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	== Background ==		== Background ==

			AKILESH YADAV ZINDABAD
	===Electoral process changes===
	In January 2016, the ] 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 ] 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.

	] (VVPAT) machines will be used along with EVM in 60 assembly constituencies covering 14 districts including Varanasi,<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/eci-to-install-vvpat-in-60-assembly-seats-in-up-polls.html\|title=ECI TO INSTALL VVPAT IN 60 ASSEMBLY SEATS IN UP POLLS}}</ref><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>{{cite web\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/noida/now-verify-your-vote-using-an-audit-machine/articleshow/56397288.cms\|title=Now, verify your vote using an ‘audit machine’ - Times of India\|publisher=}}</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 ] 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>
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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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	\|+ Final voters list for Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election 2017
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	! S.No !! Group of voters !! Voters population
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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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	\| colspan="2" \| '''Total Voters''' \|\| '''14.05 crore'''
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	===Caste and religion data===		===Caste and religion data===

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Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election, 2017

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11 February - 8 March 2017

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All 403 seats of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
202 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party	Third party
			File:BJP election symbol.svg
Leader	Akhilesh Yadav	Mayawati	Collective Leadership
Party	SP	BSP	BJP
Alliance	With INC		NDA
Leader's seat	MLC	None	-
Last election	224, 29.13%	80, 25.91%	47, 15.00%
Seats before	224	80	51

	Fourth party	Fifth party

Party	INC	RLD
Alliance	With SP
Last election	28, 11.63%	9, 2.33%
Seats before	22	10

Chief Minister before election

Akhilesh Yadav
Samajwadi Party

Elected Chief Minister

TBD

The 17th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 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.

Background

AKILESH YADAV ZINDABAD

Caste and religion data

As per 2011 census, Dalits constitute 21.1% of Uttar Pradesh population. Mallah community is divided in 27 sub-castes. Other Backward Classes (OBCs) constitute 40% of U.P population. Yadavs are biggest caste among OBCs. There are 200-odd non-Yadav OBCs in U.P. In Uttar Pradesh, Muslims are divided into 68 castes and sub-castes, 35 of them are OBCs. Forward castes constitute around 19% of Uttar Pradesh population, in which Brahmins are 10% and Thakurs are 7.6%. For accurate caste population data in India, Government of India has not publicly released Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 caste population data for every single non-SC/ST castes (General castes, OBC/EBCs) in India.

Castes of Uttar Pradesh
Caste	Population (%)	Notes
OBC	40%	Yadavs -8% Lodhi -7% Jats -1.7% Gurjar -1.3% Kushwaha(Maurya, Shakya, Koeri, Kachhi, Saini) -4% Kurmi -3% Other OBCs(including Sunars, other Hindu OBCs) -16%
Dalits(SCs)	21.1%	Jatav Dalits -11% Non-Jatav Dalits(includes Pasis, Mallah and Valmikis) -9%
Tribals (STs)	0.1%
Forward caste	22%	Brahmins -10% Thakur -8% Vaishya -2% Khatri, Kayastha, Tyagi and Bhumihar -2%
Muslims	19.1%
Christians	0.18%

Election issues

In recent years people of Uttar Pradesh and rest of India had given more importance to economic and social development along with development of the people of their caste. Earlier the voters vote to the party which gives benefits to their caste. Percentage of Youths with literacy has increased cast their votes with hopes of jobs,security,good education and good life.Voting in favour of BJP in 2014 elections alternative to Congress due to the promises of development and hopes of development have increased as people understand it importance .Political parties talks too much about development in these UP elections.As the state has more caste with much having reservation, Political parties also lure leader of different caste in their favour. Other most and as in every election caste and religion will play the key reasons for voters. However, the Supreme Court ruled that prohibited use of religion, caste or language to solicit votes and forbade candidates from communal politics.

The major issues include:

1.The crime rate has increased and specialy the business class is under pressure from the goons

2.The unemployment data says that in coming years the state will have an exponential increase in unemployment

3.The infrastructure in the state which is home to one of the biggest population in the country is still lacking (roads, hospitals and schools)

4.Some of the Cities in the state are in the top 10 in the world in terms of pollution.

5.Corruption is very high in the state and the ease of doing business is one of the lowest in country.

Schedule

Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh will be held between February 11 to March 08,2017. The term of the present government will end on 27 May 2017.

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.

Phase	Name of District	No. of Assembly Constituencies	Phase Total
Phase-1 (11 February 2017)	Shamli	3	73
	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
Phase-2 (15 February 2017)	Saharanpur	7	67
	Bijnor	8
	Moradabad	6
	Sambhal	4
	Rampur	5
	Bareilly	9
	Amroha	4
	Pilibhit	4
	Kheri	8
	Shahjahanpur	6
	Badaun	6
Phase-3 (19 February 2017)	Farrukhabad	4	69
	Hardoi	8
	Kannauj	3
	Mainpuri	4
	Etawah	3
	Auraiya	3
	Kanpur Dehat	4
	Kanpur Nagar	10
	Unnao	6
	Lucknow	9
	Barabanki	6
	Sitapur	9
Phase-4 (23 February 2017)	Pratapgarh	7	53
	Kaushambi	3
	Allahabad	12
	Jalaun	3
	Jhansi	4
	Lalitpur	2
	Mahoba	2
	Hamirpur	2
	Banda	4
	Chitrakoot	2
	Fatehpur	6
	Rae Bareli	6
Phase-5 (27 February 2017)	Balrampur	4	52
	Gonda	7
	Faizabad	5
	Ambedkar Nagar	5
	Bahraich	7
	Shrawasti	2
	Siddharthnagar	5
	Basti	5
	Sant Kabir Nagar	3
	Amethi	4
	Sultanpur	5
Phase-6 (4 March 2017)	Maharajganj	5	49
	Kushi Nagar	7
	Gorakhpur	9
	Deoria	7
	Azamgarh	10
	Mau	4
	Ballia	7
Phase-7 (8 March 2017)	Ghazipur	7	40
	Varanasi	8
	Chandauli	5
	Mirzapur	4
	Bhadohi	3
	Sonbhadra	4
	Jaunpur	9

Opinion polls

Various organisations/agencies have been conducting opinions polls to predict voter intentions in the upcoming legislative assembly elections.

Date	Ref	Polling org./Agency	BSP	BJP	SP + INC	Others
Date	Ref	Polling org./Agency	bgcolor="Template:Bahujan Samaj Party/meta/color" \|	bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" \|	bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" \|
30 Jan 2017		ABP News-Lokniti-CSDS	76-86 (81)	118-128 (123)	187-197 (192)
30 Jan 2017		Times Now-VMR	47	202	147	7
29 Jan 2017		News 24 (India)	76	120	(191)
27 Jan 2017		TNSPIMT	23	177	201
Jan 2017		The WEEK-Hansa Research	20-24 (22)	192-196 (194)	178-182 (180)	5-9 (7)
Jan 2017		India Today-Axis	119-138 (121)	171-184 (179)	97-104 (101)	7-11 (9)
Dec 2016		ABP News-Lokniti-CSDS	93-103 (98)	129-139 (134)	154-170 (162)	9
Oct 2016		India Today-Axis	115-124 (118)	170-183 (175)	102-115 (107)	2-6 (3)
Aug 2016		India TV-CVoter	95-111 (103)	134-150 (142)	138-162 (150)	4-12 (8)
Jul-Aug 2016		ABP News-Lokniti	103-113 (108)	124-134 (129)	149-165 (157)	6-12 (9)
March 2016		ABP News Opinion Poll	185	120	93	5

Result

Result will be declared on 11 March 2017.

e • d **Summary of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2017 result**
Party	Seats contested	Seats won	Seat change
Samajwadi Party	298	0
Indian National Congress	105	0
Bahujan Samaj Party	403	0
Bharatiya Janata Party	384	0
Rashtriya Lok Dal	131	0
Communist Party of India	90	0
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)	50	0
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	27	0
AIMIM	403	0
Apna Dal (Sonelal)	12	0
Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party	7	0
Peace Party of India
Nationalist Congress Party
Shiv Sena	150
Independents
Total	-	0	-
Turnout:
Source: Election Commission of India