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{{Infobox election
| election_name = Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election, 2017
| country = India
| flag_year = 1996
| type = Legislative
| ongoing = no
| party_colour =
| previous_election = Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election, 2012
| previous_year = 2012
| election_date = 11 February - 8 March 2017
| next_election = Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election, 2022
| next_year = 2022
| seats_for_election = All 403 seats of [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 202
| opinion_polls =
| turnout =
<!-- SP -->
| image1 = [[File: Akhilesh Yadav.jpg|100px]]
| leader1 = [[Akhilesh Yadav]]
| party1 = Samajwadi Party
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| last_election1 = 224, 29.13%
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| image2 = [[File:Mayawati.JPG|100px]]
| leader2 = [[Kumari Mayawati]]
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| party2 = Bahujan Samaj Party
| alliance2 =
| leaders_seat2 = None
| last_election2 = 80, 25.91%<ref>{{cite web|last1=of India|first1=Election Commission|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2012 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2012/Stats_Report_UP2012.pdf|website=eci.nic.in}}</ref>
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| image4 =[[File:Sheila Dikshit Chief Minister of Delhi India2.jpg|100px]]
| leader4 = [[Sheila Dikshit]]
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| title = [[List of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]]
| before_election = [[Akhilesh Yadav]]
| before_party = [[Samajwadi Party]]
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The 17th [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] election will be held from February 11 to March 8, 2017 in 7 phases. In the previous election in 2012, the [[Samajwadi Party]] won a majority and formed government in the leadership of [[Akhilesh Yadav]].
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== Background ==
===Electoral process changes===
In January 2016, the [[Election Commission of India]] published updated electoral rolls in all 403 assembly segments.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/2017-assembly-polls-election-commission-to-begin-election-process-april-next/ |title=2017 assembly polls: Election Commission to begin election process April next |newspaper=Indianexpress.com |date= |author= |accessdate= July 6, 2016}}</ref> In July 2016, Election Commission decided to increase the number of polling booths in Uttar Pradesh for the 2017 Assembly elections. New polling centres will be planned in the constituencies having more than 1,500 registered voters as well as polling booths in six constituencies of Muzaffarnagar, Budhana, Purkazi, Khatoli, Charthawal and Midanpur to be raised from 1,769 to 1,819 booths.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/uttar-pradesh-assembly-elections-2017-election-commission-to-increase-polling-booths/article8755683.ece |title=Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2017: Election Commission to increase polling booths - The Hindu |newspaper=Thehindu.com |date= |author= |accessdate= July 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jansatta.com/editors-pick/election-commission-to-increase-number-of-booths-for-2017-up-polls/109103/ |title=Election Commission 2017 उत्तर प्रदेश चुनाव में बढ़ाएगी वोटिंग सेंटर्स - Jansatta |newspaper=Jansatta.com |date= |author= |accessdate= July 6, 2016}}</ref> Voter assistance booths would be set up and photo slip of voters in a new design would be sent to them. First time, the Form-2B would contain the photograph of the candidates and their nationality.
[[Voter-verified paper audit trail]] (VVPAT) machines will be used along with EVM in 20 assembly constituencies covering 14 districts including Varanasi,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/738-booths-of-cantt-city-north-to-have-vvpat-machines/articleshow/56362867.cms?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=TOICitiesNews|title=738 booths of Cantonment, City North to have Voter verified paper audit trai machines}}</ref> Ghaziabad<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/noida/now-verify-your-vote-using-an-audit-machine/articleshow/56397288.cms Now, verify your vote using an ‘audit machine’]</ref> and Bareilly constituency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN2Corrigendum_04012017.pdf|title=AnnexureVI VVPAT Page 24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/Machines-to-rule-out-fraud-confusion-at-upcoming-UP-polls/articleshow/55946986.cms|title=Machines to rule out fraud, confusion at upcoming UP polls}}</ref>
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! colspan="4" | Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh having [[Voter-verified paper audit trail|VVPAT]] facility with EVMs<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/20-uttar-pradesh-assembly-constituencies-to-witness-atm-like-receipt-after-casting-vote/articleshow/56272224.cms|title=20 Uttar Pradesh assembly constituencies to witness ATM-like receipt after casting vote}}</ref>
|-
| [[Lucknow West (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lucknow West]] || [[Lucknow North (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lucknow North]] || [[Lucknow East (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lucknow East]] || [[Agra Cantonment (Assembly constituency)|Agra Cantonment]]
|-
| [[Agra South (Assembly constituency)|Agra South]] || [[Aligarh (Assembly constituency)|Aligarh]]|| [[Bareilly (Assembly constituency)|Bareilly]]|| [[Govind Nagar (Assembly constituency)|Govind Nagar]]
|-
| [[Arya Nagar (Assembly constituency)|Arya Nagar]] ||[[Ghaziabad (Assembly constituency)|Ghaziabad]] ||[[Meerut (Assembly constituency)|Meerut]]|| [[Moradabad | Moradabad]]
|-
| [[Saharanpur Nagar (Assembly constituency)|Saharanpur Nagar]]|| [[Allahabad North (Assembly constituency)|Allahabad North]] || [[Allahabad South (Assembly constituency)|Allahabad South]] ||[[Ayodhya | Ayodhya]]
|-
| [[Gorakhpur Urban (Assembly constituency)|Gorakhpur Urban]] ||[[Jhansi | Jhansi Nagar]] ||[[Varanasi North (Assembly constituency)|Varanasi North]]|| [[Varanasi Cantt. (Assembly constituency)|Varanasi Cantonment]]
|}
As per the special summary revision of electoral rolls, there are a total of 14.05 crore voters in Uttar Pradesh as of January 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/uttar-pradesh-now-has-14-cr-voters/|title=Uttar Pradesh now has 14 cr voters}}</ref>
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|-
! S.No !! Group of voters !! Voters population
|-
| 1 || Male || 7.7 crore
|-
| 2 || Female || 6.3 crore
|-
|3 ||Third Gender|| 6,983
|-
| colspan="2" | '''Total Voters''' || '''14.05 crore'''
|}
===Other political developments{{relevance inline|date=December 2016}}===
In May 2016, Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] launched 11 solar-powered “e-boats” in Varanasi, in a move to reach out to Mallah community. On 26 December 2016, U.P Government government cleared the inclusion of 17 Other Backward Castes- Kahar, Kashyap, Kewat, Nishad, Bind, Bhar, Prajapati, Rajbhar, Batham, Gauriya, Turha, Majhi, Mallah, Kumhar, Dheemar, Dheewar and Machhua, in the Scheduled Castes (SC) category.
== Political developments ==
===Bahujan Samaj Party===
It is speculated that 2017 elections in [[Uttar Pradesh]] will be a close contest between [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] (BSP)<ref name="Rana 2016">{{cite web | last=Rana | first=Uday | title=BSP's chances look very strong, feels Congress| website=The Times of India | date=19 May 2016 | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/After-assembly-drubbing-desperate-Congress-may-seek-alliance-with-BSP/articleshow/52345447.cms | accessdate=19 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="Rediff 2015">{{cite web | title=Mayawati sees good omen for 2017 | website=Rediff | date=7 December 2015 | url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/mayawati-sees-good-omen-for-2017/20151207.htm | accessdate=19 May 2016}}</ref> and Bharatiya Janata Party.<ref name="Sharma 2015">{{cite web | last=Sharma | first=Sandipan | title=No chance of a UP grand alliance: It will be a BJP-BSP contest in the 2017 state polls | website=Firstpost | date=18 November 2015 | url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/no-chance-of-a-up-grand-alliance-it-will-be-a-bjp-bsp-contest-in-the-2017-state-polls-2511440.html | accessdate=19 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="Ghosh 16">{{cite web | last=Ghosh | first=Shubham | title=UP polls 2017: Survey shows BJP, BSP will have an intense battle in Purvanchal | website=www.oneindia.com | date=17 March 2016 | url=http://www.oneindia.com/feature/up-polls-2017-bsp-bjp-intense-battle-in-purvanchal-2044099.html | accessdate=19 May 2016}}</ref> From August 2016, BSP held series of ‘Sarvajan Hitay, Sarvajan Sukhay’ rallies starting from [[Agra]], followed by mega rallies in [[Azamgarh]], [[Allahabad]] and [[Saharanpur]].<ref>{{cite news|title=In First Rally, Mayawati Plays Up To Dalits, They Say BSP Is 'Anti-Virus'|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/in-first-rally-mayawati-plays-up-to-dalits-they-say-bsp-is-anti-virus-1446617}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=After mega rally, BSP chief jumps to top of Twitter trends|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/After-mega-rally-BSP-chief-jumps-to-top-of-Twitter-trends/articleshow/54286033.cms}}</ref> In these rallies, [[Mayawati]] attacked misrule of [[Samajwadi Party]], its communal politics and [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]'s unfulfilled promises of ''achhe din''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mayawati woos Dalits, Muslims at Saharanpur rally; accuses BJP of engineering communal tension in UP|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mayawati-dalits-muslims-saharanpur-rally-bjp-communal/1/761901.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Mayawati looks beyond Uttar Pradesh for BSP’s expansion|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/CpHCk0GZko3qcvg0KGpIrK/Mayawati-looks-beyond-UP-for-BSPs-expansion.html}}</ref>
BSP has given more than 100 tickets to Muslim candidates, highest in the state till date.<ref>{{cite news|title=Crafting the bahujan rainbow|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/uttar-pradesh-elections-2017-bahujan-bsp-mayawati-muslim-votes-bjp-congress-campaign-3033271/}}</ref> In August 2016, four Muslim [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]s, 3 from [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] (Nawab Kazim Ali Khan, Dilnawaz Khan, Mohammad Muslim Khan) and 1 from [[Samajwadi Party]] (Nawazish Alam Khan) and also a former [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] minister Awadesh Kumar Verma joined BSP.<ref>{{cite news|last1=RASHID|first1=OMAR|title=Boost for Mayawati as 4 Muslim MLAs join BSP|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/boost-for-mayawati-as-4-muslim-mlas-join-bsp/article8969896.ece}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=BSP RECEIVED A SHOT IN THE ARM|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bsp-received-a-shot-in-the-arm.html}}</ref> It is speculated that Muslims may prefer BSP over SP in the upcoming elections.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/up-muslims-may-prefer-bsp-over-sp/article9220736.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|title= U.P. Muslims may prefer BSP over SP |access-date=4 January 2016}}</ref>
===Bharatiya Janata Party===
[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] is trying to woo voters in Uttar Pradesh with [[Ram Janmabhoomi]] agenda.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.uniindia.com/bjp-to-contest-up-polls-on-development-agenda-union-min/states/news/533151.html|title=BJP to contest UP polls on development agenda: Union Min|last=|first=|date=|work=|access-date=|via=}}</ref> It is rumored that Mayawati is trying her best to gain from [[BJP]]'s political activists, by making them join [[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]], meanwhile alleging BJP of accepting the rejected politicians of BSP.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/uttar-prdesh-assembly-election-bjp-dalit-votes-jogendra-nath-mandal-amit-shah-2880221/|title=Eye on Uttar Pradesh polls, BJP showcases Pakistan Dalit minister who ‘came back disillusioned’}}</ref> On the other hand, political leaders from other parties have joined BJP in the run-up to the elections.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-rita-bahuguna-joshi-joins-bjp-congress-calls-it-betrayal-2266020|title=Rita Bahuguna Joshi joins BJP|last=|first=|date=|work=|access-date=|via=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-uttar-pradesh-elections-2017-6-mlas-from-congress-bsp-sp-join-bjp-2243839|title=6 MLAs from join BJP|last=|first=|date=|work=|access-date=|via=}}</ref>
===Indian National Congress===
Congress declared [[Sheila Dikshit]], three-time chief minister of [[Delhi]] as it CM candidate for 2017 elections. The duo of [[Raj Babbar]], current president of [[Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee]] and Mrs. Dikshit may prove beneficial to Congress. [[Priyanka Gandhi]] is also expected to take part in Congress rallies, but it still remains a rumor. Veteran leader Rita Bahuguna joshi`s defection to BJP may impact its outreach to the powerful Brahmin community of UP. Congress party has hired [[Prashant Kishor]], a famous poll strategist, to help the party to come back to power in Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/uttar-pradesh-prashant-kishor-promises-congress-cm-campaign-not-seen-in-25-yrs-2876118/|title=Prashant Kishor promises Congress CM|work=Infoelection|access-date=1 January 2017}}</ref> However, general feeling is that the things are not working as planned and there is rift between Congress Party and Prashant Kishor's team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/prashant-kishor-to-part-ways-with-congress_1885871.html|title=Prashant Kishor to part ways with Congress?|work=Infoelection|access-date=1 January 2017}}</ref>
[[Rahul Gandhi]], the party Vice-President, in a bid to connect with farmers, held Kisan Yatra (''farmers' rally''), covering majority of constituencies, promising partial waiver of electricity bills and loans.
===Samajwadi Party===
On 28 March 2016, [[Samajwadi Party]] released its first candidate list of 142 contestants for Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2017. Party was expected to return into power in the forthcoming elections though the family clashes has wrecked its image.
In June 2016, Akhilesh Yadav Government undertook the seventh and last cabinet expansion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/up-cm-akhilesh-yadav-expands-cabinet-shivpal-yadav-skips-swearing-in/articleshow/52937319.cms|title=UP CM Akhilesh Yadav carries out cabinet expansion before 2017 polls}}</ref>
On 30 December 2016, [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]] expelled his son [[Akhilesh Yadav]] and his cousin [[Ram Gopal Yadav]] from the party for six years on the grounds of indiscipline but re-inducted within 24 hours after a meet of 200 of the party’s 229 MLAs at Akhilesh residence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsbytesapp.com/timeline/Politics/4572/27496/samajwadi-pari-war-will-it-make-history-or-break|title=Samajwadi pari-war: Will it make history or break?|work=newsbytesapp.com|accessdate=4 January 2017}}</ref> The ruling Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh split down the middle with the faction headed by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav removing Mulayam Singh Yadav as party chief and appointing him in his place at a convention in which the group claimed support of the majority of legislators and district units.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/india/samajwadi-party-feud-why-mulayam-singh-yadav-called-and-then-cancelled-national-convention_1963558.html|title=Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi Family Feud|work=Infoelection|access-date=1 January 2017}}</ref>
== Election issues ==
The most important issue is said to be ''law and order'' of the state<ref name="Verma 2016">{{cite web | last=Verma | first=Saurabh | title=How The Law And Order Situation In U.P. Could Cost The Samajwadi Party During Elections | website=Youth Ki Awaaz | date=30 March 2016 | url=http://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2016/03/up-elections-2017-law-and-order/ | accessdate=19 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="State Times 2016">{{cite web | title=UP govt needs to look into law and order | website=State Times | date=4 June 2016 | url=http://news.statetimes.in/govt-needs-look-law-order/ | accessdate=4 June 2016}}</ref> and as in every election caste and religion will play the key reasons for voters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://infoelections.com/infoelection/index.php/up-news/7670-uttar-pradesh-assembly-polls-2017-latest-elections-issues-news.html|title=Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Issues 2017|work=Infoelections}}</ref> However, with the Supreme Court ruling that prohibited use of religion, caste or language to solicit votes, candidates wil have to refrain from communal politics. BJP may try to pop up the Army's alleged surgical strikes across LOC to invoke nationalist spirit. Instead of playing caste politics, focus of Congress this time has been on farmers' plight and waiver of loans. SP and BSP hope to win from their established vote bank electorate of minorities, scheduled castes and specific caste communities.
Another major issue which will impact this election is the Demonetization move, thereby the result of the election will even say to give a referendum on the acceptability of that decision.
== Schedule ==
Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh will be held between 11 February to 8 March 2017. The term of the present government will end on 27 May 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN1_04012017.pdf|title=Announcement: Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh |date=4 January 2017 |publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=4 January 2017}}</ref>
On 4 January 2017, The [[Election Commission of India]] announced the election schedule to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh along with the other four state (Goa, Manipur, Punjab and Uttarakhand) which are due for an election. The entire election is scheduled into 7 phases.
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|- style="background:#9cf;"
! Phase
! Name of District
! No. of Assembly Constituencies
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| rowspan=15 |Phase-1 (11 February 2017) || Shamli || 3
|-
|Muzaffarnagar || 6
|-
|Baghpat || 3
|-
|Meerut || 7
|-
|Ghaziabad || 5
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|Gautam Buddha Nagar ||3
|-
|Hapur || 3
|-
|Bulandshahar || 7
|-
|Aligarh || 7
|-
|Mathura || 5
|-
|Hathras || 3
|-
|Agra || 9
|-
|Firozabad || 5
|-
|Etha || 4
|-
|Kasganj || 3
|-
| rowspan=11 |Phase-2 (15 February 2017) || Saharanpur || 7
|-
|Bijnor || 8
|-
|Moradabad || 6
|-
|Sambhal || 4
|-
|Rampur || 5
|-
|Bareilly || 9
|-
|Amroha || 4
|-
|Pilibhit || 4
|-
|Kheri || 8
|-
|Shahjahanpur || 6
|-
|Badaun || 6
|-
| rowspan=12 |Phase-3 (19 February 2017) || Farrukhabad || 4
|-
|Hardoi || 8
|-
|Kannauj || 3
|-
|Mainpuri || 4
|-
|Etawah || 3
|-
|Auraiya || 3
|-
|Kanpur Dehat || 4
|-
|Kanpur Nagar || 10
|-
|Unnao || 6
|-
|Lucknow || 9
|-
|Barabanki || 6
|-
|Sitapur || 9
|-
| rowspan=12 |Phase-4 (23 February 2017) || Pratapgarh || 7
|-
|Kaushambi || 3
|-
|Allahabad || 12
|-
|Jalaun || 3
|-
|Jhansi || 4
|-
|Lalitpur || 2
|-
|Mahoba || 2
|-
|Hamirpur || 2
|-
|Banda || 4
|-
|Chitrakoot || 2
|-
|Fatehpur || 6
|-
|Rae Bareli || 6
|-
| rowspan=11 |Phase-5 (27 February 2017) || Balrampur || 4
|-
| Gonda || 7
|-
| Faizabad || 5
|-
| Ambedkar Nagar || 5
|-
| Bahraich || 7
|-
| Shrawasti || 2
|-
| Siddharthnagar || 5
|-
| Basti || 5
|-
| Sant Kabir Nagar || 3
|-
| Amethi || 4
|-
| Sultanpur || 5
|-
| rowspan=7 |Phase-6 (4 March 2017) || Maharajganj || 5
|-
| Kushi Nagar || 7
|-
| Gorakhpur || 9
|-
| Deoria || 7
|-
| Azamgarh || 10
|-
| Mau || 4
|-
| Ballia || 7
|-
| rowspan=7 |Phase-7 (8 March 2017) || Ghazipur || 7
|-
| Varanasi || 8
|-
| Chandauli ||5
|-
| Mirzapur || 4
|-
| Bhadohi || 3
|-
| Sonbhadra || 4
|-
| Jaunpur || 9
|}
== Opinion polls ==
Various organisations/agencies will be conducting opinions polls to predict voter intentions in the upcoming legislative assembly elections.
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! class="wikitable" rowspan="2" | Date
! class="wikitable" rowspan="2" | Ref
! class="wikitable" rowspan="2" | Polling org./Agency
| bgcolor="{{Bahujan Samaj Party/meta/color}}" |
| bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| bgcolor=red |
| bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
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! width="90" class="wikitable" | [[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]]
! width="90" class="wikitable" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
! width="70" class="wikitable" | [[Samajwadi Party|SP]]
! width="70" class="wikitable" | [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
! width="70" class="wikitable" | [[List of political parties in India|Others]]
|-
| Jul-Aug 2016
| <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abplive.in/india-news/bjp-chasing-sp-in-up-bsp-runners-up-congress-a-distant-straggler-402955|title=BJP chasing SP in UP, BSP runners up, Congress a distant straggler
|date=22 August 2016|publisher=[[ABP News]]|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>
| [[ABP News]]-Lokniti
| 103-113
| 124-134
| 141-151
| 8-14
| 6-12
|-
| Aug 2016
| <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national-india-tv-cvoter-survey-bjp-sp-neck-and-neck-bsp-third-in-up-assembly-poll-stakes-346408|title=India TV-CVoter survey: BJP, SP neck and neck, BSP third in UP assembly poll stakes
|date=14 September 2016|publisher=[[India TV]]|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>
| [[India TV]]-CVoter
| 95-111
| 134-150
| 133-149
| 5-13
| 4-12
|-
| Oct 2016
| <ref>{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-today-axis-opinion-poll-uttar-pradesh-elections-mayawati-akhilesh/1/785429.html|title=India Today-Axis Opinion Poll for Uttar Pradesh: BJP dream run to continue, but a hung Assembly likely
|date=12 October 2016|publisher=[[India Today]]|accessdate=23 December 2016}}</ref>
| [[India Today]]-Axis
| 115-124
| 170-183
| 94-103
| 8-12
| 2-6
|-
| Jan 2017
| <ref>{{cite news|url=http://abpnews.abplive.in/india-news/abp-news-up-opinion-poll-who-will-win-up-531117|title=ABP न्यूज ओपिनियन पोल: अखिलेश-मुलायम के बीच होती रही 'दंगल' तो बीजेपी चुनाव में करेगी सबको चित!|date=3 January 2017|publisher=[[ABP News]]|accessdate=4 January 2017}}</ref>
| [[ABP News]]-Lokniti-CSDS
| 93-103
| 129-139
| 141-151
| 13-19
| N/A
|-
|Jan 2017
|<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/india-today-axis-poll-uttar-pradesh-demonetisation-modi/1/849637.html|title=Modis BJP weathers demonetisation storm, set to win Uttar Pradesh: Key takeaways from India Today-Axis Opinion Poll|access-date=2017-01-05}}</ref>
|[[India Today]]-Axis
|79-85
|206-216
|92-97
|5-7
|7-11
|-
|Jan 2017
|<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://twitter.com/VDPAssociates/status/817038865676570624|title=VDPAssociates on Twitter|newspaper=Twitter|access-date=2017-01-05}}</ref>
|VDPAssociates
|76
|165
|149
|04
|N/A
|}
==See also==
*[[2017 elections in India]]
==References==
{{Reflist|40em}}
==External links==
* [http://ceouttarpradesh.nic.in/ Chief Electoral Officer Uttar Pradesh]
{{Uttar Pradesh elections}}
[[Category:State Assembly elections in India, 2017]]
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election, 2017
| country = India
| flag_year = 1996
| type = Legislative
| ongoing = no
| party_colour =
| previous_election = Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election, 2012
| previous_year = 2012
| election_date = 11 February - 8 March 2017
| next_election = Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election, 2022
| next_year = 2022
| seats_for_election = All 403 seats of [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 202
| opinion_polls =
| turnout =
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| leader1 = [[Akhilesh Yadav]]
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| leader2 = [[Kumari Mayawati]]
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| party2 = Bahujan Samaj Party
| alliance2 =
| leaders_seat2 = None
| last_election2 = 80, 25.91%<ref>{{cite web|last1=of India|first1=Election Commission|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2012 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2012/Stats_Report_UP2012.pdf|website=eci.nic.in}}</ref>
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| leader4 = [[Sheila Dikshit]]
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| before_election = [[Akhilesh Yadav]]
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The 17th [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] election will be held from February 11 to March 8, 2017 in 7 phases. In the previous election in 2012, the [[Samajwadi Party]] won a majority and formed government in the leadership of [[Akhilesh Yadav]].
{| class="wikitable sortable" ; text-align:center; "
|+
|-
|}
== Background ==
===Electoral process changes===
In January 2016, the [[Election Commission of India]] published updated electoral rolls in all 403 assembly segments.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/2017-assembly-polls-election-commission-to-begin-election-process-april-next/ |title=2017 assembly polls: Election Commission to begin election process April next |newspaper=Indianexpress.com |date= |author= |accessdate= July 6, 2016}}</ref> In July 2016, Election Commission decided to increase the number of polling booths in Uttar Pradesh for the 2017 Assembly elections. New polling centres will be planned in the constituencies having more than 1,500 registered voters as well as polling booths in six constituencies of Muzaffarnagar, Budhana, Purkazi, Khatoli, Charthawal and Midanpur to be raised from 1,769 to 1,819 booths.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/uttar-pradesh-assembly-elections-2017-election-commission-to-increase-polling-booths/article8755683.ece |title=Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2017: Election Commission to increase polling booths - The Hindu |newspaper=Thehindu.com |date= |author= |accessdate= July 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jansatta.com/editors-pick/election-commission-to-increase-number-of-booths-for-2017-up-polls/109103/ |title=Election Commission 2017 उत्तर प्रदेश चुनाव में बढ़ाएगी वोटिंग सेंटर्स - Jansatta |newspaper=Jansatta.com |date= |author= |accessdate= July 6, 2016}}</ref> Voter assistance booths would be set up and photo slip of voters in a new design would be sent to them. First time, the Form-2B would contain the photograph of the candidates and their nationality.
[[Voter-verified paper audit trail]] (VVPAT) machines will be used along with EVM in 20 assembly constituencies covering 14 districts including Varanasi,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/738-booths-of-cantt-city-north-to-have-vvpat-machines/articleshow/56362867.cms?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=TOICitiesNews|title=738 booths of Cantonment, City North to have Voter verified paper audit trai machines}}</ref> Ghaziabad<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/noida/now-verify-your-vote-using-an-audit-machine/articleshow/56397288.cms Now, verify your vote using an ‘audit machine’]</ref> and Bareilly constituency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN2Corrigendum_04012017.pdf|title=AnnexureVI VVPAT Page 24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/Machines-to-rule-out-fraud-confusion-at-upcoming-UP-polls/articleshow/55946986.cms|title=Machines to rule out fraud, confusion at upcoming UP polls}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" | align="center"
|-
! colspan="4" | Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh having [[Voter-verified paper audit trail|VVPAT]] facility with EVMs<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/20-uttar-pradesh-assembly-constituencies-to-witness-atm-like-receipt-after-casting-vote/articleshow/56272224.cms|title=20 Uttar Pradesh assembly constituencies to witness ATM-like receipt after casting vote}}</ref>
|-
| [[Lucknow West (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lucknow West]] || [[Lucknow North (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lucknow North]] || [[Lucknow East (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lucknow East]] || [[Agra Cantonment (Assembly constituency)|Agra Cantonment]]
|-
| [[Agra South (Assembly constituency)|Agra South]] || [[Aligarh (Assembly constituency)|Aligarh]]|| [[Bareilly (Assembly constituency)|Bareilly]]|| [[Govind Nagar (Assembly constituency)|Govind Nagar]]
|-
| [[Arya Nagar (Assembly constituency)|Arya Nagar]] ||[[Ghaziabad (Assembly constituency)|Ghaziabad]] ||[[Meerut (Assembly constituency)|Meerut]]|| [[Moradabad | Moradabad]]
|-
| [[Saharanpur Nagar (Assembly constituency)|Saharanpur Nagar]]|| [[Allahabad North (Assembly constituency)|Allahabad North]] || [[Allahabad South (Assembly constituency)|Allahabad South]] ||[[Ayodhya | Ayodhya]]
|-
| [[Gorakhpur Urban (Assembly constituency)|Gorakhpur Urban]] ||[[Jhansi | Jhansi Nagar]] ||[[Varanasi North (Assembly constituency)|Varanasi North]]|| [[Varanasi Cantt. (Assembly constituency)|Varanasi Cantonment]]
|}
As per the special summary revision of electoral rolls, there are a total of 14.05 crore voters in Uttar Pradesh as of January 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/uttar-pradesh-now-has-14-cr-voters/|title=Uttar Pradesh now has 14 cr voters}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" |
|+ Final voters list for Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election 2017
|-
! S.No !! Group of voters !! Voters population
|-
| 1 || Male || 7.7 crore
|-
| 2 || Female || 6.3 crore
|-
|3 ||Third Gender|| 6,983
|-
| colspan="2" | '''Total Voters''' || '''14.05 crore'''
|}
===Other political developments{{relevance inline|date=December 2016}}===
In May 2016, Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] launched 11 solar-powered “e-boats” in Varanasi, in a move to reach out to Mallah community. On 26 December 2016, U.P Government government cleared the inclusion of 17 Other Backward Castes- Kahar, Kashyap, Kewat, Nishad, Bind, Bhar, Prajapati, Rajbhar, Batham, Gauriya, Turha, Majhi, Mallah, Kumhar, Dheemar, Dheewar and Machhua, in the Scheduled Castes (SC) category.
== Political developments ==
===Bahujan Samaj Party===
It is speculated that 2017 elections in [[Uttar Pradesh]] will be a close contest between [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] (BSP)<ref name="Rana 2016">{{cite web | last=Rana | first=Uday | title=BSP's chances look very strong, feels Congress| website=The Times of India | date=19 May 2016 | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/After-assembly-drubbing-desperate-Congress-may-seek-alliance-with-BSP/articleshow/52345447.cms | accessdate=19 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="Rediff 2015">{{cite web | title=Mayawati sees good omen for 2017 | website=Rediff | date=7 December 2015 | url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/mayawati-sees-good-omen-for-2017/20151207.htm | accessdate=19 May 2016}}</ref> and Bharatiya Janata Party.<ref name="Sharma 2015">{{cite web | last=Sharma | first=Sandipan | title=No chance of a UP grand alliance: It will be a BJP-BSP contest in the 2017 state polls | website=Firstpost | date=18 November 2015 | url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/no-chance-of-a-up-grand-alliance-it-will-be-a-bjp-bsp-contest-in-the-2017-state-polls-2511440.html | accessdate=19 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="Ghosh 16">{{cite web | last=Ghosh | first=Shubham | title=UP polls 2017: Survey shows BJP, BSP will have an intense battle in Purvanchal | website=www.oneindia.com | date=17 March 2016 | url=http://www.oneindia.com/feature/up-polls-2017-bsp-bjp-intense-battle-in-purvanchal-2044099.html | accessdate=19 May 2016}}</ref> From August 2016, BSP held series of ‘Sarvajan Hitay, Sarvajan Sukhay’ rallies starting from [[Agra]], followed by mega rallies in [[Azamgarh]], [[Allahabad]] and [[Saharanpur]].<ref>{{cite news|title=In First Rally, Mayawati Plays Up To Dalits, They Say BSP Is 'Anti-Virus'|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/in-first-rally-mayawati-plays-up-to-dalits-they-say-bsp-is-anti-virus-1446617}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=After mega rally, BSP chief jumps to top of Twitter trends|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/After-mega-rally-BSP-chief-jumps-to-top-of-Twitter-trends/articleshow/54286033.cms}}</ref> In these rallies, [[Mayawati]] attacked misrule of [[Samajwadi Party]], its communal politics and [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]'s unfulfilled promises of ''achhe din''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mayawati woos Dalits, Muslims at Saharanpur rally; accuses BJP of engineering communal tension in UP|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mayawati-dalits-muslims-saharanpur-rally-bjp-communal/1/761901.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Mayawati looks beyond Uttar Pradesh for BSP’s expansion|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/CpHCk0GZko3qcvg0KGpIrK/Mayawati-looks-beyond-UP-for-BSPs-expansion.html}}</ref>
BSP has given more than 100 tickets to Muslim candidates, highest in the state till date.<ref>{{cite news|title=Crafting the bahujan rainbow|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/uttar-pradesh-elections-2017-bahujan-bsp-mayawati-muslim-votes-bjp-congress-campaign-3033271/}}</ref> In August 2016, four Muslim [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]s, 3 from [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] (Nawab Kazim Ali Khan, Dilnawaz Khan, Mohammad Muslim Khan) and 1 from [[Samajwadi Party]] (Nawazish Alam Khan) and also a former [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] minister Awadesh Kumar Verma joined BSP.<ref>{{cite news|last1=RASHID|first1=OMAR|title=Boost for Mayawati as 4 Muslim MLAs join BSP|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/boost-for-mayawati-as-4-muslim-mlas-join-bsp/article8969896.ece}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=BSP RECEIVED A SHOT IN THE ARM|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bsp-received-a-shot-in-the-arm.html}}</ref> It is speculated that Muslims may prefer BSP over SP in the upcoming elections.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/up-muslims-may-prefer-bsp-over-sp/article9220736.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|title= U.P. Muslims may prefer BSP over SP |access-date=4 January 2016}}</ref>
===Bharatiya Janata Party===
[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] is trying to woo voters in Uttar Pradesh with [[Ram Janmabhoomi]] agenda.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.uniindia.com/bjp-to-contest-up-polls-on-development-agenda-union-min/states/news/533151.html|title=BJP to contest UP polls on development agenda: Union Min|last=|first=|date=|work=|access-date=|via=}}</ref> It is rumored that Mayawati is trying her best to gain from [[BJP]]'s political activists, by making them join [[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]], meanwhile alleging BJP of accepting the rejected politicians of BSP.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/uttar-prdesh-assembly-election-bjp-dalit-votes-jogendra-nath-mandal-amit-shah-2880221/|title=Eye on Uttar Pradesh polls, BJP showcases Pakistan Dalit minister who ‘came back disillusioned’}}</ref> On the other hand, political leaders from other parties have joined BJP in the run-up to the elections.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-rita-bahuguna-joshi-joins-bjp-congress-calls-it-betrayal-2266020|title=Rita Bahuguna Joshi joins BJP|last=|first=|date=|work=|access-date=|via=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-uttar-pradesh-elections-2017-6-mlas-from-congress-bsp-sp-join-bjp-2243839|title=6 MLAs from join BJP|last=|first=|date=|work=|access-date=|via=}}</ref>
===Indian National Congress===
Congress declared [[Sheila Dikshit]], three-time chief minister of [[Delhi]] as it CM candidate for 2017 elections. The duo of [[Raj Babbar]], current president of [[Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee]] and Mrs. Dikshit may prove beneficial to Congress. [[Priyanka Gandhi]] is also expected to take part in Congress rallies, but it still remains a rumor. Veteran leader Rita Bahuguna joshi`s defection to BJP may impact its outreach to the powerful Brahmin community of UP. Congress party has hired [[Prashant Kishor]], a famous poll strategist, to help the party to come back to power in Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/uttar-pradesh-prashant-kishor-promises-congress-cm-campaign-not-seen-in-25-yrs-2876118/|title=Prashant Kishor promises Congress CM|work=Infoelection|access-date=1 January 2017}}</ref> However, general feeling is that the things are not working as planned and there is rift between Congress Party and Prashant Kishor's team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/prashant-kishor-to-part-ways-with-congress_1885871.html|title=Prashant Kishor to part ways with Congress?|work=Infoelection|access-date=1 January 2017}}</ref>
[[Rahul Gandhi]], the party Vice-President, in a bid to connect with farmers, held Kisan Yatra (''farmers' rally''), covering majority of constituencies, promising partial waiver of electricity bills and loans.
===Samajwadi Party===
On 28 March 2016, [[Samajwadi Party]] released its first candidate list of 142 contestants for Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2017. Party was expected to return into power in the forthcoming elections though the family clashes has wrecked its image.
In June 2016, Akhilesh Yadav Government undertook the seventh and last cabinet expansion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/up-cm-akhilesh-yadav-expands-cabinet-shivpal-yadav-skips-swearing-in/articleshow/52937319.cms|title=UP CM Akhilesh Yadav carries out cabinet expansion before 2017 polls}}</ref>
On 30 December 2016, [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]] expelled his son [[Akhilesh Yadav]] and his cousin [[Ram Gopal Yadav]] from the party for six years on the grounds of indiscipline but re-inducted within 24 hours after a meet of 200 of the party’s 229 MLAs at Akhilesh residence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsbytesapp.com/timeline/Politics/4572/27496/samajwadi-pari-war-will-it-make-history-or-break|title=Samajwadi pari-war: Will it make history or break?|work=newsbytesapp.com|accessdate=4 January 2017}}</ref> The ruling Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh split down the middle with the faction headed by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav removing Mulayam Singh Yadav as party chief and appointing him in his place at a convention in which the group claimed support of the majority of legislators and district units.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/india/samajwadi-party-feud-why-mulayam-singh-yadav-called-and-then-cancelled-national-convention_1963558.html|title=Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi Family Feud|work=Infoelection|access-date=1 January 2017}}</ref>
== Election issues ==
The most important issue is said to be ''law and order'' of the state<ref name="Verma 2016">{{cite web | last=Verma | first=Saurabh | title=How The Law And Order Situation In U.P. Could Cost The Samajwadi Party During Elections | website=Youth Ki Awaaz | date=30 March 2016 | url=http://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2016/03/up-elections-2017-law-and-order/ | accessdate=19 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="State Times 2016">{{cite web | title=UP govt needs to look into law and order | website=State Times | date=4 June 2016 | url=http://news.statetimes.in/govt-needs-look-law-order/ | accessdate=4 June 2016}}</ref> and as in every election caste and religion will play the key reasons for voters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://infoelections.com/infoelection/index.php/up-news/7670-uttar-pradesh-assembly-polls-2017-latest-elections-issues-news.html|title=Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Issues 2017|work=Infoelections}}</ref> However, with the Supreme Court ruling that prohibited use of religion, caste or language to solicit votes, candidates wil have to refrain from communal politics. BJP may try to pop up the Army's alleged surgical strikes across LOC to invoke nationalist spirit. Instead of playing caste politics, focus of Congress this time has been on farmers' plight and waiver of loans. SP and BSP hope to win from their established vote bank electorate of minorities, scheduled castes and specific caste communities.
Another major issue which will impact this election is the Demonetization move, thereby the result of the election will even say to give a referendum on the acceptability of that decision.
== Schedule ==
Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh will be held between 11 February to 8 March 2017. The term of the present government will end on 27 May 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN1_04012017.pdf|title=Announcement: Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh |date=4 January 2017 |publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=4 January 2017}}</ref>
On 4 January 2017, The [[Election Commission of India]] announced the election schedule to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh along with the other four state (Goa, Manipur, Punjab and Uttarakhand) which are due for an election. The entire election is scheduled into 7 phases.
{| class="wikitable" style="width:50%;"
|- style="background:#9cf;"
! Phase
! Name of District
! No. of Assembly Constituencies
|-
| rowspan=15 |Phase-1 (11 February 2017) || Shamli || 3
|-
|Muzaffarnagar || 6
|-
|Baghpat || 3
|-
|Meerut || 7
|-
|Ghaziabad || 5
|-
|Gautam Buddha Nagar ||3
|-
|Hapur || 3
|-
|Bulandshahar || 7
|-
|Aligarh || 7
|-
|Mathura || 5
|-
|Hathras || 3
|-
|Agra || 9
|-
|Firozabad || 5
|-
|Etha || 4
|-
|Kasganj || 3
|-
| rowspan=11 |Phase-2 (15 February 2017) || Saharanpur || 7
|-
|Bijnor || 8
|-
|Moradabad || 6
|-
|Sambhal || 4
|-
|Rampur || 5
|-
|Bareilly || 9
|-
|Amroha || 4
|-
|Pilibhit || 4
|-
|Kheri || 8
|-
|Shahjahanpur || 6
|-
|Badaun || 6
|-
| rowspan=12 |Phase-3 (19 February 2017) || Farrukhabad || 4
|-
|Hardoi || 8
|-
|Kannauj || 3
|-
|Mainpuri || 4
|-
|Etawah || 3
|-
|Auraiya || 3
|-
|Kanpur Dehat || 4
|-
|Kanpur Nagar || 10
|-
|Unnao || 6
|-
|Lucknow || 9
|-
|Barabanki || 6
|-
|Sitapur || 9
|-
| rowspan=12 |Phase-4 (23 February 2017) || Pratapgarh || 7
|-
|Kaushambi || 3
|-
|Allahabad || 12
|-
|Jalaun || 3
|-
|Jhansi || 4
|-
|Lalitpur || 2
|-
|Mahoba || 2
|-
|Hamirpur || 2
|-
|Banda || 4
|-
|Chitrakoot || 2
|-
|Fatehpur || 6
|-
|Rae Bareli || 6
|-
| rowspan=11 |Phase-5 (27 February 2017) || Balrampur || 4
|-
| Gonda || 7
|-
| Faizabad || 5
|-
| Ambedkar Nagar || 5
|-
| Bahraich || 7
|-
| Shrawasti || 2
|-
| Siddharthnagar || 5
|-
| Basti || 5
|-
| Sant Kabir Nagar || 3
|-
| Amethi || 4
|-
| Sultanpur || 5
|-
| rowspan=7 |Phase-6 (4 March 2017) || Maharajganj || 5
|-
| Kushi Nagar || 7
|-
| Gorakhpur || 9
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| Deoria || 7
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| Azamgarh || 10
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| Mau || 4
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| Ballia || 7
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| rowspan=7 |Phase-7 (8 March 2017) || Ghazipur || 7
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| Varanasi || 8
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| Chandauli ||5
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| Mirzapur || 4
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| Bhadohi || 3
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| Sonbhadra || 4
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| Jaunpur || 9
|}
==See also==
*[[2017 elections in India]]
==References==
{{Reflist|40em}}
==External links==
* [http://ceouttarpradesh.nic.in/ Chief Electoral Officer Uttar Pradesh]
{{Uttar Pradesh elections}}
[[Category:State Assembly elections in India, 2017]]
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| country = India
| flag_year = 1996
| type = Legislative
| ongoing = no
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| previous_election = Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election, 2012
| previous_year = 2012
| election_date = 11 February - 8 March 2017
| next_election = Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election, 2022
| next_year = 2022
| seats_for_election = All 403 seats of [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats = 202
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| last_election2 = 80, 25.91%<ref>{{cite web|last1=of India|first1=Election Commission|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2012 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF UTTAR PRADESH|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2012/Stats_Report_UP2012.pdf|website=eci.nic.in}}</ref>
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The 17th [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] election will be held from February 11 to March 8, 2017 in 7 phases. In the previous election in 2012, the [[Samajwadi Party]] won a majority and formed government in the leadership of [[Akhilesh Yadav]].
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== Background ==
===Electoral process changes===
In January 2016, the [[Election Commission of India]] published updated electoral rolls in all 403 assembly segments.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/2017-assembly-polls-election-commission-to-begin-election-process-april-next/ |title=2017 assembly polls: Election Commission to begin election process April next |newspaper=Indianexpress.com |date= |author= |accessdate= July 6, 2016}}</ref> In July 2016, Election Commission decided to increase the number of polling booths in Uttar Pradesh for the 2017 Assembly elections. New polling centres will be planned in the constituencies having more than 1,500 registered voters as well as polling booths in six constituencies of Muzaffarnagar, Budhana, Purkazi, Khatoli, Charthawal and Midanpur to be raised from 1,769 to 1,819 booths.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/uttar-pradesh-assembly-elections-2017-election-commission-to-increase-polling-booths/article8755683.ece |title=Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2017: Election Commission to increase polling booths - The Hindu |newspaper=Thehindu.com |date= |author= |accessdate= July 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jansatta.com/editors-pick/election-commission-to-increase-number-of-booths-for-2017-up-polls/109103/ |title=Election Commission 2017 उत्तर प्रदेश चुनाव में बढ़ाएगी वोटिंग सेंटर्स - Jansatta |newspaper=Jansatta.com |date= |author= |accessdate= July 6, 2016}}</ref> Voter assistance booths would be set up and photo slip of voters in a new design would be sent to them. First time, the Form-2B would contain the photograph of the candidates and their nationality.
[[Voter-verified paper audit trail]] (VVPAT) machines will be used along with EVM in 20 assembly constituencies covering 14 districts including Varanasi,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/738-booths-of-cantt-city-north-to-have-vvpat-machines/articleshow/56362867.cms?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=TOICitiesNews|title=738 booths of Cantonment, City North to have Voter verified paper audit trai machines}}</ref> Ghaziabad<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/noida/now-verify-your-vote-using-an-audit-machine/articleshow/56397288.cms Now, verify your vote using an ‘audit machine’]</ref> and Bareilly constituency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN2Corrigendum_04012017.pdf|title=AnnexureVI VVPAT Page 24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/Machines-to-rule-out-fraud-confusion-at-upcoming-UP-polls/articleshow/55946986.cms|title=Machines to rule out fraud, confusion at upcoming UP polls}}</ref>
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! colspan="4" | Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh having [[Voter-verified paper audit trail|VVPAT]] facility with EVMs<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/20-uttar-pradesh-assembly-constituencies-to-witness-atm-like-receipt-after-casting-vote/articleshow/56272224.cms|title=20 Uttar Pradesh assembly constituencies to witness ATM-like receipt after casting vote}}</ref>
|-
| [[Lucknow West (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lucknow West]] || [[Lucknow North (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lucknow North]] || [[Lucknow East (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Lucknow East]] || [[Agra Cantonment (Assembly constituency)|Agra Cantonment]]
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| [[Agra South (Assembly constituency)|Agra South]] || [[Aligarh (Assembly constituency)|Aligarh]]|| [[Bareilly (Assembly constituency)|Bareilly]]|| [[Govind Nagar (Assembly constituency)|Govind Nagar]]
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| [[Arya Nagar (Assembly constituency)|Arya Nagar]] ||[[Ghaziabad (Assembly constituency)|Ghaziabad]] ||[[Meerut (Assembly constituency)|Meerut]]|| [[Moradabad | Moradabad]]
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| [[Saharanpur Nagar (Assembly constituency)|Saharanpur Nagar]]|| [[Allahabad North (Assembly constituency)|Allahabad North]] || [[Allahabad South (Assembly constituency)|Allahabad South]] ||[[Ayodhya | Ayodhya]]
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| [[Gorakhpur Urban (Assembly constituency)|Gorakhpur Urban]] ||[[Jhansi | Jhansi Nagar]] ||[[Varanasi North (Assembly constituency)|Varanasi North]]|| [[Varanasi Cantt. (Assembly constituency)|Varanasi Cantonment]]
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As per the special summary revision of electoral rolls, there are a total of 14.05 crore voters in Uttar Pradesh as of January 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/uttar-pradesh-now-has-14-cr-voters/|title=Uttar Pradesh now has 14 cr voters}}</ref>
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| 1 || Male || 7.7 crore
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| 2 || Female || 6.3 crore
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|3 ||Third Gender|| 6,983
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===Other political developments{{relevance inline|date=December 2016}}===
In May 2016, Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] launched 11 solar-powered “e-boats” in Varanasi, in a move to reach out to Mallah community. On 26 December 2016, U.P Government government cleared the inclusion of 17 Other Backward Castes- Kahar, Kashyap, Kewat, Nishad, Bind, Bhar, Prajapati, Rajbhar, Batham, Gauriya, Turha, Majhi, Mallah, Kumhar, Dheemar, Dheewar and Machhua, in the Scheduled Castes (SC) category.
== Political developments ==
===Bahujan Samaj Party===
It is speculated that 2017 elections in [[Uttar Pradesh]] will be a close contest between [[Bahujan Samaj Party]] (BSP)<ref name="Rana 2016">{{cite web | last=Rana | first=Uday | title=BSP's chances look very strong, feels Congress| website=The Times of India | date=19 May 2016 | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/After-assembly-drubbing-desperate-Congress-may-seek-alliance-with-BSP/articleshow/52345447.cms | accessdate=19 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="Rediff 2015">{{cite web | title=Mayawati sees good omen for 2017 | website=Rediff | date=7 December 2015 | url=http://www.rediff.com/news/report/mayawati-sees-good-omen-for-2017/20151207.htm | accessdate=19 May 2016}}</ref> and Bharatiya Janata Party.<ref name="Sharma 2015">{{cite web | last=Sharma | first=Sandipan | title=No chance of a UP grand alliance: It will be a BJP-BSP contest in the 2017 state polls | website=Firstpost | date=18 November 2015 | url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/no-chance-of-a-up-grand-alliance-it-will-be-a-bjp-bsp-contest-in-the-2017-state-polls-2511440.html | accessdate=19 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="Ghosh 16">{{cite web | last=Ghosh | first=Shubham | title=UP polls 2017: Survey shows BJP, BSP will have an intense battle in Purvanchal | website=www.oneindia.com | date=17 March 2016 | url=http://www.oneindia.com/feature/up-polls-2017-bsp-bjp-intense-battle-in-purvanchal-2044099.html | accessdate=19 May 2016}}</ref> From August 2016, BSP held series of ‘Sarvajan Hitay, Sarvajan Sukhay’ rallies starting from [[Agra]], followed by mega rallies in [[Azamgarh]], [[Allahabad]] and [[Saharanpur]].<ref>{{cite news|title=In First Rally, Mayawati Plays Up To Dalits, They Say BSP Is 'Anti-Virus'|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/in-first-rally-mayawati-plays-up-to-dalits-they-say-bsp-is-anti-virus-1446617}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=After mega rally, BSP chief jumps to top of Twitter trends|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/After-mega-rally-BSP-chief-jumps-to-top-of-Twitter-trends/articleshow/54286033.cms}}</ref> In these rallies, [[Mayawati]] attacked misrule of [[Samajwadi Party]], its communal politics and [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]'s unfulfilled promises of ''achhe din''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mayawati woos Dalits, Muslims at Saharanpur rally; accuses BJP of engineering communal tension in UP|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mayawati-dalits-muslims-saharanpur-rally-bjp-communal/1/761901.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Mayawati looks beyond Uttar Pradesh for BSP’s expansion|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/CpHCk0GZko3qcvg0KGpIrK/Mayawati-looks-beyond-UP-for-BSPs-expansion.html}}</ref>
BSP has given more than 100 tickets to Muslim candidates, highest in the state till date.<ref>{{cite news|title=Crafting the bahujan rainbow|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/uttar-pradesh-elections-2017-bahujan-bsp-mayawati-muslim-votes-bjp-congress-campaign-3033271/}}</ref> In August 2016, four Muslim [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]s, 3 from [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] (Nawab Kazim Ali Khan, Dilnawaz Khan, Mohammad Muslim Khan) and 1 from [[Samajwadi Party]] (Nawazish Alam Khan) and also a former [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] minister Awadesh Kumar Verma joined BSP.<ref>{{cite news|last1=RASHID|first1=OMAR|title=Boost for Mayawati as 4 Muslim MLAs join BSP|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/boost-for-mayawati-as-4-muslim-mlas-join-bsp/article8969896.ece}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=BSP RECEIVED A SHOT IN THE ARM|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bsp-received-a-shot-in-the-arm.html}}</ref> It is speculated that Muslims may prefer BSP over SP in the upcoming elections.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/up-muslims-may-prefer-bsp-over-sp/article9220736.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|title= U.P. Muslims may prefer BSP over SP |access-date=4 January 2016}}</ref>
===Bharatiya Janata Party===
[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] is trying to woo voters in Uttar Pradesh with [[Ram Janmabhoomi]] agenda.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.uniindia.com/bjp-to-contest-up-polls-on-development-agenda-union-min/states/news/533151.html|title=BJP to contest UP polls on development agenda: Union Min|last=|first=|date=|work=|access-date=|via=}}</ref> It is rumored that Mayawati is trying her best to gain from [[BJP]]'s political activists, by making them join [[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]], meanwhile alleging BJP of accepting the rejected politicians of BSP.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/uttar-prdesh-assembly-election-bjp-dalit-votes-jogendra-nath-mandal-amit-shah-2880221/|title=Eye on Uttar Pradesh polls, BJP showcases Pakistan Dalit minister who ‘came back disillusioned’}}</ref> On the other hand, political leaders from other parties have joined BJP in the run-up to the elections.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-rita-bahuguna-joshi-joins-bjp-congress-calls-it-betrayal-2266020|title=Rita Bahuguna Joshi joins BJP|last=|first=|date=|work=|access-date=|via=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-uttar-pradesh-elections-2017-6-mlas-from-congress-bsp-sp-join-bjp-2243839|title=6 MLAs from join BJP|last=|first=|date=|work=|access-date=|via=}}</ref>
===Indian National Congress===
Congress declared [[Sheila Dikshit]], three-time chief minister of [[Delhi]] as it CM candidate for 2017 elections. The duo of [[Raj Babbar]], current president of [[Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee]] and Mrs. Dikshit may prove beneficial to Congress. [[Priyanka Gandhi]] is also expected to take part in Congress rallies, but it still remains a rumor. Veteran leader Rita Bahuguna joshi`s defection to BJP may impact its outreach to the powerful Brahmin community of UP. Congress party has hired [[Prashant Kishor]], a famous poll strategist, to help the party to come back to power in Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/uttar-pradesh-prashant-kishor-promises-congress-cm-campaign-not-seen-in-25-yrs-2876118/|title=Prashant Kishor promises Congress CM|work=Infoelection|access-date=1 January 2017}}</ref> However, general feeling is that the things are not working as planned and there is rift between Congress Party and Prashant Kishor's team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/prashant-kishor-to-part-ways-with-congress_1885871.html|title=Prashant Kishor to part ways with Congress?|work=Infoelection|access-date=1 January 2017}}</ref>
[[Rahul Gandhi]], the party Vice-President, in a bid to connect with farmers, held Kisan Yatra (''farmers' rally''), covering majority of constituencies, promising partial waiver of electricity bills and loans.
===Samajwadi Party===
On 28 March 2016, [[Samajwadi Party]] released its first candidate list of 142 contestants for Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2017. Party was expected to return into power in the forthcoming elections though the family clashes has wrecked its image.
In June 2016, Akhilesh Yadav Government undertook the seventh and last cabinet expansion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/up-cm-akhilesh-yadav-expands-cabinet-shivpal-yadav-skips-swearing-in/articleshow/52937319.cms|title=UP CM Akhilesh Yadav carries out cabinet expansion before 2017 polls}}</ref>
On 30 December 2016, [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]] expelled his son [[Akhilesh Yadav]] and his cousin [[Ram Gopal Yadav]] from the party for six years on the grounds of indiscipline but re-inducted within 24 hours after a meet of 200 of the party’s 229 MLAs at Akhilesh residence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsbytesapp.com/timeline/Politics/4572/27496/samajwadi-pari-war-will-it-make-history-or-break|title=Samajwadi pari-war: Will it make history or break?|work=newsbytesapp.com|accessdate=4 January 2017}}</ref> The ruling Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh split down the middle with the faction headed by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav removing Mulayam Singh Yadav as party chief and appointing him in his place at a convention in which the group claimed support of the majority of legislators and district units.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/india/samajwadi-party-feud-why-mulayam-singh-yadav-called-and-then-cancelled-national-convention_1963558.html|title=Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi Family Feud|work=Infoelection|access-date=1 January 2017}}</ref>
== Election issues ==
The most important issue is said to be ''law and order'' of the state<ref name="Verma 2016">{{cite web | last=Verma | first=Saurabh | title=How The Law And Order Situation In U.P. Could Cost The Samajwadi Party During Elections | website=Youth Ki Awaaz | date=30 March 2016 | url=http://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2016/03/up-elections-2017-law-and-order/ | accessdate=19 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="State Times 2016">{{cite web | title=UP govt needs to look into law and order | website=State Times | date=4 June 2016 | url=http://news.statetimes.in/govt-needs-look-law-order/ | accessdate=4 June 2016}}</ref> and as in every election caste and religion will play the key reasons for voters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://infoelections.com/infoelection/index.php/up-news/7670-uttar-pradesh-assembly-polls-2017-latest-elections-issues-news.html|title=Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Issues 2017|work=Infoelections}}</ref> However, with the Supreme Court ruling that prohibited use of religion, caste or language to solicit votes, candidates wil have to refrain from communal politics. BJP may try to pop up the Army's alleged surgical strikes across LOC to invoke nationalist spirit. Instead of playing caste politics, focus of Congress this time has been on farmers' plight and waiver of loans. SP and BSP hope to win from their established vote bank electorate of minorities, scheduled castes and specific caste communities.
Another major issue which will impact this election is the Demonetization move, thereby the result of the election will even say to give a referendum on the acceptability of that decision.
== Schedule ==
Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh will be held between 11 February to 8 March 2017. The term of the present government will end on 27 May 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN1_04012017.pdf|title=Announcement: Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh |date=4 January 2017 |publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=4 January 2017}}</ref>
On 4 January 2017, The [[Election Commission of India]] announced the election schedule to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh along with the other four state (Goa, Manipur, Punjab and Uttarakhand) which are due for an election. The entire election is scheduled into 7 phases.
{| class="wikitable" style="width:50%;"
|- style="background:#9cf;"
! Phase
! Name of District
! No. of Assembly Constituencies
|-
| rowspan=15 |Phase-1 (11 February 2017) || Shamli || 3
|-
|Muzaffarnagar || 6
|-
|Baghpat || 3
|-
|Meerut || 7
|-
|Ghaziabad || 5
|-
|Gautam Buddha Nagar ||3
|-
|Hapur || 3
|-
|Bulandshahar || 7
|-
|Aligarh || 7
|-
|Mathura || 5
|-
|Hathras || 3
|-
|Agra || 9
|-
|Firozabad || 5
|-
|Etha || 4
|-
|Kasganj || 3
|-
| rowspan=11 |Phase-2 (15 February 2017) || Saharanpur || 7
|-
|Bijnor || 8
|-
|Moradabad || 6
|-
|Sambhal || 4
|-
|Rampur || 5
|-
|Bareilly || 9
|-
|Amroha || 4
|-
|Pilibhit || 4
|-
|Kheri || 8
|-
|Shahjahanpur || 6
|-
|Badaun || 6
|-
| rowspan=12 |Phase-3 (19 February 2017) || Farrukhabad || 4
|-
|Hardoi || 8
|-
|Kannauj || 3
|-
|Mainpuri || 4
|-
|Etawah || 3
|-
|Auraiya || 3
|-
|Kanpur Dehat || 4
|-
|Kanpur Nagar || 10
|-
|Unnao || 6
|-
|Lucknow || 9
|-
|Barabanki || 6
|-
|Sitapur || 9
|-
| rowspan=12 |Phase-4 (23 February 2017) || Pratapgarh || 7
|-
|Kaushambi || 3
|-
|Allahabad || 12
|-
|Jalaun || 3
|-
|Jhansi || 4
|-
|Lalitpur || 2
|-
|Mahoba || 2
|-
|Hamirpur || 2
|-
|Banda || 4
|-
|Chitrakoot || 2
|-
|Fatehpur || 6
|-
|Rae Bareli || 6
|-
| rowspan=11 |Phase-5 (27 February 2017) || Balrampur || 4
|-
| Gonda || 7
|-
| Faizabad || 5
|-
| Ambedkar Nagar || 5
|-
| Bahraich || 7
|-
| Shrawasti || 2
|-
| Siddharthnagar || 5
|-
| Basti || 5
|-
| Sant Kabir Nagar || 3
|-
| Amethi || 4
|-
| Sultanpur || 5
|-
| rowspan=7 |Phase-6 (4 March 2017) || Maharajganj || 5
|-
| Kushi Nagar || 7
|-
| Gorakhpur || 9
|-
| Deoria || 7
|-
| Azamgarh || 10
|-
| Mau || 4
|-
| Ballia || 7
|-
| rowspan=7 |Phase-7 (8 March 2017) || Ghazipur || 7
|-
| Varanasi || 8
|-
| Chandauli ||5
|-
| Mirzapur || 4
|-
| Bhadohi || 3
|-
| Sonbhadra || 4
|-
| Jaunpur || 9
|}
==See also==
*[[2017 elections in India]]
==References==
{{Reflist|40em}}
==External links==
* [http://ceouttarpradesh.nic.in/ Chief Electoral Officer Uttar Pradesh]
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