Uttar Pradesh Election 2022

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Majority Mark: 202

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Majority Mark: 202

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Colour depiction is for representational purposes.

Kunda, Malhani and Rasra: Seats on which BJP candidates lost deposit in UP polls

Updated on Mar 14, 2022 07:22 PM IST

Uttar Pradesh assembly election 2022: While Kunda falls in the state's Pratapgarh district, Malhani and Rasra are in Jaunpur and Ballia, respectively.

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Byhindustantimes.com, New Delhi

'Rickshaw pullers hugged me': Sanitation worker after his win on BJP ticket

BJP's Ganesh Chandra Chauhan defeated his nearest rival Alagu Prasad of Om Prakash Rajbhar’s Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) with a margin of 10,553 votes.

UP election: BJP’s winning candidate said that the party and voters gave a message that “even an ordinary worker can reach greater heights.(ANI)

Published on Mar 14, 2022 10:01 AM IST

Byhindustantimes.com

Yogi meets Modi to discuss shape of his new government

On Sunday, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top BJP leaders in Delhi to discuss the contours of his government to be formed after Holi (March 19).

Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting chief minister-designate Yogi Adityanath, in New Delhi on Sunday. Yogi Adityanath is on a 2-day visit to Delhi to discuss with BJP leaders before forming the new Uttar Pradesh government after swiping the state assembly elections. (Agency)

Published on Mar 13, 2022 11:45 PM IST

ByManish Chandra Pandey, Lucknow

UP polls: More than half candidates in Prayagraj region get less votes than NOTA

On nearly all 12 seats of Prayagraj, the number of voters preferring NOTA was more than the votes bagged by candidates of various parties

Published on Mar 13, 2022 11:32 PM IST

ByK Sandeep Kumar, Prayagraj

Akhilesh Yadav likely to field Swami Prasad Maurya from Karhal for bypoll

This possibility arises as Akhilesh Yadav, who won his first assembly election from Karhal by over 67,000 votes, is likely to vacate the seat and remain the Azamgarh MP

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav with former minister Swami Prasad Maurya. (ANI FILE PHOTO)

Updated on Mar 14, 2022 06:28 AM IST

ByPankaj Jaiswal, Lucknow

After UP poll results, cooking gas, other promises in BJP manifesto fuel brainstorming by officials

Uttar Pradesh chief secretary says he has held a series of meetings with the departments concerned to review and discuss in detail all the points of the BJP’s Sankalp Patra (manifesto)

Distribution of free domestic cooking gas cylinders (one each) to all the beneficiaries of the Ujjwala scheme on the occasion of Holi is among the promises on the BJP manifesto. (FILE PHOTO)

Published on Mar 13, 2022 09:20 PM IST

ByBrajendra K Parashar, Lucknow

After clean sweep in district, all five Ambedkar Nagar MLAs of Samajwadi Party meet Akhilesh Yadav

Ambedkar Nagar is one of the four districts where the Samajwadi Party won all the assembly seats. The other districts where the party made a clean sweep are Shamli, Kaushambi, Ghazipur and Azamgarh.

Ambedkar Nagar MLAs of the Samajwadi Party with party chief Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow on Sunday. (SOURCED IMAGE)

Published on Mar 13, 2022 08:48 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow

Yogi Adityanath meets PM Modi in Delhi, discusses new cabinet

Earlier in the day, Adityanath met Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and BJP general secretary (organisation) BL Santhosh.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi.

Updated on Mar 13, 2022 07:12 PM IST

Byhindustantimes.com

Uttar Pradesh gets 34 Muslim MLAs this time, most from Akhilesh Yadav's party

So far, the highest number of Muslim MLAs in the UP Assembly has been 69 in the 2012-2017 term. Here is the list of the Muslim MLAs who reached the house this time.

The Samajwadi Party (SP) won 125 seats in the 403-member Uttar Pradesh assembly while the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies won 273 seats. (File)

Published on Mar 13, 2022 12:11 PM IST

Byhindustantimes.com | Written by Ishika Yadav

UP polls: Allies on both sides make an impression, improve tally of seats

After victory in the UP polls, BJP’s allies are hopeful of more representation in the Yogi Adityanath 2.0 government

BJP ally Nishad Party chief Sanjay Nishad with newly elected MLAs in Lucknow on Saturday. (Deepak Gupta/HT Photo)

Published on Mar 12, 2022 11:33 PM IST

ByManish Chandra Pandey, Lucknow

UP polls: Winners of three urban Prayagraj seats get over 50 percent votes

In 2022 UP assembly election, all the 12 elected legislators from Prayagraj district have succeeded in bagging support of more than at least 39% of the voters who exercised their franchise, say poll results declared by the Election Commission of India (ECI)

BJP’s Harshvardhan secured maximum 55.24% of the total votes cast in Allahabad North (For Representation)

Updated on Mar 12, 2022 11:15 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Prayagraj

Akhilesh summons meeting of new SP MLAs post-Holi

Akhilesh Yadav, the leader of the Samajwadi Party (SP), has called a meeting of the newly-elected party MLAs in Lucknow post-Holi, on March 21.

Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav addressing a joint press conference over the EVM security issue at the party office, in Lucknow on Tuesday. (AGENCY)

Published on Mar 12, 2022 11:05 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow

Shivpal may be made leader of opposition

Shivpal Yadav, president of the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party-Lohia (PSP-L), said he would accept whatever responsibility the Samajwadi Party (SP) gave him.

Published on Mar 12, 2022 10:55 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow

UP poll results: 49 candidates lose by less than 5000 votes, 25 of them from Samajwadi Party

Those who lost by less than 5,000 votes this time also included 18 candidates of the BJP, three of the RLD, two of the Nishad Party and one of the Apna Dal (Sonelal)

The Samajwadi Party office in Lucknow wears a deserted look after the declaration of the UP poll results. (ANI PHOTO)

Published on Mar 12, 2022 09:53 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow

Angry with media, Mayawati bans spokespersons from attending TV debates

Uttar Pradesh assembly election 2022: Taking to Twitter, the former chief minister accused the media of harming the BSP's prospects in the recently-held polls by being ‘casteist and hateful’ towards the party.

Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati waves during a public meeting. (File photo)

Published on Mar 12, 2022 12:06 PM IST

Byhindustantimes.com, New Delhi

Yogi resigns as UP CM, set for new term

According to people aware of the developments, the swearing-in ceremony may take place after Holi, which is on March 18.

Yogi Adityanath is set to become the first chief minister to return to power in Uttar Pradesh after completing a five-year term. (PTI)

Published on Mar 12, 2022 12:07 AM IST

ByUmesh Raghuvanshi, Lucknow

Limited influence of farm stir helped BJP secure UP prospects

Farm leaders said they felt they made a difference by bolstering the opposition’s tally and raising the main challenger Samajwadi Party’s vote share by nearly 10 percentage points.

A medic administers a dose of Covid-19 vaccine to a girl at Nair Hospital, in Mumbai.

Published on Mar 12, 2022 12:06 AM IST

ByZia Haq, New Delhi

Akhilesh Yadav likely to quit Karhal assembly seat

If Yadav resigns as MLA, it will mean that he will not be the leader of Opposition in the state assembly.

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav. (ANI)

Published on Mar 12, 2022 12:03 AM IST

ByPankaj Jaiswal, Lucknow

Number Theory: Did women and welfare sweep UP for the BJP?

That women voters have played a big role in the BJP’s victory in Uttar Pradesh has emerged as a strong narrative after these results.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Aditynath celebrates with party workers in Lucknow after winning the state elections on Thursday. (ANI Photo)(HT_PRINT)

Updated on Mar 12, 2022 07:02 AM IST

ByRoshan Kishore, New Delhi

UP polls: Yogi, Shrikant Sharma, nine other BJP candidates win by over one lakh margin

Barring Yogi Adityanath’s Gorakhpur Urban, Manohar Lal’s Mehroni and Ramratan Kushwaha’s Lalitpur seats, all other one lakh plus victory margins were registered in western UP region

Published on Mar 11, 2022 11:08 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow

Highly bipolar contest marred AAP’s chances in Uttar Pradesh

Moving out of Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party’s caravan failed to enter Uttar Pradesh yet again as the party candidates not only lost on all seats in the assembly polls but their security deposits were also forfeited

After leaving Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party’s caravan failed to enter Uttar Pradesh as the party’s candidates not only lost all assembly seats, but their security deposits were also forfeited. (FOR REPRESENTATION PURPOSE)

Published on Mar 11, 2022 10:50 PM IST

ByPawan Dixit, Lucknow

Mayawati blames Muslim vote shift to SP for dismal show

BSP supremo Mayawati blamed the loss of Muslim votes to the Samajwadi Party (SP) for her party’s poor performance in the parliamentary elections in Uttar Pradesh.

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati addressing a press conference in Lucknow on Friday. (Agency)

Published on Mar 11, 2022 10:41 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Lucknow

Case filed against 500 unidentified persons for spreading rumours of EVM swapping

A case was registered against 500 unidentified people and 40 named people for blocking the road and pelting stones over rumours of irregularities in EVMs on March 8 evening in Varanasi, according to police.

SP workers staging protest in Varanasi. (HT FILE PHOTO)

Published on Mar 11, 2022 10:37 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Varanasi

Assembly polls: How backroom planning helped BJP script victory in Uttar Pradesh

Allies were a key part of the BJP’s plan to win the UP polls. Tickets were distributed to the pre-poll allies after detailed discussions

BJP supporters celebrate in Moradabad on Friday, a day after the party’s victory in the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls. (PTI Photo)

Updated on Mar 12, 2022 12:29 AM IST

ByManish Chandra Pandey, Lucknow

Glad BJP's tally went down, our seats increased: Akhilesh

During the counting of votes on Thursday, Yadav remained in the party office till evening, monitoring the poll results, in which his party-led alliance lost to the BJP-headed coalition.

The SP has won 111 seats, while its ally Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) has eight seats in UP polls. (File image)

Published on Mar 11, 2022 10:29 PM IST

Byhindustantimes.com, New Delhi

Samajwadi Party fails to regain Yadav land from BJP in Uttar Pradesh

The BJP won 18 of the 29 seats in the Yadav land spread over the eight districts of Mainpuri, Etawah, Etah, Kasganj, Firozabad, Auriya, Kannauj and Farrukhabad.

BJP supporters celebrate the party’s victory in Lucknow on Thursday. (AP PHOTO)

Published on Mar 11, 2022 10:13 PM IST

ByPankaj Jaiswal, Lucknow

FIR against 400 unidentified SP workers for violence in Kaushambi

Violence had broken out between SP-Apna Dal (K) party workers supporting candidate Pallavi Patel and BJP workers over the demand of recounting of all rounds on the Sirathu assembly seat from where deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya was contesting polls. Maurya lost the poll by over 7000 votes.

An injured policeman after the violence in Kaushambi on Thursday. (HT file)

Published on Mar 11, 2022 10:10 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Prayagraj

How backroom planning helped BJP script victory in Uttar Pradesh

Both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Yogi Adityanath had acknowledged the role of “naari shakti (women voters)” in these elections and 29 of the 48 women contestants who won on a BJP ticket are proof.

Yogi Adityanath, Uttar Pradesh chief minister designate, celebrates with his party members and supporters at the party office in Lucknow. (REUTERS PHOTO.)

Updated on Mar 11, 2022 10:38 PM IST

ByManish Chandra Pandey

Day after UP poll results, Yogi Adityanath meets governor; second innings to begin soon

The process for the formation of the new government may technically begin only after the Election Commission of India (ECI) notifies the constitution of the 18th state assembly

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath meets governor Anandiben Patel at Raj Bhavan in Lucknow on Friday. (PTI PHOTO)

Updated on Mar 11, 2022 11:55 PM IST

ByUmesh Raghuvanshi, Lucknow

UP loss highlights the limits of Akhilesh Yadav’s strategy

When Akhilesh Yadav kicked off his Samajwadi Vijay Yatra from Ghazipur, his party had a mountain to climb with only months to go for the 2022 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh

The Samajwadi Party (SP) office in Lucknow after the party’s loss in the UP assembly election) (HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 11, 2022 10:42 PM IST

ByPankaj Jaiswal, Lucknow

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CONSTITUENCY MAP

Uttar Pradesh assembly election 2022: While Kunda falls in the state's Pratapgarh district, Malhani and Rasra are in Jaunpur and Ballia, respectively.

BJP's Ganesh Chandra Chauhan defeated his nearest rival Alagu Prasad of Om Prakash Rajbhar’s Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) with a margin of 10,553 votes.

On Sunday, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top BJP leaders in Delhi to discuss the contours of his government to be formed after Holi (March 19).

On nearly all 12 seats of Prayagraj, the number of voters preferring NOTA was more than the votes bagged by candidates of various parties

This possibility arises as Akhilesh Yadav, who won his first assembly election from Karhal by over 67,000 votes, is likely to vacate the seat and remain the Azamgarh MP

Uttar Pradesh chief secretary says he has held a series of meetings with the departments concerned to review and discuss in detail all the points of the BJP’s Sankalp Patra (manifesto)

Ambedkar Nagar is one of the four districts where the Samajwadi Party won all the assembly seats. The other districts where the party made a clean sweep are Shamli, Kaushambi, Ghazipur and Azamgarh.

Earlier in the day, Adityanath met Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and BJP general secretary (organisation) BL Santhosh.

So far, the highest number of Muslim MLAs in the UP Assembly has been 69 in the 2012-2017 term. Here is the list of the Muslim MLAs who reached the house this time.

After victory in the UP polls, BJP’s allies are hopeful of more representation in the Yogi Adityanath 2.0 government

In 2022 UP assembly election, all the 12 elected legislators from Prayagraj district have succeeded in bagging support of more than at least 39% of the voters who exercised their franchise, say poll results declared by the Election Commission of India (ECI)

Akhilesh Yadav, the leader of the Samajwadi Party (SP), has called a meeting of the newly-elected party MLAs in Lucknow post-Holi, on March 21.

Shivpal Yadav, president of the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party-Lohia (PSP-L), said he would accept whatever responsibility the Samajwadi Party (SP) gave him.

Those who lost by less than 5,000 votes this time also included 18 candidates of the BJP, three of the RLD, two of the Nishad Party and one of the Apna Dal (Sonelal)

Uttar Pradesh assembly election 2022: Taking to Twitter, the former chief minister accused the media of harming the BSP's prospects in the recently-held polls by being ‘casteist and hateful’ towards the party.

According to people aware of the developments, the swearing-in ceremony may take place after Holi, which is on March 18.

Farm leaders said they felt they made a difference by bolstering the opposition’s tally and raising the main challenger Samajwadi Party’s vote share by nearly 10 percentage points.

If Yadav resigns as MLA, it will mean that he will not be the leader of Opposition in the state assembly.

That women voters have played a big role in the BJP’s victory in Uttar Pradesh has emerged as a strong narrative after these results.

Barring Yogi Adityanath’s Gorakhpur Urban, Manohar Lal’s Mehroni and Ramratan Kushwaha’s Lalitpur seats, all other one lakh plus victory margins were registered in western UP region

Moving out of Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party’s caravan failed to enter Uttar Pradesh yet again as the party candidates not only lost on all seats in the assembly polls but their security deposits were also forfeited

BSP supremo Mayawati blamed the loss of Muslim votes to the Samajwadi Party (SP) for her party’s poor performance in the parliamentary elections in Uttar Pradesh.

A case was registered against 500 unidentified people and 40 named people for blocking the road and pelting stones over rumours of irregularities in EVMs on March 8 evening in Varanasi, according to police.

Allies were a key part of the BJP’s plan to win the UP polls. Tickets were distributed to the pre-poll allies after detailed discussions

During the counting of votes on Thursday, Yadav remained in the party office till evening, monitoring the poll results, in which his party-led alliance lost to the BJP-headed coalition.

The BJP won 18 of the 29 seats in the Yadav land spread over the eight districts of Mainpuri, Etawah, Etah, Kasganj, Firozabad, Auriya, Kannauj and Farrukhabad.

Violence had broken out between SP-Apna Dal (K) party workers supporting candidate Pallavi Patel and BJP workers over the demand of recounting of all rounds on the Sirathu assembly seat from where deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya was contesting polls. Maurya lost the poll by over 7000 votes.

Both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Yogi Adityanath had acknowledged the role of “naari shakti (women voters)” in these elections and 29 of the 48 women contestants who won on a BJP ticket are proof.

The process for the formation of the new government may technically begin only after the Election Commission of India (ECI) notifies the constitution of the 18th state assembly

When Akhilesh Yadav kicked off his Samajwadi Vijay Yatra from Ghazipur, his party had a mountain to climb with only months to go for the 2022 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh

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