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Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election, 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 Akhilesh Yadav(Leader of Alliance) Party BJP SP INC Alliance INC Leader's seat MLC None - Last election 51 224 22 Seats before 51 224 22   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Mayawati Ajit Singh Party BSP RLD Last election 80 9, 2.33% Seats before 80 10
Chief Minister before election Akhilesh Yadav Samajwadi Party Elected Chief Minister BJP

The elections to the 17th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly will be held from 11 February to 8 March 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

Electoral process changes

In January 2016, the Election Commission of India published updated electoral rolls in all 403 assembly segments. 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. 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 60 assembly constituencies covering 14 districts including Varanasi, Ghaziabad and Bareilly constituency.

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.

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 went 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. 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.

On 19 February 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that if cemeteries are being built, crematoriums should be set up too. There should be no discrimination on Diwali and Ramzan.

Schedule

Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh will be held between 11 February and 8 March 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.

Voting percentage

The overall turnout in the seven phases of polling in Uttar Pradesh Elections is around 60-61%.

1. first phase -64.22%
2. second phase -65.16%
3. third phase- 61.16%
4. fourth phase -60.37%
5. fifth phase- 57.37%
6. sixth phase -57.03%
7. seventh phase- 60.03%

Opinion polls

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

Exit polls & Forecast

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

Result

The Election Results was declared on 11 March 2017.

e • d Summary of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2017 result

Party	Alliance	Seats contested	Seats won	Seat change	Vote share	Swing
Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA	384	303
Apna Dal (Sonelal)	NDA	12	9
Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party	NDA	7	5
Samajwadi Party	SP+	298	53
Indian National Congress	SP+	105	9
Bahujan Samaj Party	-	403	18
Rashtriya Lok Dal	-	131	2
Communist Party of India	Left	90	0
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)	Left	50	0
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Left	27	0
AIMIM	-	38	0
Apna Dal	Grand alliance	150	0
Peace Party of India	Grand Alliance	150
Nishad Party	Grand Alliance	100
Nationalist Congress Party	-
Shiv Sena	-	150
Independents	n/a
Total	-	0	-

List of Winning Candidates

See also

• 2017 elections in India

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External links

• Chief Electoral Officer Uttar Pradesh
• UP Elections Live 2017
• Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election 2017 Schedule & Results

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• State Assembly elections in India, 2017
• February 2017 events in Asia
• March 2017 events