. The BSP called the move as "completely wrong" and "not justified."^{[58][59][60][61][62][63]} Quraishi dismissed criticism of the order as "ill-informed" and add that he was "surprised [the order] has been taken as something unusual. There is a model code of conduct which says there should be a level-playing field for all candidates and parties." On 9 January, social activist Dheeraj Singh filed a PIL in the Allahabad High Court challenging the EC's order on the grounds that the elephants represent Ganesha and veiling them could hurt public sentiment. On 11 January the High Court dismissed the petition as "withdrawn" on technical grounds.^[64][65]

Campaign

The INC's Rahul Gandhi started his campaign on 14 November 2011 before the announcement of the election phases,^[66] while Mulayam Singh Yadav started his campaign on 8 January with criticism of the ruling BSP for "corruption and atrocities on people."^[67] Rahul Gandhi toured one of the most impoverished area of the country on 17 January, Bundelkhand in Lalitpur. He also visited Mauranipur, Chirgaon, Jhansi and Mahoba, where he was reportedly shown black flags over the issue of black money. He promised to bring change, while also questioning the BSP government's alleged corruption in the MGNREGA scheme.^[68][69][70] Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressed a rally in Kanpur on 17 February where he alleged that the U.P. government is not cooperating with the national government in regards to infrastructure development despite receiving five times the funds demanded.^[71][72] He also criticised the incumbent government's alleged corruption and U.P.'s infrastructure woes. "The reason behind this bad situation is that non- Congress governments which came to power in the state in the last 22 years did not pay attention either to governance or the problems of the common man. The Congress will win UP elections. Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi will ensure Congress' victory in UP...we will work with greater strength for the development of UP if the Congress comes to power. There is a need to change this situation. You need a government which changes the shape of UP and focuses on development by rising above caste and religious lines. Congress led by Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi can provide such a government."^[73] The INC also got the endorsement of the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind.^[74] After the first three phases of voting the party was said to have been cautious about its expectations of winning the election.^[75]

The BJP formally began its campaign on 10 January, but would start hosting public meeting 10 days later. Party leaders from outside UP had been called in to campaign, though many refused to show support for candidates with corruption allegations. These included former PM Atal Behari Vajpayee, Gujarat CM Narendra Modi, former PM-candidate and Home Minister MP Lal Krishna Advani, MP Sushma Swaraj, former Law Minister MP Arun Jaitley. UP MP Murli Manohar Joshi, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh, Jharkhand CM Arjun Munda, Bihar Deputy CM Sushil Modi, former Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje, Ananth Kumar, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Narendra Singh Tomar, party deputy leader in the Lok Sabha Gopinath Munde, party deputy leader in the Rajya Sabha SS Ahluwalia, party Muslim member Shahnawaz Hussain, party vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, MP Shatrughan Sinha, MP Hema Malini, MP Smriti Irani, MP Navjot Singh Sidhu, Kalraj Mishra, Vinay Katiyar, Ramlal, former Foreign Minister MP Yashwant Sinha, former Madhya Pradesh CM and re-inductee into the party Uma Bharti, UP MP Varun Gandhi, Ramapati Ram Tripathi, Keshari Nath Tripathi, Ramnath Kovind, Saudan Singh and Radha Mohan Singh.^[76] On 16 January, national BJP President Nitin Gadkari released the party manifesto for the election in Lucknow. Part of its promises included creating 15 million jobs within five years, as well providing rice and wheat at a subsidised Rs. 3 and Rs. 2 per kilogramme, respectively.^[77] It also included a promise to probe alleged cases of corruption during the tenure of the BSP government.^[78] On 18 January, they opted to field Uma Bharti from the Charkari constituency in Mahoba.^[79][80]

Incumbent CM Mayawati began her campaign on 27 January at a rally in Bijnor.^[81] On 15 January, she released the BSP's list of candidates for all the 403 constituencies. The list included 88 candidates belonging to SCs, 113 from OBCs, 85 religious minorities and 117 upper castes, out of which 74 are Brahmins.^[82][83]

On 20 January, the Samajwadi Party released its electoral manifesto in Lucknow which included promising reservation for the minorities, a ban on land acquisition and loans of four percent interest to small farmers.^[84][85] Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav got an endorsement from the Shahi Imam of New Delhi's Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari, who had appealed to Muslim voters to vote for the SP and alleged that the INC had regressed UP's fortunes.^[86][87]

The anti-corruption group Team Anna also decided to campaign in four of the five provinces that are holding Vidhan Sabha elections, except Manipur; however they said that they would not do so in favour of or against any particular party.^[88] They started their campaign in Haridwar on 21 January.^[89]

Controversies

The Supreme Court also criticised the UP government for the Land Acquisition Act calling it "an engine of oppression" for the government's low cost acquisition without adequate redress for the villagers, who were then beaten by police. It said that the policy as "anti-poor" and against the interests of the "common man," while citing that after its inception in 1894 it had to be immediately amended. At the same time, INC general secretary Rahul Gandhi toured two villages to start an agitation march against such acquisitions^[90][91]

On 22 December 2011 the national government announced a four and half percent sub-quota for "backward Muslims" as part of an expanded definition of Other Backward Castes in the civil service and at educational institutions, which came into effect on 1 January. BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley strongly objected to the proposal on the grounds that it was "unconstitutional" with the purpose of campaigning to wooing Muslim voters in the election.^[92][93] On 10 January, Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid was sent a notice by the ECI on a complaint filed by the BJP, led by Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, after Khurshid had said that if the INC was victorious in the election, it would double the quota for Muslims to nine percent. He then reiterated that the comments was a "promise not [an] allurement."^[94][95] The following day the ECI decided to put on hold the sub-quota for minorities till the election ends as it was in violation of the Model Code of Conduct.^[96]

The ECI replaced the UP DGP Brij Lal and Home Secretary Fateh Bahadur on 8 January after complaints from other parties that they were partisan on the issue of covering the statues.^[97]

On 22 January, the ECI banned exit polls from 28 January to 3 March in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.^[98][99] Opinion polls were also banned 48 hours prior to the voting of each phase in the electronic media, however there was no such restriction on the print media.^[100][101]

Individual candidates

After being fired from the BSP for corruption, Babu Singh Kushwaha, Badshah Singh and Awdhesh Verma joined the BJP. Kushwaha has wanted to join the INC but was blocked by Rahul Gandhi, who criticised the BJP for giving them tickets. Additionally, Daddan Mishra also resigned from the BSP after being denied a ticket to run in the election and consequently joined the BJP.^[50]

Opinion polls

All opinion polls indicated a hung assembly.

Poll source and date	BSP	Samajwadi	BJP	INC-RLD	Others
STAR News-Nielsen^[102]	101	135	61	99	7
News24^[103]	108	127	57	94	17

Election

Almost all the exit polls pointed to a hung assembly with the SP outperforming its rivals while the BSP lost a large share of the seats it previously held. The INC and the BJP also were expected to perform better than the previous election but significantly short of the simple majority mark.

Poll source and date	BSP	SP	BJP	INC-RLD	Others
STAR News-Nielsen^[104]	83	183	71	51	11
CNN-IBN^[105]	65–70	232–250	28–38	36–44	11–23
Aaj Tak^[106]	88–98	195–210	50–56	38–42	20

Result

Main article: Results of the 2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

The BSP's CM Mayawati's cabinet approving the dissolution of the Vidhan Sabha assembly on the night of 4 March and sent the recommendation to the Governor for consent.^[107][108] Mulayam Singh Yadav's son and UP president of the Samajwadi Party Akhilesh Yadav was nominated as Chief Minister by the party.^[2]

Summary of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2012 result  

Party	Seats contested	Seats won	Seat change	Vote share	Swing
Samajwadi Party	401	224	127	29.15%	3.72%
Bahujan Samaj Party	403	80	126	25.91%	4.52%
Bharatiya Janata Party	398	47	4	15%	1.97%
Indian National Congress	355	28	6	11.63%	3.03%
Rashtriya Lok Dal	46	9	1	2.33%
Peace Party of India	208	4	4	2.82%	2.82%
Quami Ekta Dal^[1]	43	2		0.55%
Apna Dal^[1]^[20]	76	1	1	0.90%
Nationalist Congress Party	127	1	0	0.33%
Ittehad-e-Millat Council^[1]	18	1		0.25%
Independents^[1]	1691	6		4.13%
Total	-	403	-
Turnout: 59.5%
Source: Election Commission of India 18 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine

Elected members

Constituency	Reserved for (SC/None)	Member	Party
Behat	None	Mahaveer Singh Rana		Bahujan Samaj Party
Nakur	None	Dr. Dharam Singh Saini		Bahujan Samaj Party
Saharanpur Nagar	None	Raghav Lakhanpal		Bharatiya Janata Party
Saharanpur	None	Jagpal		Bahujan Samaj Party
Deoband	None	Rajendra Singh Rana		Samajwadi Party
Rampur Maniharan	SC	Ravinder Kumar Molhu		Bahujan Samaj Party
Gangoh	None	Pardeep Kumar		Indian National Congress
Kairana	None	Hukum Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Thana Bhawan	None	Suresh Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party
Shamli	None	Pankaj Kumar Malik		Indian National Congress
Budhana	None	Nawazish Alam Khan		Samajwadi Party
Charthawal	None	Noor Saleem Rana		Bahujan Samaj Party
Purqazi	SC	Anil Kumar		Bahujan Samaj Party
Muzaffar Nagar	None	Chitranjan Swaroop		Samajwadi Party
Khatauli	None	Kartar Singh Bhadana		Rashtriya Lok Dal
Meerapur	None	Jamil Ahmad Qasmi		Bahujan Samaj Party
Najibabad	None	Tasleem		Bahujan Samaj Party
Nagina	SC	Manoj Kumar Paras		Samajwadi Party
Barhapur	None	Mohd.ghazi		Bahujan Samaj Party
Dhampur	None	Th. Mool Chand Chauhan		Samajwadi Party
Nehtaur	SC	Om Kumar		Bahujan Samaj Party
Bijnor	None	Kunvar Bharatendra		Bharatiya Janata Party
Chandpur	None	Iqbal		Bahujan Samaj Party
Noorpur	None	Lokendra Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Kanth	None	Aneesurrehman		Peace Party of India
Thakurdwara	None	Kunwar Servesh Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party
Moradabad Rural	None	Shameemul Haq		Samajwadi Party
Moradabad Nagar	None	Mohammad Yusuf Ansari		Samajwadi Party
Kundarki	None	Mohammad Rizwan		Samajwadi Party
Bilari	None	Mhd.irfan		Samajwadi Party
Chandausi	SC	Laxmi Gautam		Samajwadi Party
Asmoli	None	Pinki Singh		Samajwadi Party
Sambhal	None	Iqbal Mehmood		Samajwadi Party
Suar	None	Nawab Kazim Ali Khan Urf Naved Mian		Indian National Congress
Chamraua	None	Ali Yusuf Ali		Bahujan Samaj Party
Bilaspur	None	Sanjay Kapoor		Indian National Congress
Rampur	None	Mohammad Azam Khan		Samajwadi Party
Milak	SC	Vijay Singh		Samajwadi Party
Dhanaura	SC	Maikal Chandra		Samajwadi Party
Naugawan Sadat	None	Ashfaq Ali Khan		Samajwadi Party
Amroha	None	Mehboob Ali		Samajwadi Party
Hasanpur	None	Kamal Akhtar		Samajwadi Party
Siwalkhas	None	Ghulam Mohammed		Samajwadi Party
Sardhana	None	Sangeet Singh Som		Bharatiya Janata Party
Hastinapur	SC	Prabhu Dayal Balmiki		Samajwadi Party
Kithore	None	Shahid Manzoor		Samajwadi Party
Meerut Cantt.	None	Satya Prakash Agarwal		Bharatiya Janata Party
Meerut	None	Dr. Laxmikant Bajpai		Bharatiya Janata Party
Meerut South	None	Ravindra Bhadana		Bharatiya Janata Party
Chhaprauli	None	Vir Pal		Rashtriya Lok Dal
Baraut	None	Lokesh Dixit		Bahujan Samaj Party
Baghpat	None	Hemlata Chaudhary		Bahujan Samaj Party
Loni	None	Zakir Ali		Bahujan Samaj Party
Muradnagar	None	Wahab		Bahujan Samaj Party
Sahibabad	None	Amarpal		Bahujan Samaj Party
Gaziabad	None	Suresh Bansal		Bahujan Samaj Party
Modi Nagar	None	Sudesh Sharma		Rashtriya Lok Dal
Dholana	None	Dharmesh Singh Tomar		Samajwadi Party
Hapur	SC	Gajraj Singh		Indian National Congress
Garhmukteshwar	None	Madan Chauhan		Samajwadi Party
Noida	None	Mahesh Kumar Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party
Dadri	None	Satveer Singh Gurjar		Bahujan Samaj Party
Jewar	None	Vedram Bhati		Bahujan Samaj Party
Sikandrabad	None	Bimla Singh Solanki		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bulandshahr	None	Mohd. Aleem Khan		Bahujan Samaj Party
Syana	None	Dilnawaz Khan		Indian National Congress
Anupshahr	None	Gajendra Singh		Bahujan Samaj Party
Debai	None	Shri Bhagwan Sharma		Samajwadi Party
Shikarpur	None	Mukesh Sharma		Samajwadi Party
Khurja	SC	Banshi Singh Pahadiya		Indian National Congress
Khair	SC	Bhagwati Prasad		Rashtriya Lok Dal
Barauli	None	Dalveer Singh		Rashtriya Lok Dal
Atrauli	None	Viresh Yadav		Samajwadi Party
Chharra	None	Rakesh Kumar		Samajwadi Party
Koil	None	Zameer Ullah Khan		Samajwadi Party
Aligarh	None	Zafar Alam		Samajwadi Party
Iglas	SC	Triloki Ram		Rashtriya Lok Dal
Hathras	SC	Genda Lal Chaudhary		Bahujan Samaj Party
Sadabad	None	Devendra Agrawal		Samajwadi Party
Sikandra Rao	None	Ramveer Upadhyay		Bahujan Samaj Party
Chhata	None	Tejpal Singh		Rashtriya Lok Dal
Mant	None	Jayant Chaudhary		Rashtriya Lok Dal
Goverdhan	None	Rajkumar Rawat		Bahujan Samaj Party
Mathura	None	Pradeep Mathur		Indian National Congress
Baldev	SC	Pooran Prakash		Rashtriya Lok Dal
Etmadpur	None	Dr. Dharampal Singh		Bahujan Samaj Party
Agra Cantt.	SC	Gutiyari Lal Duwesh		Bahujan Samaj Party
Agra South	None	Yogendra Upadhyaya		Bharatiya Janata Party
Agra North	None	Jagan Prasad Garg		Bharatiya Janata Party
Agra Rural	SC	Kali Charan Suman		Bahujan Samaj Party
Fatehpur Sikri	None	Surajpal Singh		Bahujan Samaj Party
Kheragarh	None	Bhagvan Singh Kushwaha		Bahujan Samaj Party
Fatehabad	None	Chotelal Verma		Bahujan Samaj Party
Bah	None	Raja Mahendra Aridaman Singh		Samajwadi Party
Tundla	SC	Rakesh Babu		Bahujan Samaj Party
Jasrana	None	Ramveer Singh		Samajwadi Party
Firozabad	None	Manish Asiza		Bharatiya Janata Party
Shikohabad	None	Om Prakash Verma		Samajwadi Party
Sirsaganj	None	Hariom		Samajwadi Party
Kasganj	None	Man Pal Singh		Samajwadi Party
Amanpur	None	Mamtesh		Bahujan Samaj Party
Patiyali	None	Najeeva Khan Zeenat		Samajwadi Party
Aliganj	None	Rameshwar Singh		Samajwadi Party
Etah	None	Ashish Kumar Yadav		Samajwadi Party
Marhara	None	Amit Gaurav		Samajwadi Party
Jalesar	SC	Ranjeet Suman		Samajwadi Party
Mainpuri	None	Rajkumar Alias Raju Yadav		Samajwadi Party
Bhongaon	None	Alok Kumar		Samajwadi Party
Kishani	SC	Eng. Brajesh Katheriya		Samajwadi Party
Karhal	None	Sobaran Singh Yadav		Samajwadi Party
Gunnaur	None	Ramkhiladi Singh Yadav		Samajwadi Party
Bisauli	SC	Ashutosh Maurya Urf Raju		Samajwadi Party
Sahaswan	None	Omkar Singh		Samajwadi Party
Bilsi	None	Musarrat Ali Bittan		Bahujan Samaj Party
Badaun	None	Abid Raza Khan		Samajwadi Party
Shekhupur	None	Ashish Yadav		Samajwadi Party
Dataganj	None	Sinod Kumar Shakya (deepu)		Bahujan Samaj Party
Baheri	None	Ataurrehman		Samajwadi Party
Meerganj	None	Sultan Baig		Bahujan Samaj Party
Bhojipura	None	Shazil Islam		Ittehad-E-Millait Council
Nawabganj	None	Bhagwat Saran Gangwar		Samajwadi Party
Faridpur	SC	Dr. Siaram Sagar		Samajwadi Party
Bithari Chainpur	None	Virendra Singh		Bahujan Samaj Party
Bareilly	None	Dr. Arun Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bareilly Cantt.	None	Rajesh Agarwal		Bharatiya Janata Party
Aonla	None	Dharm Pal Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Pilibhit	None	Riaz Ahmad		Samajwadi Party
Barkhera	None	Hemraj Verma		Samajwadi Party
Puranpur	SC	Peetam Ram		Samajwadi Party
Bisalpur	None	Agys Ramsaran Verma		Bharatiya Janata Party
Katra	None	Rajesh Yadav		Samajwadi Party
Jalalabad	None	Neeraj Kushawaha		Bahujan Samaj Party
Tilhar	None	Roshan Lal Verma		Bahujan Samaj Party
Powayan	SC	Sakuntla Devi		Samajwadi Party
Shahjahanpur	None	Suresh Kumar Khanna		Bharatiya Janata Party
Dadraul	None	Rammurti Singh Verma		Samajwadi Party
Palia	None	Harvindar Kumar Sahani Alias Romi Sahani		Bahujan Samaj Party
Nighasan	None	Ajay		Bharatiya Janata Party
Gola Gokrannath	None	Vinay Tiwari		Samajwadi Party
Sri Nagar	SC	Ramsaran		Samajwadi Party
Dhaurahra	None	Shamsher Bahadur Alias Sheroobhaiya		Bahujan Samaj Party
Lakhimpur	None	Utkarsh Verma Madhur		Samajwadi Party
Kasta	SC	Sunil Kumar Lala		Samajwadi Party
Mohammdi	None	Awasthi Bala Prasad		Bahujan Samaj Party
Maholi	None	Anoop Kumar Gupta		Samajwadi Party
Sitapur	None	Radheyshyam Jaiswal		Samajwadi Party
Hargaon	SC	Ramhet Bharti		Bahujan Samaj Party
Laharpur	None	Mo. Jasmir Ansari		Bahujan Samaj Party
Biswan	None	Rampal Yadav		Samajwadi Party
Sevata	None	Mahendra Kumar Singh		Samajwadi Party
Mahmoodabad	None	Narendra Singh Verma		Samajwadi Party
Sidhauli	SC	Manish Rawat		Samajwadi Party
Misrikh	SC	Ram Pal Rajwanshi		Samajwadi Party
Sawaijpur	None	Rajani Tiwari		Bahujan Samaj Party
Shahabad	None	Babu Khan		Samajwadi Party
Hardoi	None	Nitin Agarwal		Samajwadi Party
Gopamau	SC	Shyam Prakash		Samajwadi Party
Sandi	SC	Rajeshwari		Samajwadi Party
Bilgram-mallanwan	None	Brijesh Kumar		Bahujan Samaj Party
Balamau	SC	Anil Verma		Samajwadi Party
Sandila	None	Kunwar Mahabir Singh		Samajwadi Party
Bangermau	None	Badlu Khan		Samajwadi Party
Safipur	SC	Sudhir Kumar		Samajwadi Party
Mohan	SC	Radhey Lal Rawat		Bahujan Samaj Party
Unnao	None	Deepak Kumar		Samajwadi Party
Bhagwantnagar	None	Kuldeep Singh Sengar		Samajwadi Party
Purwa	None	Uday Raj		Samajwadi Party
Malihabad	SC	Indal Kumar		Samajwadi Party
Bakshi Kaa Talab	None	Gomti Yadav		Samajwadi Party
Sarojini Nagar	None	Sharda Pratap Shukla		Samajwadi Party
Lucknow West	None	Mohd Rehan		Samajwadi Party
Lucknow North	None	Abhishek Mishra		Samajwadi Party
Lucknow East	None	Kalraj Mishra		Bharatiya Janata Party
Lucknow Central	None	Ravidas Mehrotra		Samajwadi Party
Lucknow Cantt.	None	Prof. Rita Bahuguna Joshi		Indian National Congress
Mohanlalganj	SC	Chandra Rawat		Samajwadi Party
Bachhrawan	SC	Ram Lal Akela		Samajwadi Party
Tiloi	None	Dr. Mohd. Muslim		Indian National Congress
Harchandpur	None	Surendra Vikram Singh		Samajwadi Party
Rae Bareli	None	Akhilesh Kumar Singh		Peace Party of India
Salon	SC	Ashakishore		Samajwadi Party
Sareni	None	Devendra Pratap Singh		Samajwadi Party
Unchahar	None	Manoj Kumar Pandey		Samajwadi Party
Jagdishpur	SC	Radhey Shyam		Indian National Congress
Gauriganj	None	Rakesh Pratap Singh		Samajwadi Party
Amethi	None	Gayatri Prasad		Samajwadi Party
Isauli	None	Abrar Ahmad		Samajwadi Party
Sultanpur	None	Anoop Sanda		Samajwadi Party
Sadar	None	Arun Kumar		Samajwadi Party
Lambhua	None	Santosh Pandey		Samajwadi Party
Kadipur	SC	Ramchandra Chaudhary		Samajwadi Party
Kaimganj	SC	Ajit Kumar		Samajwadi Party
Amritpur	None	Narendra Singh Yadav		Samajwadi Party
Farrukhabad	None	Vijay Singh S/o Prem Singh		Independent
Bhojpur	None	Jamaluddin Siddiqui		Samajwadi Party
Chhibramau	None	Arvind Singh Yadav		Samajwadi Party
Tirwa	None	Vyjai Bahadur Pal		Samajwadi Party
Kannauj	SC	Anil Kumar Dohre		Samajwadi Party
Jaswantnagar	None	Shivpal Singh Yadav		Samajwadi Party
Etawah	None	Raghuraj Singh Shakya		Samajwadi Party
Bharthana	SC	Sukh Devi Verma		Samajwadi Party
Bidhuna	None	Pramod Kumar		Samajwadi Party
Dibiyapur	None	Pradeep Kumar		Samajwadi Party
Auraiya	SC	Madan Singh Alias Santosh		Samajwadi Party
Rasulabad	SC	Shiv Kumar Beria		Samajwadi Party
Akbarpur - Raniya	None	Ramswaroop Singh		Samajwadi Party
Sikandra	None	Indrapal Singh		Bahujan Samaj Party
Bhognipur	None	Yogendra Pal Singh		Samajwadi Party
Bilhaur	SC	Aruna Kumari Kori		Samajwadi Party
Bithoor	None	Munindra Shukla		Samajwadi Party
Kalyanpur	None	Satish Kumar Nigam 'advocate'		Samajwadi Party
Govindnagar	None	Satyadev Pachauri		Bharatiya Janata Party
Sishamau	None	Haji Irfan Solanki		Samajwadi Party
Arya Nagar	None	Salil Vishnoi		Bharatiya Janata Party
Kidwai Nagar	None	Ajay Kapoor		Indian National Congress
Kanpur Cantt.	None	Raghunandan Singh Bhadauria		Bharatiya Janata Party
Maharajpur	None	Satish Mahana		Bharatiya Janata Party
Ghatampur	SC	Indrajeet Kori		Samajwadi Party
Madhaugarh	None	Santram		Bahujan Samaj Party
Kalpi	None	Umakanti		Indian National Congress
Orai	SC	Dayashankar		Samajwadi Party
Babina	None	Krishna Pal Singh Rajpoot		Bahujan Samaj Party
Jhansi Nagar	None	Ravi Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party
Mauranipur	SC	Dr. Rashmi Arya		Samajwadi Party
Garautha	None	Deepnarayan Singh (deepak Yadav)		Samajwadi Party
Lalitpur	None	Ramesh Prasad Kushwaha		Bahujan Samaj Party
Mehroni	SC	Feran Lal		Bahujan Samaj Party
Hamirpur	None	Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti		Bharatiya Janata Party
Rath	SC	Gayadeen Anuragi		Indian National Congress
Mahoba	None	Rajnarain Alias Rajju		Bahujan Samaj Party
Charkhari	None	Uma Bharti		Bharatiya Janata Party
Tindwari	None	Daljeet Singh		Indian National Congress
Baberu	None	Vishambhar Singh		Samajwadi Party
Naraini	SC	Gayacharan Dinkar		Bahujan Samaj Party
Banda	None	Vivek Kumar Singh		Indian National Congress
Chitrakoot	None	Veer Singh		Samajwadi Party
Manikpur	None	Chandrabhan Singh Patel		Bahujan Samaj Party
Jahanabad	None	Madan Gopal Verma		Samajwadi Party
Bindki	None	Sukhadev Prasad Verma		Bahujan Samaj Party
Fatehpur	None	Shed Qasim Hasan		Samajwadi Party
Ayah Shah	None	Ayodhya Prasad Pal		Bahujan Samaj Party
Husainganj	None	Mo. Asif		Bahujan Samaj Party
Khaga	SC	Krishna Paswan		Bharatiya Janata Party
Rampur Khas	None	Pramod Kumar		Indian National Congress
Babaganj	SC	Vinod Kumar		Independent
Kunda	None	Raghuraj Pratap Singh		Independent
Bishwavnathganj	None	Raja Ram		Samajwadi Party
Pratapgarh	None	Nagendra Singh "munna Yadav"		Samajwadi Party
Patti	None	Ram Singh		Samajwadi Party
Raniganj	None	Pro. Shivakant Ojha		Samajwadi Party
Sirathu	None	Keshav Prasad		Bharatiya Janata Party
Manjhanpur	SC	Indrajeet Saroj		Bahujan Samaj Party
Chail	None	Mohd Ashif Jafri		Bahujan Samaj Party
Phaphamau	None	Ansar Ahmad		Samajwadi Party
Soraon	SC	Satyaveer Munna		Samajwadi Party
Phulpur	None	Sayeed Ahamad		Samajwadi Party
Pratappur	None	Vijma Yadav		Samajwadi Party
Handia	None	Maheshnarayan Singh		Samajwadi Party
Meja	None	Girish Chandra Alias Gama Pandey		Samajwadi Party
Karachhana	None	Deepak Patel		Bahujan Samaj Party
Allahabad West	None	Pooja Pal		Bahujan Samaj Party
Allahabad North	None	Anugrah Narayan Singh		Indian National Congress
Allahabad South	None	Haji Parvej Ahmad (tanki)		Samajwadi Party
Bara	SC	Dr.ajay Kumar		Samajwadi Party
Koraon	SC	Rajbali Jaisal		Bahujan Samaj Party
Kursi	None	Fareed Mahfooj Kidwai		Samajwadi Party
Ram Nagar	None	Arvind Kumar Singh 'gop'		Samajwadi Party
Barabanki	None	Dharam Raj		Samajwadi Party
Zaidpur	SC	Ramgopal		Samajwadi Party
Dariyabad	None	Rajeev Kumar Singh		Samajwadi Party
Rudauli	None	Ram Chandra Yadav		Bharatiya Janata Party
Haidergarh	SC	Ram Magan		Samajwadi Party
Milkipur	SC	Audhesh Prasad		Samajwadi Party
Bikapur	None	Mitrasen Yadav		Samajwadi Party
Ayodhya	None	Tej Narayan Pandey Alias Pawan Pandey		Samajwadi Party
Goshainganj	None	Abhay Singh		Samajwadi Party
Katehari	None	Shankh Lal Manjhi		Samajwadi Party
Tanda	None	Azimulhaque Pahlwan		Samajwadi Party
Alapur	SC	Bheem Prasad Sonkar		Samajwadi Party
Jalalpur	None	Sher Bahadur		Samajwadi Party
Akbarpur	None	Ram Murti Verma		Samajwadi Party
Balha	SC	Savitri Bai Fule		Bharatiya Janata Party
Nanpara	None	Madhuri Verma		Indian National Congress
Matera	None	Yasar Shah		Samajwadi Party
Mahasi	None	Krishna Kumar Ojha		Bahujan Samaj Party
Bahraich	None	Dr. Waqar Ahmad Shah		Samajwadi Party
Payagpur	None	Mukesh Srivastva Alias Gyanendra Pratap		Indian National Congress
Kaiserganj	None	Mukut Bihari		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bhinga	None	Indrani Devi		Samajwadi Party
Shrawasti	None	Muhammad Ramjan		Samajwadi Party
Tulsipur	None	Abdul Mashhood Khan		Samajwadi Party
Gainsari	None	Dr. Shiv Pratap Yadav		Samajwadi Party
Utraula	None	Arif Anwar Hashmi		Samajwadi Party
Balrampur	SC	Jagram Paswan		Samajwadi Party
Mehnaun	None	Nandita Shukla		Samajwadi Party
Gonda	None	Vinod Kumar Urf Pandit Singh		Samajwadi Party
Katra Bazar	None	Bawan Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Colonelganj	None	Yogesh Pratap Singh 'yogesh Bhaiya'		Samajwadi Party
Tarabganj	None	Awadhesh Kumar Singh Alias Manju Singh		Samajwadi Party
Mankapur	SC	Babulal		Samajwadi Party
Gaura	None	Kunwar Anand Singh		Samajwadi Party
Shohratgarh	None	Lalmunni Singh		Samajwadi Party
Kapilvastu	SC	Vijay Kumar		Samajwadi Party
Bansi	None	Jai Pratap Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Itwa	None	Mata Prasad Pandey		Samajwadi Party
Doomariyaganj	None	Kamal Yusuf Malik		Peace Party of India
Harraiya	None	Rajkishor Singh		Samajwadi Party
Kaptanganj	None	Ram Prasad Chaudhary		Bahujan Samaj Party
Rudhauli	None	Sanjay Pratap Jaiswal		Indian National Congress
Basti Sadar	None	Jeetendra Kumar		Bahujan Samaj Party
Mahadewa	SC	Ram Karan Arya		Samajwadi Party
Menhdawal	None	Laxmikant		Samajwadi Party
Khalilabad	None	Dr. Moh. Ayub		Peace Party of India
Dhanghata	SC	Alagu Prasad Chauhan		Samajwadi Party
Pharenda	None	Bajrang Bahadur Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Nautanwa	None	Kaushal Kishor		Indian National Congress
Siswa	None	Shivendra Singh Alias Shiv Babu		Samajwadi Party
Maharajganj	SC	Sudama		Samajwadi Party
Paniyara	None	Deo Narayan Urf G.m. Singh		Bahujan Samaj Party
Caimpiyarganj	None	Fateh Bahadur		Nationalist Congress Party
Pipraich	None	Rajmati		Samajwadi Party
Gorakhpur Urban	None	Dr Radha Mohan Das Agarwal		Bharatiya Janata Party
Gorakhpur Rural	None	Vijay Bahadur Yadava		Bharatiya Janata Party
Sahajanwa	None	Rajendra		Bahujan Samaj Party
Khajani	SC	Sant Prasad		Bharatiya Janata Party
Chauri-chaura	None	Jay Prakash		Bahujan Samaj Party
Bansgaon	SC	Dr. Vijay Kumar		Bahujan Samaj Party
Chillupar	None	Rajesh Tripathi		Bahujan Samaj Party
Khadda	None	Vijay Kumar Dubey		Indian National Congress
Padrauna	None	Swami Prasad Maurya		Bahujan Samaj Party
Tamkuhi Raj	None	Ajay Kumar 'lalloo'		Indian National Congress
Fazilnagar	None	Ganga		Bharatiya Janata Party
Kushinagar	None	Bramhashankar Tripathi		Samajwadi Party
Hata	None	Radheshyam		Samajwadi Party
Ramkola	SC	Purnmasi Dehati		Samajwadi Party
Rudrapur	None	Akhilesh Pratap Singh		Indian National Congress
Deoria	None	Janmejai Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
Pathardeva	None	Shakir Ali		Samajwadi Party
Rampur Karkhana	None	Choudhari Fasiha Bashir Alias Gajala Lari		Samajwadi Party
Bhatpar Rani	None	Kameshwar		Samajwadi Party
Salempur	SC	Manbodh		Samajwadi Party
Barhaj	None	Prem Prakash Singh		Samajwadi Party
Atrauliya	None	Dr.sangram Yadav		Samajwadi Party
Gopalpur	None	Waseem Ahmad		Samajwadi Party
Sagri	None	Abhay Narayan		Samajwadi Party
Mubarakpur	None	Shah Alam Urfa Guddu Jamali		Bahujan Samaj Party
Azamgarh	None	Durga Prasad Yadav		Samajwadi Party
Nizamabad	None	Alambadi		Samajwadi Party
Phoolpur Pawai	None	Shyam Bahadur Singh Yadav		Samajwadi Party
Didarganj	None	Adil Sheikh		Samajwadi Party
Lalganj	SC	Bechai		Samajwadi Party
Mehnagar	SC	Brij Lal Sonkar		Samajwadi Party
Madhuban	None	Umesh Pandey		Bahujan Samaj Party
Ghosi	None	Sudhakar		Samajwadi Party
Muhammadabad- Gohna	None	(sc) (sc)baijnath		Samajwadi Party
Mau	None	Mukhtar Ansari		Quami Ekta Dal
Belthara Road	SC	Gorakh Paswan		Samajwadi Party
Rasara	None	Umashankar		Bahujan Samaj Party
Sikanderpur	None	Jiauddin Rijvi		Samajwadi Party
Phephana	None	Upendra Tiwari		Bharatiya Janata Party
Ballia Nagar	None	Narad Rai		Samajwadi Party
Bansdih	None	Ram Govind		Samajwadi Party
Bairia	None	Jai Prakash Anchal		Samajwadi Party
Badlapur	None	Om Prakash 'baba' Dubey		Samajwadi Party
Shahganj	None	Shailendra Yadav 'lalaee'		Samajwadi Party
Jaunpur	None	Nadeem Javed		Indian National Congress
Malhani	None	Paras Nath Yadaw		Samajwadi Party
Mungra Badshahpur	None	Seema		Bharatiya Janata Party
Machhlishahr	SC	Jagdish Sonkar		Samajwadi Party
Mariyahu	None	Shraddha Yadav		Samajwadi Party
Zafrabad	None	Sachindra Nath Tripathi		Samajwadi Party
Kerakat	SC	Gulab Chand		Samajwadi Party
Jakhanian	SC	Subba Ram		Samajwadi Party
Saidpur	SC	Subhash		Samajwadi Party
Ghazipur	None	Vijay Kumar Mishra		Samajwadi Party
Jangipur	None	Kailash		Samajwadi Party
Zahoorabad	None	Syeda Shadab Fatima		Samajwadi Party
Mohammadabad	None	Sibgatulla Ansari		Quami Ekta Dal
Zamania	None	Omprakash		Samajwadi Party
Mughalsarai	None	Babban		Bahujan Samaj Party
Sakaldiha	None	Sushil Singh		Independent
Saiyadraja	None	Manoj Kumar		Independent
Chakia	SC	Poonam		Samajwadi Party
Pindra	None	Ajay		Indian National Congress
Ajagara	SC	Tribhuvan Ram		Bahujan Samaj Party
Shivpur	None	Uday Lal Maurya		Bahujan Samaj Party
Rohaniya	None	Anupriya Patel		Akali Dal
Varanasi North	None	Ravindra Jaiswal		Bharatiya Janata Party
Varanasi South	None	Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari (dada)		Bharatiya Janata Party
Varanasi Cantt.	None	Jyotsana Srivastava		Bharatiya Janata Party
Sevapuri	None	Surendra Singh Patel		Samajwadi Party
Bhadohi	None	Jahid Beg		Samajwadi Party
Gyanpur	None	Vijay Kumar		Samajwadi Party
Aurai	SC	Madhubala		Samajwadi Party
Chhanbey	SC	Bhai Lal Kol		Samajwadi Party
Mirzapur	None	Kailash Nath Chaurasiya		Samajwadi Party
Majhawan	None	Ramesh Chand		Bahujan Samaj Party
Chunar	None	Jagatamba Singh		Samajwadi Party
Marihan	None	Laliteshpati Tripathi		Indian National Congress
Ghorawal	None	Ramesh Chandra		Samajwadi Party
Robertsganj	None	Avinash		Samajwadi Party
Obra	None	Sunil Kumar		Bahujan Samaj Party
Duddhi	SC	Rubi Prasad		Independent

See also

• Elections in Uttar Pradesh
• 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
• 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
• List Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections

Notes

1. Chakka Jam is a term used in India and Nepal for the "deliberate creation of traffic jams as a form of political and social protest".^[109]

References

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