Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections

According to the results declared on Tuesday, the BJP won 24 of the 27 seats, where polling was held last week. In addition, the BJP had won nine of the 36 seats unopposed.

Arvind Kejriwal channels Gabbar Singh from 'Sholay': 'Sleep, or else...'

During a rally in Lucknow, AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal twisted a popular dialogue from Ramesh Sippy's 'Sholay' and said, "When kids play corrupt, mothers advise them to sleep off or Kejriwal will arrive."

'Baba Bulldozer' will be gone just like farm laws: Akhilesh Yadav hits out at Yogi Adityanath

The "Bulldozer" reference was taken by the Adityanath government to vacate illegally occupied land and properties using a bulldozer.

Uttar Pradesh polls Phase 1 today: Over 26,000 polling booths, 50,000 security personnel deployed

Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2022: The police have sealed the borders of Uttar Pradesh and strict vigilance is being maintained to ensure peaceful polls in 58 Assembly constituencies.

No fine for triple-riding bikes: Samajwadi Party ally’s election promise

UP Assembly elections 2022: OP Rajbhar, the national president of the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, asked why there were challans, or fines, for triple riding bikes but none for trains and jeeps carrying more passengers than the permitted capacity.

UP leader's 'don't want to be Hema Malini' dig gets sharp rejoinder from actor

Uttar Pradesh elections 2022: "Obviously, he cannot!" Hema Malini hit back at Jayant Chaudhary's 'don't want to be Hema Malini' comment today.

Super Sunday in UP as Ex-IPS Officer Asim Arun Joins BJP, Former MLA Dara Singh Chauhan to Jump to SP

IAS Ram Bahadur had contested the 2017 assembly elections on a BSP ticket from Mohanlalganj seat

Farm Bills Repealed | Will this change political equations in Western Uttar Pradesh?

Farmers’ protests, and the repeal of the three farm laws are not the only factors that will influence the 2022 poll results in Western Uttar Pradesh. The scars of the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots, and counter polarisation are important factors

Uttar Pradesh polls: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra promises free medical treatment up to Rs 10 lakh

The Congress leader had flagged off her party’s "Pratigya Yatras" from Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district on Saturday with seven promises, including loan waiver for farmers and jobs to 20 lakh people if voted to power.

Smartphone for inter pass girls, scooty for graduate girls if Congress forms govt in UP: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

"Yesterday I met some girl students. They said that they need smartphones for their studies and their security. I am happy that today the UP Congress has decided , with the consent of the manifesto committee, that it will provide smartphones to inter pass girls and electronic scooties to graduate girls on coming to power,” Priyanka Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi.

Yogi Adityanath named Uttar Pradesh's next Chief Minister

The state will also have two deputy chief ministers in UP BJP chief Keshav Prasad Maurya and Lucknow Mayor Dinesh Sharma.

Voting begins for fourth phase of UP Assembly polls

The districts include the backward Bundelkhand region and the Nehru-Gandhi pocket borough of Rae Bareli.

Polling begins for phase-I of UP Assembly elections

Amid tight security, polling began this morning for the first of the seven phases of the high-stake Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections with voters queueing up to cast their ballots in 73 constituencies spread over 15 districts of western UP.

UP Elections 2017: Akhilesh, Rahul, Shah and Mayawati to campaign in west UP today

As the campaign heats up for Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and UP CM Akhilesh Yadav will hold a road show in Agra, while BJP chief Amit Shah will address a rally in Meerut on Friday.

Akhilesh releases SP manifesto; Mulayam, Shivpal give a miss

Ruling Samajwadi Party today released its manifesto for Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections promising a bunch of schemes for all round development of the state at a function which SP patron Mulayam Singh Yadav and his brother Shivpal gave a miss.

Rahul accepts blame for Congress' poor show

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi has conceded defeat in Uttar Pradesh and has taken the responsibility for the poor show of the party.

Elections 2012: Voting over, UP waits for results

Around 62% votes were polled amidst sporadic incidents of violence on Saturday for the seventh and final phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, marking the end of the month-long exercise.

UP polls: 22% voting during 4th phase till 11 am

Polling for the fourth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections covering 56 seats spread over 11 districts began on a sluggish note on Sunday as only 22% votes were cast till 11 am.

UP polls: Voting begins for second phase on slow note

Polling began today on a slow note for the second phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections for 59 seats in 10 districts that will decide the fate of two state presidents, 31 MLAs and 24 former ministers.