All eyes will now be on the list of candidates for the first two phases of the seven phases amid the election fever in Uttar Pradesh being run by political parties. The ruling BJP is holding a crucial meeting with the top leadership in Delhi, while the Samajwadi Party held a closed-door meeting with its allies at the Janeshwar Mishra Trust office in Lucknow on Wednesday.
Sources reveal that SP may soon release the list of its candidates. It is believed that on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, BJP can release the list of candidates for the first two phases. Meanwhile, sources have revealed that the BSP may release its first list on January 15, which also happens to be the birthday of BSP chief and former chief minister Mayawati.
In the first phase of polling, a total of 58 assembly constituencies of western Uttar Pradesh will go to polls on February 10, while in the second phase, voting will be held in 55 constituencies. 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) while the election results will be declared on March 10.
There are a total of 403 seats in the UP Assembly, out of which 202 is the majority mark. These 403 constituencies are distributed over seven broad regions – West UP (44 constituencies), Rohilkhand (52), Doab (73), Awadh (78), Bundelkhand (19), Eastern UP (76) and North East UP. (61).
In the 2017 Uttar Pradesh elections, the BJP came to power with 312 seats, while the Akhilesh Yadav-led SP managed 47. Mayawati’s BSP had to contend with 19 seats and the Congress was pushed to the fourth position in the politically important state. Only seven seats. The term of the present assembly ends on 14 May 2022.
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