2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
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Legislative Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in Uttar Pradesh from 10 February to 7 March 2022 in seven phases to elect all 403 members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The votes will be counted and the results will be declared on 10 March 2022 .
Background[]
The tenure of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 14 May 2022.[1] The previous assembly elections were held in February - March 2017. After the election, Bharatiya Janata Party formed the state government, with Yogi Adityanath becoming Chief Minister.[2]
Political developments[]
NDA[]
In January 2022, ten BJP state legislators, including three ministers, defected from the party.[3] On 19th January, Mulayam Singh's Daughter-in-law Aparna Bisht Yadav joined BJP .[4] She was followed by Mulayam Singh's Brother-in-law Pramod Gupta who joined BJP on 20th January.[5] On 25th January, Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh (RPN singh) joined BJP .[6]
Schedule[]
The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 8 January 2022.[7]
Poll Event | Phase | ||||||
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I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | |
Notification date | 14 January 2022 | 21 January 2022 | 25 January 2022 | 27 January 2022 | 1 February 2022 | 4 February 2022 | 10 February 2022 |
Last Date for filing nomination | 21 January 2022 | 28 January 2022 | 1 February 2022 | 3 February 2022 | 8 February 2022 | 11 February 2022 | 17 February 2022 |
Scrutiny of nomination | 24 January 2022 | 29 January 2022 | 2 February 2022 | 4 February 2022 | 9 February 2022 | 14 February 2022 | 18 February 2022 |
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination | 27 January 2022 | 31 January 2022 | 4 February 2022 | 7 February 2022 | 11 February 2022 | 16 February 2022 | 22 February 2022 |
Date of poll | 10 February 2022 | 14 February 2022 | 20 February 2022 | 23 February 2022 | 27 February 2022 | 3 March 2022 | 7 March 2022 |
Date of counting of votes | 10 March 2022 | ||||||
Map of constituencies and their phases |
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Phase | ||||||
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I
(58 ACs, 11 Districts) |
II
(55 ACs, 9 Districts) |
III
(59 ACs, 16 Districts) |
IV
(59 ACs, 9 Districts) |
V
(61 ACs, 11 Districts) |
VI
(57 ACs, 10 Districts) |
VII
(54 ACs, 9 Districts) |
Shamli | Saharanpur | Hathras | Pilibhit | Shrawasti | Ballia | Azamgarh |
Muzaffarnagar | Bijnor | Kasganj | Kheri | Chitrakoot | Balrampur | Mau |
Baghpat | Sambhal | Etah | Sitapur | Bahraich | Siddharthnagar | Ghazipur |
Meerut | Rampur | Firozabad | Hardoi | Gonda | Maharajganj | Jaunpur |
Ghaziabad | Bareilly | Mainpuri | Unnao | Barabanki | Basti | Varanasi |
Hapur | Badaun | Farrukhabad | Lucknow | Ayodhya | Sant Kabir Nagar | Sant Ravidas Nagar |
Gautam Budh Nagar | Shahjahanpur | Kannauj | Rae Bareli | Amethi | Gorakhpur | Chandauli |
Bulandshahr | Amroha | Etawah | Fatehpur | Sultanpur | Kushinagar | Mirzapur |
Aligarh | Moradabad | Auraiya | Banda | Pratapgarh | Ambedkarnagar | Sonbhadra |
Mathura | Kanpur Dehat | Kaushambi | Deoria | |||
Agra | Jalaun | Prayagraj | ||||
Hamirpur | ||||||
Mahoba | ||||||
Jhansi | ||||||
Lalitpur | ||||||
Kanpur Nagar |
Parties and Alliances[]
National Democratic Alliance[]
During the month of September, the NDA confirmed an alliance between BJP, AD(S) and the NISHAD Party.[8][9] During the month of August, the NDA held talks with parties like JD(U), Ham(S)[10] and others, however the seat sharing talks fell apart later. In October, there were major restructuring efforts by the alliance with new faces and revamp of parties in an effort to battle anti-incumbency. In the first 2 weeks of December, the alliance launched it campaign for the election.[11] On the 13th of Jan the national democratic alliance sealed their seat sharing pact with NISHAD Party getting 13-17 and Apna Dal getting 10-14 and BJP competing in the remaining seats.
No. | Party[12] | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Photo | Seats Contested | Male Candidates | Female Candidates |
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1. | Bharatiya Janata Party | Yogi Adityanath | TBD | TBD | TBD | |||
2. | Apna Dal (Sonelal) | Anupriya Patel | TBD | TBD | TBD | |||
3. | NISHAD Party | Sanjay Nishad | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Samajwadi Party+[]
RLD was the first to join the alliance. Later Akhilesh Yadav announced that they were only willing to partner up with regional parties and not national parties. The NCP and RJD too joined the alliance later.[13] Various other smaller parties too joined while SBSP broke away from its alliance to join SP alliance.[14] During the first seat sharing talks, SP agreed to give RLD 36 seats. Initially, RLD demanded 60 seats while SP were willing to give up to 30, later both the parties finalised at 36 with RLD mostly competing in West UP.[15] Aam Aadmi Party and Samajwadi Party began talks for alliance,[16][17] however they couldn't agree on seat sharing.[18] Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya) joined the alliance later. On the 13 Jan 2022, the alliance announced its initial candidates for the first few phases of the election.
No. | Party[20][21] | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Photo | Seats Contested | Male Candidates | Female Candidates |
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1. | Samajwadi Party | Akhilesh Yadav | TBD | TBD | TBD | |||
2. | Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohiya) | Shivpal Singh Yadav | TBD | TBD | TBD | |||
3. | Mahan Dal | Keshav Dev Maurya | 2[22] | 1 | 1 | |||
4. | Janvadi Party (Socialist) | Sanjay Chauhan | TBD | TBD | TBD | |||
5. | Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) | Krishna Patel | TBD | TBD | TBD | |||
6. | Rashtriya Lok Dal | Jayant Chaudhary | 33 | 31 | 2 | |||
7. | Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party | Om Prakash Rajbhar | TBD | TBD | TBD | |||
8. | Nationalist Congress Party | KK Sharma | 1[23] | 1 | 0 |
Bahujan Samaj Party[]
Unlike previous years, the BSP has announced that it will compete the election all by itself.[24] BSP went into alliance with ten small political parties namely India Janshakti Party, Pacchasi Parivartan Samaj Party, Vishwa Shanti Party, Sanyukt Janadesh Party, Adarsh Sangram Party, Akhand Vikas Bharat Party, Sarvajan Awaz Party, Jagruk Janata Party and Sarvajan Sewa Party for their extended support to BSP.[25][26]
No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Photo | Seats Contested | Male Candidates | Female Candidates |
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1. | Bahujan Samaj Party | Mayawati | 403[24] | TBD | TBD |
United Progressive Alliance[]
Similar to BSP, the only party competing from UPA has been the INC. On 19 October 2021, Uttar Pradesh Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi announced 40% of tickets to women in upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.[27]
No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Photo | Seats Contested | Male Candidates | Female Candidates |
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1. | Indian National Congress | Priyanka Gandhi | 403[28] | 242 | 161 |
Bhagidari Parivartan Morcha[]
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, Jan Adhikar Party, Bharat Mukti Morcha, Janata Kranti Party and Bharatiya Vanchit Samaj Party have formed a front to contest all 403 seats.[29]
No. | Party[29] | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Photo | Seats contested | Male candidates | Female candidates |
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1. | All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | Shaukat Ali | 100[30] | TBD | TBD | |||
2. | Jan Adhikar Party | Babu Singh Kushwaha | TBD | TBD | TBD | |||
3. | Bharat Mukti Morcha | Waman Meshram | TBD | TBD | TBD | |||
4. | Janata Kranti Party | Anil Singh Chauhan | TBD | TBD | TBD | |||
5. | Bharatiya Vanchit Samaj Party | Ram Prasad Kashyap | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Left Front[]
No. | Party[31] | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Photo | Seats contested[citation needed] | Male candidates | Female candidates |
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1. | Communist Party of India | Girish Sharma | 38 | TBD | TBD | |||
2. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||
3. | Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) | Sudhakar Yadav | 13 | TBD | TBD | |||
4. | All India Forward Bloc | Jagdish singh thakral | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Others[]
During the month leading up to the elections major political parties which aren't part of any alliance announced their intentions to compete in the election.
- AAP announced that it would compete all 403 seats. AAP started an alliance discussion with SP but the talks for alliance did not succeed.
- Shiv Sena announced they would compete all 403 seat in the election which was later reduced to 50-100 seats.
- AIMIM originally was part of alliance and was given a seat share of 100 seats, however when SBSP broke the alliance to join hands with SP, AIMIM confirmed they would fight the election alone in 100 seats.
Later parties like VIP, LJP(Ram Vilas faction), RRP, ABHM and ASP also confirmed their participation in the election.[citation needed]
No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Photo | Seats Contested | Male Candidates | Female Candidates |
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1. | Aam Aadmi Party | Sanjay Singh | 403[32] | TBD | TBD | |||
2. | Janata Dal (United) | 51[33] | TBD | TBD | ||||
3. | Shiv Sena[34] | Thakur Singh | TBD | TBD | TBD | |||
4. | Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik) | Raghuraj Pratap Singh | 100[35] | TBD | TBD | |||
5. | Vikassheel Insaan Party[36] | Mukesh Sahani | TBD | TBD | TBD | |||
6. | Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)[37] | Chirag Paswan | TBD | TBD | TBD | |||
7. | Azad Samaj Party[38] | Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan | 403 | TBD | TBD |
Candidates[]
Party manifestos[]
INC[]
INC released its manifesto on 23 January, 2022. Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said that only Congress could give a new vision to the youth in the state during the launch of the 'youth manifesto' called 'Bharti Vidhan'. Addressing a press conference, Rahul Gandhi said that the vision document does not contain "not hollow words" and has been drafted after consulting the youth whose views are reflected in it. [39]
- The fees for all examination forms will be waived and travel by bus and trains would be made free.
- 20 lakhs government jobs, that includes 8 lakhs only for women.
- Fulfillment of all vacant seats in state healthcare hospitals.
- Encouragement to industries, tourism, small and medium scale industries.
- To boost startups in the state, a ‘Seed Startup Fund’ worth Rs 5,000 crore would be set up, prioritising the entrepreneurs below 30 years of age.
- All the vacant posts for Sanskrit, Urdu teachers Anganwadi, Asha and so on will also be filled.
- In the basic education sector, the shortage of one lakh head teachers will be met.
AAP[]
On 27 January 2022 AAP released its party manifesto titled "Kejriwal Guarantee Card". The manifesto was released by AAP's Uttar Pradesh in-charge, Sanjay Singh during a press conference. Major promises in the UP Manifesto were:[40][41]
- Transport
- Free Bus Service For Women
- Employment
- 10 Lakh government jobs
- Recruitment of 97,000 teachers
- Guaranteed 80 percent reservation for local youths in state government jobs
- Reinstatement of the old pension scheme
- Resolve the issues of over 45,000 constables of Prantiya Raksha Dal (PRD), a voluntary force.
- Electricity
- 300 units of free electricity
- Round-the-clock power supply
- Agriculture
- law to guarantee minimum support price (MSP) for farmers' products
- Timely payment for sugarcane farmers
- Compensation at a rate of ₹ 50,000 per hectare for loss of produce due drought or floods
- Lawyers
- Chambers for lawyers
- Life insurance of up to 10 Lakh
- Soldiers
- Compensation of ₹ 1 crore and a job to a member of family of a soldier dead while in duty
- Education
- Curriculum on the Constitution of India in primary schools
- Journalists
- ₹ 10 lakh insurance
Opinion polls[]
Active Parties |
National Democratic Alliance |
Samajwadi Party+ |
Bahujan Samaj Party |
United Progressive Alliance |
Others |
Date Published | Polling agency | Lead | Remarks | |||||
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NDA | SP+ | BSP | UPA | Others | ||||
13 November 2021 | ABP-CVoter[42] | 213-221 | 152-160 | 16-20 | 6-10 | NA | 53-69 | NDA majority |
40.7% | 31.1% | 15.1% | 9.0% | 4.1% | 9.6% | |||
11 December 2021 | ABP-CVoter[43] | 212-224 | 151-163 | 12-24 | 2-10 | 2-6 | 49-73 | NDA majority |
40.4% | 33.6% | 13.2% | 7.3% | 5.5% | 6.8% | |||
10 January 2022 | ABP News-CVoter[44] | 223-235 | 145-157 | 8-16 | 3-7 | 4-8 | 66-90 | NDA majority |
41.5% | 33.3% | 12.9% | 7.1% | 5.3% | 8.2% | |||
23 January 2022 | Polstrat-NewsX[45] | 218-223 | 152-157 | 19-22 | 5-6 | 0-2 | 61-71 | NDA majority |
40.9% | 36.4% | 12.3% | 5.9% | 4.5% | 4.5% |
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath leads the pack with 43% of the voters preferring him while Akhilesh Yadav gets the support of 34% of the voters. Former chief minister and BSP supremo Mayawati trails way behind with 14% while Congress's Priyanka Gandhi manages a little more than 3%. [46]
As per survey by C-Voter, regarding performance of Yogi Adityanath, 43 percent users said good, 19 percent average and 38 percent bad. [47]
- Objections to Opinion Polling for 2022 Elections
SP leader Akhilesh Yadav accused the companies publishing opinion polls for working to create environment favoring BJP.[48] Samajwadi Party asked the Election Commission to ban the opinion polls on TV channels calling the opinion polls "merely campaign techniques in disguise to influence voters". Samajwadi Party called it a violation of the 'model code of conduct' of Election Commission.
Dainik Bhaskar published a survey of past opinion polls and concluded that the opinion polls had failed to predict the correct election outcome more than 90% of the time and were unreliable.[49]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
Citations[]
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