Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath greets Leader of Opposition and Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav in the Legislative Assembly during oath-taking of newly elected legislators on March 28.
The BSP had got only one seat out of 403 in the recently-held assembly elections while in 2017 it had won 19 seats
The BJP has retained all four states – Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa.
Deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya was pitted against SP's Pallavi Patel, daughter of Kurmi leader Sonelal Patel
SP's Azam Khan filed his nomination from jail, while BJP fielded Akash Saxena who filed numerous cases against Khan.
SP-PSP candidate Shivpal Singh Yadav was contesting against a relative lightweight from BJP
Bharatiya Janata Party workers celebrated as the party looked poised to retain power in four states including UP
Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Result 2022: Yogi Adityanath to return as the chief minister for a historic second term in India’s most populous state, which hasn’t returned a government in almost 37 years.
Assembly Election Result 2022: The counting of votes in five states – Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa and Manipur – that went to poll last month is underway, following COVID-19 protocols.
In Uttar Pradesh arrangements are in place for vote counting in all 75 districts on March 10. Counting begins and the outcome will decide the fate of parties. Almost all exit polls have forecast a clear majority for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh.
UP Assembly Elections Result 2022 Highlights: Uttar Pradesh is considered to be the most bellwether state, as its outcome may determine the voter sentiment ahead of the 2024 general elections.
The ECI added that the EVMs are kept under 3-layer security and under 24×7 CCTV supervision. Also, serial number of of each EVM has been shared with political parties, the commission added.
Yogesh Verma, the SP candidate from Hastinapur assembly seat, is seen in videos shared by news agency ANI monitoring EVMs from his jeep with binoculars.
In Uttar Pradesh, almost all poll surveys including, India Today-Axis My India, Matrize, P-Marq, India News- Jan Ki Baat, and Times Now-Veto Exit polls, showed the BJP leading the race with a tally between 222 and 326 seats in the 403-member house.
UP Assembly Elections 2022 Highlights: Phase 7 polling began at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm in Azamgarh, Mau, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Bhadohi and Sonbhadra districts
Polling will start at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm in Azamgarh, Mau, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Bhadohi and Sonbhadra districts
In the capacity of being the Member of Parliament from Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been probably the single biggest influence in the region since the 2014 general election. The party’s performance in the region is also linked to the impact of ‘Brand Modi'
Assembly Elections 2022 Highlights March 3: This phase of polling will seal the fate of 676 candidates, including Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, five ministers in his cabinet, state Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu and Samajwadi Party’s (SP) Swami Prasad Maurya.
Union Minister V Muraleedharan on Wednesday said that out of 20,000 stranded Indians in war-torn Ukraine, 6,000 have been brought back to the country so far and the Centre is making all efforts for the safe return of the remaining ones.
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath is contesting his first assembly election from the Gorakhpur Sadar constituency. Moneycontrol examines the factors that make the contest special
UP Assembly Elections 2022: The saffron party has mentioned cleaning of the river Ganga but has not mentioned anything about countering climate change.
UP Assembly Elections 2022: The districts where polling is being held are Sultanpur, Chitrakoot, Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Prayagraj, Barabanki, Bahraich, Shravasti and Gonda.
Around 2.24 crore voters will exercise their franchise in this phase in the districts of Sultanpur, Chitrakoot, Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Prayagraj, Barabanki, Bahraich, Shravasti and Gonda.
Though fervour around the Ram Mandir-associated Hindutva has been lowered with the BJP’s decision not to field Yogi Adityanath from Ayodhya, the party will hope that the ongoing construction of the Ram temple will be the glue needed for voters not just in the district but also the nearby region to stick with it
Assembly Election News Highlights | While in Uttar Pradesh, as many as 627 candidates were in the fray in the third phase of the polls to the 403-member assembly, in Punjab, 1,304 candidates contested the elections held on February 20