The Election Commission of India on Saturday announced the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election 2022 schedule, announcing voting in seven phases on the following dates: February 10 (Thursday), February 14 (Monday), February 20 (Sunday), February 23 (Wednesday), February 27 (Sunday), March 3 (Thursday) and March 7 (Monday).
The Uttar Pradesh Election Result 2022 will be declared on March 10 (Thursday) when the votes are counted in UP along with four other electoral states – Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur. The term of the current Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly ends in May and the term of the other four state assemblies ends in March on different dates.
with the announcement of assembly election scheduleModel code of conduct has come into force in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab. Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur, The last day of voting in the upcoming election season will be March 7, usually the day when exit poll results are declared.
This is the second tranche of state elections to be held in India since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu voted during the second coronavirus wave in March-April 2020.
This time too, the Omicron-triggered third Covid-19 wave has forced political parties to change plans for election rallies, with some like the BJP gearing up for virtual rallies. Election commission Rallies and marches of any kind have also been banned till January 15, while post-result victory processions have also been banned.
The shift to virtual rallies could play to the advantage of the ruling Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh where the BJP has a strong digital connect.
Number in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
There are a total of 403 seats in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, of which 202 is the majority mark. These 403 constituencies are distributed over seven broad areas – West UP (44 constituencies), Rohilkhand (52), Doab (73), Awadh (78), Bundelkhand (19), Eastern UP (76) and North East UP (61). have been done.
In the 2017 Uttar Pradesh elections, the BJP came to power with 312 seats, while the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party managed 47. Mayawati’s BSP had to contend with 19 seats and the Congress came fourth in the politically important state. With only seven seats. The term of the present UP Vidhan Sabha is ending on May 14, 2022.
where the parties stand
The BJP has been targeting the state for the second time in a row with Yogi Adityanath as its chief ministerial candidate, projecting it as a significant step to ensure Narendra Modi’s return to the Center for the third consecutive time in 2024. Yogi Adityanath will be the first chief minister of Uttar Pradesh after 1985 if the BJP wins the assembly.
The party had announced six yatras covering Awadh, Kashi, Gorakhpur, Brij, western UP and Bundelkhand in the state ahead of the elections, but their current fate is unknown given the rise in Covid-19 cases and concerns about large public gatherings. Is.
Underlining the political importance of Uttar Pradesh, PM Narendra Modi visited the state nearly 10 times in November and December, unveiling several projects. Most notable was the inauguration of Kashi Vishwanath Corridor and Purvanchal Expressway and the foundation stone laying ceremony of Ganga Expressway. Yogi Adityanath’s “dream project”, the Gorakhpur fertilizer plant, was also inaugurated by the PM in December.
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While the BJP is projecting a “Modi-Yogi twin engine” formula for development, the Samajwadi Party relied on an alliance with RLD’s Jayant Singh Choudhary to quell farmers’ anger over the recently repealed agricultural laws. Is. It has also tied up with Om Prakash Rajbhar’s Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, which could be beneficial in the Purvanchal region.
Akhilesh Yadav has also started a phased ‘Samajwadi Vijay Rath Yatra’, in the hope that it will have political gains like 2012. SP is excited to be back in the Yadav family with uncle Shivpal Yadav. five years.
Meanwhile, the Congress charge is led by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who has attempted to corner the Yogi Adityanath government in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence and Hathras gang rape and murder case. His brother and party leader Rahul Gandhi is currently missing in electoral action, on another personal foreign trip ahead of the election season.
A few days before the elections, the Congress has also suffered the loss of Rae Bareli MLA Aditi Singh, who joined the BJP. Rae Bareli is considered a Congress stronghold, which was represented by Sonia Gandhi in the Lok Sabha for a long time.
The fourth biggest player in the field, the Bahuhan Samaj Party, has stayed away from travel politics. Instead it is focusing on the ‘Brahmin Sammelan’ to woo the upper caste voters who helped Mayawati form the government in 2007.
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