2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
The 2012 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election followed as a result the expiration of the five-year term of the previous legislature elected in Uttar Pradesh, India. The election to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly was held in seven phases from 8 February through 3 March 2012. Uttar Pradesh has the world's largest population for a sub-national democracy. The incumbent chief minister Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party, which previously won an absolute majority of seats, was defeated by Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi Party, which gained an absolute majority in the election. Mulayam's son and Samajwadi party president Akhilesh Yadav was nominated as chief minister by the party.[2]
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Background
editUttar Pradesh is the largest state in India in terms of population, but the fourth largest in terms of landmass after the bifurcation to create Uttarakhand. It is also considered politically important because of the number of seats it returns to the Lok Sabha and as including the constituencies of such nationally notable figures as Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Varun Gandhi and Maneka Gandhi of the Nehru-Gandhi family dynasty. It was also previously the home of Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
The legislative assembly has 403 seats, 206 of which were won by the BSP in the previous election.[3]
Schedule
editInitially the ECI announced on 24 December 2011 that the election will occur in seven phases on 4, 8, 11, 15, 19, 23 and 28 February and the results will be declared on 3 March.[4] Later, the date for announcement of result was changed to 6 March.[5][6]
On 9 January, the Election Commission had announced that the original date of 4 February for the first phase had been changed to 3 March, while vote counting had moved from 4 to 6 March[7] due to celebrations for Barawafat, for which an Election Commission official said that: "There were concerns people would not be able to come out to exercise their franchise." [8]
Phase | Date | Constituency (with ECI Assembly constituency number) |
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I[9] | 8 February | 145. Maholi, 146. Sitapur 147. Hargaon (SC) 148. Laharpur 149. Biswan 150. Sevata 151. Mahmoodabad 152. Sidhauli (SC) 153. Misrikh (SC) 266. Kursi 267. Ram Nagar 268. Barabanki 269. Zaidpur (SC) 270. Dariyabad 271. Rudauli 272. Haidergarh (SC) 273. Milkipur (SC) 274. Bikapur 275. Ayodhya 276. Goshainganj 277. Katehari 278. Tanda 279. Alapur (SC) 280. Jalalpur 281. Akbarpur 282. Balha (SC) 283. Nanpara 284. Matera 285. Mahasi 286. Bahraich 287. Payagpur 288. Kaiserganj 289. Bhinga 290. Shrawasti 291. Tulsipur 292. Gainsari 293. Utraula 294. Balrampur (SC) 295. Mehnaun 296. Gonda 297. Katra Bazar 298. Colonelganj 299. Tarabganj 300. Mankapur (SC) 301. Gaura 302. Shohratgarh 303. Kapilvastu (SC) 304. Bansi 305. Itwa 306. Domariyaganj 307. Harraiya 308. Kaptanganj 309. Rudhauli 310. Basti Sadar 311. Mahadewa (SC) |
II[10] | 11 February | 312. Menhdawal, 313. Khalilabad 314. Dhanghata (SC) 315. Pharenda 316. Nautanwa 317. Siswa 318. Maharajganj (SC) 319. Paniyra 320. Caimpiyarganj 321. Pipraich 322. Gorakhpur Urban 323. Gorakhpur Rural 324. Sahajanwa 325. Khajani (SC) 326. Chauri-Chaura 327. Bansgaon (SC) 328. Chillupar 329. Khadda 330. Padrauna 331. Tamkuhi Raj 332. Fazilnagar 333. Kushinagar 334. Hata 335. Ramkola (SC) 336. Rudrapur 337. Deoria 338. Pathardeva 339. Rampur Karkhana 340. Bhatpar Rani 341. Salempur (SC) 342. Barhaj 343. Atrauliya 344. Gopalpur 345. Sagri 346. Mubarakpur 347. Azamgarh 348. Nizamabad 349. Phoolpur-Pawai 350. Didarganj 351. Lalganj (SC) 352. Mehnagar (SC) 353. Madhuban 354. Ghosi 355. Muhammadabad- Gohna (SC) 356. Mau 357. Belthara Road (SC) 358. Rasara 359. Sikanderpur 360. Phephana 361. Ballia Nagar 362. Bansdih 363. Bairia 373. Jakhanian (SC) 374. Saidpur (SC) 375. Ghazipur 376. Jangipur 377. Zahoorabad 378. Mohammadabad 379. Zamania |
III[11] | 15 February | 184. Jagdishpur (SC), 185.Gauriganj 186.Amethi 187. Isauli 188. Sultanpur 189. Sadar 190. Lambhua 191. Kadipur (SC) 251. Sirathu 252. Manjhanpur (SC) 253. Chail 254. Phaphamau 255. Soraon (SC) 256. Phulpur 257. Pratappur 258. Handia 259. Meja 260. Karachhana 261.Allahabad West 262.Allahabad North 263.Allahabad South 264. Bara (SC) 265. Koraon (SC) 364. Badlapur 365. Shahganj 366. Jaunpur 367. Malhani 368.Mungra Badshahpur 369. Machhlishahr (SC) 370. Mariyahu 371. Zafrabad 372. Kerakat (SC) 380.Mughalsarai 381. Sakaldiha 382. Saiyadraja 383. Chakia (SC) 384. Pindra 385.Ajagara (SC) 386. Shivpur 387. Rohaniya 388. Varanasi North 389. Varanasi South 390. Varanasi Cantt. 391. Sevapuri 392. Bhadohi 393.Gyanpur 394.Aurai (SC) 395.Chhanbey (SC) 396. Mirzapur 397. Majhawan 398. Chunar 399. Marihan 400.Ghorawal 401. Robertsganj 402.Obra 403. Duddhi (SC) |
IV[12] | 19 February | 154. Sawayazpur, 155. Shahabad 156. Hardoi 157.Gopamau (SC) 158. Sandi (SC) 159. Bilgram Mallanwan 160. Balamau (SC) 161. Sandila 162. Bangermau 163. Safipur (SC) 164.Mohan (SC) 165. Unnao 166. Bhagwantnagar 167. Purwa 168. Malihabad (SC) 169. Bakshi Kaa Talab 170. Sarojini Nagar 171. Lucknow West 172. Lucknow North 173. Lucknow East 174. Lucknow Central 175. Lucknow Cantt. 176.Mohanlalganj (SC) 177. Bachhrawan (SC) 178. Tiloi 179. Harchandpur 180. Rae Bareli 181. Salon (SC) 182. Sareni 183. Unchahar 192. Kaimganj (SC) 193.Amritpur 194. Farrukhabad 195. Bhojpur 196. Chhibramau 197. Tirwa 198. Kannauj (SC) 232. Tindwari 233. Baberu 234. Naraini (SC) 235. Banda 236. Chitrakoot 237. Manikpur 238. Jahanabad 239. Bindki 240. Fatehpur 241. Ayah Shah 242. Husainganj 243. Khaga (SC) 244. Rampur Khas 245. Babaganj (SC) 246. Kunda 247. Vishwanath Ganj 248. Pratapgarh 249. Patti 250. Raniganj |
V[13] | 23 February | 95.Tundla (SC), 96.Jasrana 97.Firozabad 98.Shikohabad 99.Sirsaganj 100. Kasganj 101.Amanpur 102. Patiyali 103.Aliganj 104. Etah 105. Marhara 106. Jalesar (SC) 107. Mainpuri 108. Bhongaon 109. Kishni (SC) 110. Karhal 199. Jaswantnagar 200. Etawah 201. Bharthana (SC) 202. Bidhuna 203. Dibiyapur 204.Auraiya (SC) 205. Rasulabad (SC) 206.Akbarpur-Raniya 207. Sikandra 208. Bhognipur 209. Bilhaur (SC) 210. Bithoor 211. Kalyanpur 212.Govindnagar 213. Sishamau 214.Arya Nagar 215. Kidwai Nagar 216. Kanpur Cantt. 217. Maharajpur 218.Ghatampur (SC) 219. Madhaugarh 220. Kalpi 221.Orai (SC) 222. Babina 223. Jhansi Nagar 224. Mauranipur (SC) 225.Garautha 226. Lalitpur 227. Mehroni (SC) 228. Hamirpur 229. Rath (SC) 230. Mahoba 231. Charkhari |
VI[14] | 28 February | 1. Behat, 2. Nakur 3. Saharanpur Nagar 4. Saharanpur 5. Deoband 6. Rampur Maniharan (SC) 7. Gangoh 8. Kairana 9. Thana Bhawan 10.Shamli 11.Budhana 12.Charthawal 13.Purqazi (SC) 14.Muzaffar Nagar 15.Khatauli 16.Meerapur 43.Siwalkhas 44.Sardhana 45.Hastinapur (SC) 46.Kithore 47.Meerut Cantt. 48.Meerut 49.Meerut South 50.Chhaprauli 51.Baraut 52.Baghpat 53.Loni 54.Muradnagar 55.Sahibabad 56.Ghaziabad 57.Modi Nagar 58.Dhaulana 59.Hapur (SC) 60.Garhmukteshwar 61.Noida 62.Dadri 63.Jewar 64.Sikandrabad 65.Bulandshahr 66.Syana 67.Anupshahr 68.Debai 69.Shikarpur 70.Khurja (SC) 71.Khair (SC) 72. Barauli 73.Atrauli 74.Chharra 75.Koil 76.Aligarh 77.Iglas (SC) 78.Hathras (SC) 79.Sadabad 80.Sikandra Rao 81.Chhata 82.Mant 83.Goverdhan 84.Mathura 85.Baldev (SC) 86.Etmadpur 87.Agra Cantt. (SC) 88.Agra South 89.Agra North 90.Agra Rural (SC) 91.Fatehpur Sikri 92.Kheragarh 93.Fatehabad 94.Bah |
VII[15] | 3 March | 17. Najibabad, 18. Nagina (SC) 19. Barhapur 20. Dhampur 21. Nehtaur (SC) 22. Bijnor 23. Chandpur 24. Noorpur 25. Kanth 26. Thakurdwara 27. Moradabad Rural 28. Moradabad Nagar 29. Kundarki 30. Bilari 31. Chandausi (SC) 32. Asmoli 33. Sambhal 34. Suar 35. Chamraua 36. Bilaspur 37. Rampur 38. Milak (SC) 39. Dhanaura (SC) 40. Naugawan Sadat 41. Amroha 42. Hasanpur 111. Gunnaur 112. Bisauli (SC) 113. Sahaswan 114. Bilsi 115. Badaun 116. Shekhupur 117. Dataganj 118. Baheri 119. Meerganj 120. Bhojipura 121. Nawabganj 122. Faridpur (SC) 123. Bithari Chainpur 124. Bareilly 125. Bareilly Cantt. 126. Aonla 127. Pilibhit 128. Barkhera 129. Puranpur (SC) 130. Bisalpur 131. Katra 132. Jalalabad 133. Tilhar 134. Powayan (SC) 135. Shahjahanpur 136. Dadraul 137. Palia 138. Nighasan 139. Gola Gokrannath 140. Sri Nagar (SC) 141. Dhaurahra 142. Lakhimpur 143. Kasta (SC) 144. Mohammdi |
Parties
editA total of 223 parties vied for the 403 seats in the legislative assembly. This was an increase compared to the previous election which featured 131 parties who had filed candidates.[16] The parties represented in the previous legislature were:
- Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) (incumbent) (contested 403 seats[17])
- Samajwadi Party (SP) (Resulting majority elected to power)
- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
- Indian National Congress (INC) (pre-election alliance with RLD[18])
- Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) (pre-election alliance with INC)
- Rashtriya Parivartan Dal
- Akhil Bhartiya Loktantrik Congress
- United Democratic Party
- Bharatiya Jan Shakti
- Jan Morcha
- Rashtriya Swabhimaan Party
- Peace Party of India[19]
- Apna Dal[20]
- Quami Ekta Dal[21]
- JD(U)[21]
- All India Trinamool Congress[1][22][23]
- Communist Party of India[24]
- Communist Party of India (Marxist)[24]
2010 issues
editIn 2010, INC general secretary Rahul Gandhi was arrested, along with, while he was staging a sit-in in Bhatta Parsaul village in support of farmers agitating against inadequate compensation for the acquisition of their land for a highway project. Though he was released after three hours, INC party members in other parts of the country such as Mumbai's western suburbs of Santacruz, Malad and Borivali protested against his arrest.[25] Amidst the event he said: "I have seen the violence unleashed on your youth and women. By seeing what has happened here, I feel ashamed to be an Indian. The state government [sic] is tormenting its own people."[26] Though INC party spokesman Subodh Srivastava said that "several party leaders and workers were injured in the lathicharge by police at a number of places in the state (sic) during peaceful protest and demonstration. (sic) More than 10,000 workers and leaders were arrested across the state," the UP government said that there was no impact as a result of the INC agitation and that only 135 people had been arrested in apprehension of breach of peace during the ensuing chakka jam[a] in protest against Gandhi's arrest.[27] Mayawati responded also to the Gandhi agitation by saying: "I would like to tell Yuvraj that whatever struggle he has to do, he should do in his home first, as the decision is in the hands of the Centre...It seems that he is not being heard in his own home and he is venting his frustration by indulging in mean dramatics."[28]
The same day his mother, Sonia Gandhi, visited her national constituency of Rae Bareli to review the implementation of such nationally sponsored rural employment and housing schemes as the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act where she called for better implementation of the various schemes such as to ensure that 100 days of employment would be provided to a maximum number of families.[29][30]
Under the pretext of land acquisition, the action was read as having gathered pace as after other legislative elections. The Times of India read the move as "a bigger favour from jittery chief minister Mayawati" and that the "subsequent free-for-all" included INC staging anti-Mayawati protests as well as BJP leaders trying not to be undone by "also courting trouble" on the basis of "land-related strife everywhere...giving politicians scope for photo ops." It also said that Mayawati may have had a "point in lobbing the land acquisition ball back into the Centre's (national government) court" but that attempts to "keeping law and order will only make her opponents look good for being martyred;" while it still question if the INC were "genuinely friends of farmers, tribals, Dalits, et al."[31]
Corruption issues
editA Centre for Media Studies report showed that the corruption has increased in UP.[32][33] The Central Bureau of Investigation said there was "strong evidence" against incumbent Chief Minister Mayawati in a case about disproportionate assets for a public figure;[34] while Samajwadi party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav also has a case pending against him in a similar case.[35] Out of a total of 403 MLAs, 143 face criminal charges.[36][37]
The Chief Election Commissioner has raised concerns about the use of money in the election for some form of undue campaigning.[38][39] After the EC imposed restrictions on the movement of unaccounted money, police checks across UP netted over 120 million in cash, several kilogrammes of silver and weapons, leading to the arrest of at least one person.[40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47]
The Uttar Pradesh government was also sent a notice by the national government for alleged corruption in MGNREGA. Mayawati, however rejected the allegations as "politically motivated."[48] She has also been accused by former minister Avdesh Verma of selling party tickets in the election for Rs. 40 million.[49] Furthermore, the BSP also expelled Badshah Singh and Babu Singh Kushwaha, who had been removed after CBI evidence of corruption, from the party on charges of corruption.[50]
During the tenure of the incumbent CM Mayawati, opposition parties have accused her of constructing parks and statues of herself and other dalit icons such as Ambedkar and Kanshi Ram in places such as Noida and Lucknow that cost the exchequer crores of rupees in the name of development and social upliftment for dalits.[51][52][53][54] The Uttar Pradesh Government was also criticised by the Supreme Court for not halting the construction of the memorials.[55] despite an order to do so.[56][57] On 7 January the Chief Election Commissioner S. Y. Quraishi ordered for the veiling of statues of all political figures except for Mohandas Gandhi, as well as veiling the BSP's symbol the elephant, in order to have a "level playing field" by 11 January at 17:00, according to the District Magistrate of Gautam Budh Nagar, though Chief Electoral Officer Umesh Sinha said the deadline was 15 January but the government should try and do so earlier in view of the implementation of code of conduct. However, in Lucknow BSP activists were reported to have removed the a veil minutes after it had been installed. The BSP called the move as "completely wrong" and "not justified."[58][59][60][61][62][63] Quraishi dismissed criticism of the order as "ill-informed" and add that he was "surprised [the order] has been taken as something unusual. There is a model code of conduct which says there should be a level-playing field for all candidates and parties." On 9 January, social activist Dheeraj Singh filed a PIL in the Allahabad High Court challenging the EC's order on the grounds that the elephants represent Ganesha and veiling them could hurt public sentiment. On 11 January the High Court dismissed the petition as "withdrawn" on technical grounds.[64][65]
Campaign
editThe INC's Rahul Gandhi started his campaign on 14 November 2011 before the announcement of the election phases,[66] while Mulayam Singh Yadav started his campaign on 8 January with criticism of the ruling BSP for "corruption and atrocities on people."[67] Rahul Gandhi toured one of the most impoverished area of the country on 17 January, Bundelkhand in Lalitpur. He also visited Mauranipur, Chirgaon, Jhansi and Mahoba, where he was reportedly shown black flags over the issue of black money. He promised to bring change, while also questioning the BSP government's alleged corruption in the MGNREGA scheme.[68][69][70] Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressed a rally in Kanpur on 17 February where he alleged that the U.P. government is not cooperating with the national government in regards to infrastructure development despite receiving five times the funds demanded.[71][72] He also criticised the incumbent government's alleged corruption and U.P.'s infrastructure woes. "The reason behind this bad situation is that non- Congress governments which came to power in the state in the last 22 years did not pay attention either to governance or the problems of the common man. The Congress will win UP elections. Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi will ensure Congress' victory in UP...we will work with greater strength for the development of UP if the Congress comes to power. There is a need to change this situation. You need a government which changes the shape of UP and focuses on development by rising above caste and religious lines. Congress led by Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi can provide such a government."[73] The INC also got the endorsement of the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind.[74] After the first three phases of voting the party was said to have been cautious about its expectations of winning the election.[75]
The BJP formally began its campaign on 10 January, but would start hosting public meeting 10 days later. Party leaders from outside UP had been called in to campaign, though many refused to show support for candidates with corruption allegations. These included former PM Atal Behari Vajpayee, Gujarat CM Narendra Modi, former PM-candidate and Home Minister MP Lal Krishna Advani, MP Sushma Swaraj, former Law Minister MP Arun Jaitley. UP MP Murli Manohar Joshi, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh, Jharkhand CM Arjun Munda, Bihar Deputy CM Sushil Modi, former Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje, Ananth Kumar, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Narendra Singh Tomar, party deputy leader in the Lok Sabha Gopinath Munde, party deputy leader in the Rajya Sabha SS Ahluwalia, party Muslim member Shahnawaz Hussain, party vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, MP Shatrughan Sinha, MP Hema Malini, MP Smriti Irani, MP Navjot Singh Sidhu, Kalraj Mishra, Vinay Katiyar, Ramlal, former Foreign Minister MP Yashwant Sinha, former Madhya Pradesh CM and re-inductee into the party Uma Bharti, UP MP Varun Gandhi, Ramapati Ram Tripathi, Keshari Nath Tripathi, Ramnath Kovind, Saudan Singh and Radha Mohan Singh.[76] On 16 January, national BJP President Nitin Gadkari released the party manifesto for the election in Lucknow. Part of its promises included creating 15 million jobs within five years, as well providing rice and wheat at a subsidised Rs. 3 and Rs. 2 per kilogramme, respectively.[77] It also included a promise to probe alleged cases of corruption during the tenure of the BSP government.[78] On 18 January, they opted to field Uma Bharti from the Charkari constituency in Mahoba.[79][80]
Incumbent CM Mayawati began her campaign on 27 January at a rally in Bijnor.[81] On 15 January, she released the BSP's list of candidates for all the 403 constituencies. The list included 88 candidates belonging to SCs, 113 from OBCs, 85 religious minorities and 117 upper castes, out of which 74 are Brahmins.[82][83]
On 20 January, the Samajwadi Party released its electoral manifesto in Lucknow which included promising reservation for the minorities, a ban on land acquisition and loans of four percent interest to small farmers.[84][85] Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav got an endorsement from the Shahi Imam of New Delhi's Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari, who had appealed to Muslim voters to vote for the SP and alleged that the INC had regressed UP's fortunes.[86][87]
The anti-corruption group Team Anna also decided to campaign in four of the five provinces that are holding Vidhan Sabha elections, except Manipur; however they said that they would not do so in favour of or against any particular party.[88] They started their campaign in Haridwar on 21 January.[89]
Controversies
editThe Supreme Court also criticised the UP government for the Land Acquisition Act calling it "an engine of oppression" for the government's low cost acquisition without adequate redress for the villagers, who were then beaten by police. It said that the policy as "anti-poor" and against the interests of the "common man," while citing that after its inception in 1894 it had to be immediately amended. At the same time, INC general secretary Rahul Gandhi toured two villages to start an agitation march against such acquisitions[90][91]
On 22 December 2011 the national government announced a four and half percent sub-quota for "backward Muslims" as part of an expanded definition of Other Backward Castes in the civil service and at educational institutions, which came into effect on 1 January. BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley strongly objected to the proposal on the grounds that it was "unconstitutional" with the purpose of campaigning to wooing Muslim voters in the election.[92][93] On 10 January, Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid was sent a notice by the ECI on a complaint filed by the BJP, led by Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, after Khurshid had said that if the INC was victorious in the election, it would double the quota for Muslims to nine percent. He then reiterated that the comments was a "promise not [an] allurement."[94][95] The following day the ECI decided to put on hold the sub-quota for minorities till the election ends as it was in violation of the Model Code of Conduct.[96]
The ECI replaced the UP DGP Brij Lal and Home Secretary Fateh Bahadur on 8 January after complaints from other parties that they were partisan on the issue of covering the statues.[97]
On 22 January, the ECI banned exit polls from 28 January to 3 March in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.[98][99] Opinion polls were also banned 48 hours prior to the voting of each phase in the electronic media, however there was no such restriction on the print media.[100][101]
Individual candidates
editAfter being fired from the BSP for corruption, Babu Singh Kushwaha, Badshah Singh and Awdhesh Verma joined the BJP. Kushwaha has wanted to join the INC but was blocked by Rahul Gandhi, who criticised the BJP for giving them tickets. Additionally, Daddan Mishra also resigned from the BSP after being denied a ticket to run in the election and consequently joined the BJP.[50]
Opinion polls
editAll opinion polls indicated a hung assembly.
Poll source and date | BSP | Samajwadi | BJP | INC-RLD | Others |
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STAR News-Nielsen[102] | 101 | 135 | 61 | 99 | 7 |
News24[103] | 108 | 127 | 57 | 94 | 17 |
Election
editAlmost all the exit polls pointed to a hung assembly with the SP outperforming its rivals while the BSP lost a large share of the seats it previously held. The INC and the BJP also were expected to perform better than the previous election but significantly short of the simple majority mark.
Poll source and date | BSP | SP | BJP | INC-RLD | Others |
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STAR News-Nielsen[104] | 83 | 183 | 71 | 51 | 11 |
CNN-IBN[105] | 65–70 | 232–250 | 28–38 | 36–44 | 11–23 |
Aaj Tak[106] | 88–98 | 195–210 | 50–56 | 38–42 | 20 |
Result
editThe BSP's CM Mayawati's cabinet approving the dissolution of the Vidhan Sabha assembly on the night of 4 March and sent the recommendation to the Governor for consent.[107][108] Mulayam Singh Yadav's son and UP president of the Samajwadi Party Akhilesh Yadav was nominated as Chief Minister by the party.[2]
Party | Seats contested | Seats won | Seat change | Vote share | Swing | |
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Samajwadi Party | 401 | 224 | 127 | 29.15% | 3.72% | |
Bahujan Samaj Party | 403 | 80 | 126 | 25.91% | 4.52% | |
Bharatiya Janata Party | 398 | 47 | 4 | 15% | 1.97% | |
Indian National Congress | 355 | 28 | 6 | 11.63% | 3.03% | |
Rashtriya Lok Dal | 46 | 9 | 1 | 2.33% | ||
Peace Party of India | 208 | 4 | 4 | 2.82% | 2.82% | |
Quami Ekta Dal[1] | 43 | 2 | 0.55% | |||
Apna Dal[1][20] | 76 | 1 | 1 | 0.90% | ||
Nationalist Congress Party | 127 | 1 | 0 | 0.33% | ||
Ittehad-e-Millat Council[1] | 18 | 1 | 0.25% | |||
Independents[1] | 1691 | 6 | 4.13% | |||
Total | - | 403 | - | |||
Turnout: 59.5% | ||||||
Source: Election Commission of India Archived 18 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine |
Elected members
editConstituency | Reserved for (SC/None) |
Member | Party | ||
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1 | Behat | None | Mahaveer Singh Rana | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
2 | Nakur | None | Dr. Dharam Singh Saini | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
3 | Saharanpur Nagar | None | Raghav Lakhanpal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
4 | Saharanpur | None | Jagpal | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
5 | Deoband | None | Rajendra Singh Rana | Samajwadi Party | |
6 | Rampur Maniharan (SC) | SC | Ravinder Kumar Molhu | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
7 | Gangoh | None | Pardeep Kumar | Indian National Congress | |
8 | Kairana | None | Hukum Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
9 | Thana Bhawan | None | Suresh Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
10 | Shamli | None | Pankaj Kumar Malik | Indian National Congress | |
11 | Budhana | None | Nawazish Alam Khan | Samajwadi Party | |
12 | Charthawal | None | Noor Saleem Rana | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
13 | Purqazi (SC) | SC | Anil Kumar | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
14 | Muzaffar Nagar | None | Chitranjan Swaroop | Samajwadi Party | |
15 | Khatauli | None | Kartar Singh Bhadana | Rashtriya Lok Dal | |
16 | Meerapur | None | Jamil Ahmad Qasmi | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
17 | Najibabad | None | Tasleem | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
18 | Nagina (SC) | SC | Manoj Kumar Paras | Samajwadi Party | |
19 | Barhapur | None | Mohd. Ghazi | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
20 | Dhampur | None | Thakur Mool Chand Chauhan | Samajwadi Party | |
21 | Nehtaur | SC | Om Kumar | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
22 | Bijnor | None | Kunvar Bharatendra | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
23 | Chandpur | None | Iqbal | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
24 | Noorpur | None | Lokendra Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
25 | Kanth | None | Aneesurrehman | Peace Party of India | |
26 | Thakurdwara | None | Kunwar Servesh Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
27 | Moradabad Rural | None | Shameemul Haq | Samajwadi Party | |
28 | Moradabad Nagar | None | Mohammad Yusuf Ansari | Samajwadi Party | |
29 | Kundarki | None | Mohammad Rizwan | Samajwadi Party | |
30 | Bilari | None | Mhd.irfan | Samajwadi Party | |
31 | Chandausi (SC) | SC | Laxmi Gautam | Samajwadi Party | |
32 | Asmoli | None | Pinki Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
33 | Sambhal | None | Iqbal Mehmood | Samajwadi Party | |
34 | Suar | None | Nawab Kazim Ali Khan Urf Naved Mian | Indian National Congress | |
35 | Chamraua | None | Ali Yusuf Ali | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
36 | Bilaspur | None | Sanjay Kapoor | Indian National Congress | |
37 | Rampur | None | Mohammad Azam Khan | Samajwadi Party | |
38 | Milak (SC) | SC | Vijay Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
39 | Dhanaura (SC) | SC | Maikal Chandra | Samajwadi Party | |
40 | Naugawan Sadat | None | Ashfaq Ali Khan | Samajwadi Party | |
41 | Amroha | None | Mehboob Ali | Samajwadi Party | |
42 | Hasanpur | None | Kamal Akhtar | Samajwadi Party | |
43 | Siwalkhas | None | Ghulam Mohammed | Samajwadi Party | |
44 | Sardhana | None | Sangeet Singh Som | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
45 | Hastinapur (SC) | SC | Prabhu Dayal Balmiki | Samajwadi Party | |
46 | Kithore | None | Shahid Manzoor | Samajwadi Party | |
47 | Meerut Cantt. | None | Satya Prakash Agarwal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
48 | Meerut | None | Dr. Laxmikant Bajpai | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
49 | Meerut South | None | Ravindra Bhadana | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
50 | Chhaprauli | None | Vir Pal | Rashtriya Lok Dal | |
51 | Baraut | None | Lokesh Dixit | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
52 | Baghpat | None | Hemlata Chaudhary | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
53 | Loni | None | Zakir Ali | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
54 | Muradnagar | None | Wahab | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
55 | Sahibabad | None | Amarpal | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
56 | Ghaziabad | None | Suresh Bansal | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
57 | Modi Nagar | None | Sudesh Sharma | Rashtriya Lok Dal | |
58 | Dholana | None | Dharmesh Singh Tomar | Samajwadi Party | |
59 | Hapur | SC | Gajraj Singh | Indian National Congress | |
60 | Garhmukteshwar | None | Madan Chauhan | Samajwadi Party | |
61 | Noida | None | Mahesh Kumar Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
62 | Dadri | None | Satveer Singh Gurjar | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
63 | Jewar | None | Vedram Bhati | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
64 | Sikandrabad | None | Bimla Singh Solanki | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
65 | Bulandshahr | None | Mohd. Aleem Khan | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
66 | Syana | None | Dilnawaz Khan | Indian National Congress | |
67 | Anupshahr | None | Gajendra Singh | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
68 | Debai | None | Shri Bhagwan Sharma | Samajwadi Party | |
69 | Shikarpur | None | Mukesh Sharma | Samajwadi Party | |
70 | Khurja | SC | Banshi Singh Pahadiya | Indian National Congress | |
71 | Khair | SC | Bhagwati Prasad | Rashtriya Lok Dal | |
72 | Barauli | None | Dalveer Singh | Rashtriya Lok Dal | |
73 | Atrauli | None | Viresh Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
74 | Chharra | None | Rakesh Kumar | Samajwadi Party | |
75 | Koil | None | Zameer Ullah Khan | Samajwadi Party | |
76 | Aligarh | None | Zafar Alam | Samajwadi Party | |
77 | Iglas | SC | Triloki Ram | Rashtriya Lok Dal | |
78 | Hathras | SC | Genda Lal Chaudhary | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
79 | Sadabad | None | Devendra Agrawal | Samajwadi Party | |
80 | Sikandra Rao | None | Ramveer Upadhyay | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
81 | Chhata | None | Tejpal Singh | Rashtriya Lok Dal | |
82 | Mant | None | Jayant Chaudhary | Rashtriya Lok Dal | |
83 | Goverdhan | None | Rajkumar Rawat | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
84 | Mathura | None | Pradeep Mathur | Indian National Congress | |
85 | Baldev | SC | Pooran Prakash | Rashtriya Lok Dal | |
86 | Etmadpur | None | Dr. Dharampal Singh | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
87 | Agra Cantt. | SC | Gutiyari Lal Duwesh | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
88 | Agra South | None | Yogendra Upadhyaya | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
89 | Agra North | None | Jagan Prasad Garg | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
90 | Agra Rural | SC | Kali Charan Suman | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
91 | Fatehpur Sikri | None | Surajpal Singh | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
92 | Kheragarh | None | Bhagvan Singh Kushwaha | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
93 | Fatehabad | None | Chotelal Verma | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
94 | Bah | None | Raja Mahendra Aridaman Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
95 | Tundla | SC | Rakesh Babu | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
96 | Jasrana | None | Ramveer Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
97 | Firozabad | None | Manish Asiza | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
98 | Shikohabad | None | Om Prakash Verma | Samajwadi Party | |
99 | Sirsaganj | None | Hariom | Samajwadi Party | |
100 | Kasganj | None | Man Pal Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
101 | Amanpur | None | Mamtesh | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
102 | Patiyali | None | Najeeva Khan Zeenat | Samajwadi Party | |
103 | Aliganj | None | Rameshwar Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
104 | Etah | None | Ashish Kumar Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
105 | Marhara | None | Amit Gaurav | Samajwadi Party | |
106 | Jalesar | SC | Ranjeet Suman | Samajwadi Party | |
107 | Mainpuri | None | Rajkumar Alias Raju Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
108 | Bhongaon | None | Alok Kumar | Samajwadi Party | |
109 | Kishani | SC | Eng. Brajesh Katheriya | Samajwadi Party | |
110 | Karhal | None | Sobaran Singh Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
111 | Gunnaur | None | Ramkhiladi Singh Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
112 | Bisauli | SC | Ashutosh Maurya Urf Raju | Samajwadi Party | |
113 | Sahaswan | None | Omkar Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
114 | Bilsi | None | Musarrat Ali Bittan | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
115 | Badaun | None | Abid Raza Khan | Samajwadi Party | |
116 | Shekhupur | None | Ashish Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
117 | Dataganj | None | Sinod Kumar Shakya (deepu) | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
118 | Baheri | None | Ataurrehman | Samajwadi Party | |
119 | Meerganj | None | Sultan Baig | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
120 | Bhojipura | None | Shazil Islam | Ittehad-E-Millait Council | |
121 | Nawabganj | None | Bhagwat Saran Gangwar | Samajwadi Party | |
122 | Faridpur | SC | Dr. Siaram Sagar | Samajwadi Party | |
123 | Bithari Chainpur | None | Virendra Singh | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
124 | Bareilly | None | Dr. Arun Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
125 | Bareilly Cantt. | None | Rajesh Agarwal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
126 | Aonla | None | Dharm Pal Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
127 | Pilibhit | None | Riaz Ahmad | Samajwadi Party | |
128 | Barkhera | None | Hemraj Verma | Samajwadi Party | |
129 | Puranpur | SC | Peetam Ram | Samajwadi Party | |
130 | Bisalpur | None | Agys Ramsaran Verma | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
131 | Katra | None | Rajesh Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
132 | Jalalabad | None | Neeraj Kushawaha | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
133 | Tilhar | None | Roshan Lal Verma | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
134 | Powayan | SC | Sakuntla Devi | Samajwadi Party | |
135 | Shahjahanpur | None | Suresh Kumar Khanna | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
136 | Dadraul | None | Rammurti Singh Verma | Samajwadi Party | |
137 | Palia | None | Harvindar Kumar Sahani Alias Romi Sahani | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
138 | Nighasan | None | Ajay | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
139 | Gola Gokrannath | None | Vinay Tiwari | Samajwadi Party | |
140 | Sri Nagar | SC | Ramsaran | Samajwadi Party | |
141 | Dhaurahra | None | Shamsher Bahadur Alias Sheroobhaiya | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
142 | Lakhimpur | None | Utkarsh Verma Madhur | Samajwadi Party | |
143 | Kasta | SC | Sunil Kumar Lala | Samajwadi Party | |
144 | Mohammdi | None | Awasthi Bala Prasad | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
145 | Maholi | None | Anoop Kumar Gupta | Samajwadi Party | |
146 | Sitapur | None | Radheyshyam Jaiswal | Samajwadi Party | |
147 | Hargaon | SC | Ramhet Bharti | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
148 | Laharpur | None | Mo. Jasmir Ansari | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
149 | Biswan | None | Rampal Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
150 | Sevata | None | Mahendra Kumar Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
151 | Mahmoodabad | None | Narendra Singh Verma | Samajwadi Party | |
152 | Sidhauli | SC | Manish Rawat | Samajwadi Party | |
153 | Misrikh | SC | Ram Pal Rajwanshi | Samajwadi Party | |
154 | Sawaijpur | None | Rajani Tiwari | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
155 | Shahabad | None | Babu Khan | Samajwadi Party | |
156 | Hardoi | None | Nitin Agarwal | Samajwadi Party | |
157 | Gopamau | SC | Shyam Prakash | Samajwadi Party | |
158 | Sandi | SC | Rajeshwari | Samajwadi Party | |
159 | Bilgram-mallanwan | None | Brijesh Kumar | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
160 | Balamau | SC | Anil Verma | Samajwadi Party | |
161 | Sandila | None | Kunwar Mahabir Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
162 | Bangermau | None | Badlu Khan | Samajwadi Party | |
163 | Safipur | SC | Sudhir Kumar | Samajwadi Party | |
164 | Mohan | SC | Radhey Lal Rawat | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
165 | Unnao | None | Deepak Kumar | Samajwadi Party | |
166 | Bhagwantnagar | None | Kuldeep Singh Sengar | Samajwadi Party | |
167 | Purwa | None | Uday Raj | Samajwadi Party | |
168 | Malihabad | SC | Indal Kumar | Samajwadi Party | |
169 | Bakshi Kaa Talab | None | Gomti Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
170 | Sarojini Nagar | None | Sharda Pratap Shukla | Samajwadi Party | |
171 | Lucknow West | None | Mohd Rehan | Samajwadi Party | |
172 | Lucknow North | None | Abhishek Mishra | Samajwadi Party | |
173 | Lucknow East | None | Kalraj Mishra | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
174 | Lucknow Central | None | Ravidas Mehrotra | Samajwadi Party | |
175 | Lucknow Cantt. | None | Prof. Rita Bahuguna Joshi | Indian National Congress | |
176 | Mohanlalganj | SC | Chandra Rawat | Samajwadi Party | |
177 | Bachhrawan | SC | Ram Lal Akela | Samajwadi Party | |
178 | Tiloi | None | Dr. Mohd. Muslim | Indian National Congress | |
179 | Harchandpur | None | Surendra Vikram Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
180 | Rae Bareli | None | Akhilesh Kumar Singh | Peace Party of India | |
181 | Salon | SC | Ashakishore | Samajwadi Party | |
182 | Sareni | None | Devendra Pratap Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
183 | Unchahar | None | Manoj Kumar Pandey | Samajwadi Party | |
184 | Jagdishpur | SC | Radhey Shyam | Indian National Congress | |
185 | Gauriganj | None | Rakesh Pratap Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
186 | Amethi | None | Gayatri Prasad | Samajwadi Party | |
187 | Isauli | None | Abrar Ahmad | Samajwadi Party | |
188 | Sultanpur | None | Anoop Sanda | Samajwadi Party | |
189 | Sadar | None | Arun Kumar | Samajwadi Party | |
190 | Lambhua | None | Santosh Pandey | Samajwadi Party | |
191 | Kadipur | SC | Ramchandra Chaudhary | Samajwadi Party | |
192 | Kaimganj | SC | Ajit Kumar | Samajwadi Party | |
193 | Amritpur | None | Narendra Singh Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
194 | Farrukhabad | None | Vijay Singh S/o Prem Singh | Independent | |
195 | Bhojpur | None | Jamaluddin Siddiqui | Samajwadi Party | |
196 | Chhibramau | None | Arvind Singh Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
197 | Tirwa | None | Vyjai Bahadur Pal | Samajwadi Party | |
198 | Kannauj | SC | Anil Kumar Dohre | Samajwadi Party | |
199 | Jaswantnagar | None | Shivpal Singh Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
200 | Etawah | None | Raghuraj Singh Shakya | Samajwadi Party | |
Bharthana | SC | Sukh Devi Verma | Samajwadi Party | ||
Bidhuna | None | Pramod Kumar | Samajwadi Party | ||
Dibiyapur | None | Pradeep Kumar | Samajwadi Party | ||
Auraiya | SC | Madan Singh Alias Santosh | Samajwadi Party | ||
Rasulabad | SC | Shiv Kumar Beria | Samajwadi Party | ||
Akbarpur - Raniya | None | Ramswaroop Singh | Samajwadi Party | ||
Sikandra | None | Indrapal Singh | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
Bhognipur | None | Yogendra Pal Singh | Samajwadi Party | ||
Bilhaur | SC | Aruna Kumari Kori | Samajwadi Party | ||
Bithoor | None | Munindra Shukla | Samajwadi Party | ||
Kalyanpur | None | Satish Kumar Nigam 'advocate' | Samajwadi Party | ||
Govindnagar | None | Satyadev Pachauri | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Sishamau | None | Haji Irfan Solanki | Samajwadi Party | ||
Arya Nagar | None | Salil Vishnoi | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Kidwai Nagar | None | Ajay Kapoor | Indian National Congress | ||
Kanpur Cantt. | None | Raghunandan Singh Bhadauria | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Maharajpur | None | Satish Mahana | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Ghatampur | SC | Indrajeet Kori | Samajwadi Party | ||
Madhaugarh | None | Santram | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
Kalpi | None | Umakanti | Indian National Congress | ||
Orai | SC | Dayashankar | Samajwadi Party | ||
Babina | None | Krishna Pal Singh Rajpoot | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
Jhansi Nagar | None | Ravi Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Mauranipur | SC | Dr. Rashmi Arya | Samajwadi Party | ||
Garautha | None | Deepnarayan Singh (deepak Yadav) | Samajwadi Party | ||
Lalitpur | None | Ramesh Prasad Kushwaha | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
Mehroni | SC | Feran Lal | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
Hamirpur | None | Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Rath | SC | Gayadeen Anuragi | Indian National Congress | ||
Mahoba | None | Rajnarain Alias Rajju | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
Charkhari | None | Uma Bharti | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Tindwari | None | Daljeet Singh | Indian National Congress | ||
Baberu | None | Vishambhar Singh | Samajwadi Party | ||
Naraini | SC | Gayacharan Dinkar | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
Banda | None | Vivek Kumar Singh | Indian National Congress | ||
Chitrakoot | None | Veer Singh | Samajwadi Party | ||
Manikpur | None | Chandrabhan Singh Patel | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
Jahanabad | None | Madan Gopal Verma | Samajwadi Party | ||
Bindki | None | Sukhadev Prasad Verma | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
Fatehpur | None | Shed Qasim Hasan | Samajwadi Party | ||
Ayah Shah | None | Ayodhya Prasad Pal | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
Husainganj | None | Mo. Asif | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
Khaga | SC | Krishna Paswan | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Rampur Khas | None | Pramod Kumar | Indian National Congress | ||
Babaganj | SC | Vinod Kumar | Independent | ||
Kunda | None | Raghuraj Pratap Singh | Independent | ||
Bishwavnathganj | None | Raja Ram | Samajwadi Party | ||
Pratapgarh | None | Nagendra Singh "munna Yadav" | Samajwadi Party | ||
Patti | None | Ram Singh | Samajwadi Party | ||
Raniganj | None | Pro. Shivakant Ojha | Samajwadi Party | ||
Sirathu | None | Keshav Prasad | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Manjhanpur | SC | Indrajeet Saroj | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
Chail | None | Mohd Ashif Jafri | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
Phaphamau | None | Ansar Ahmad | Samajwadi Party | ||
Soraon | SC | Satyaveer Munna | Samajwadi Party | ||
Phulpur | None | Sayeed Ahamad | Samajwadi Party | ||
Pratappur | None | Vijma Yadav | Samajwadi Party | ||
Handia | None | Maheshnarayan Singh | Samajwadi Party | ||
Meja | None | Girish Chandra Alias Gama Pandey | Samajwadi Party | ||
Karachhana | None | Deepak Patel | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
Allahabad West | None | Pooja Pal | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
Allahabad North | None | Anugrah Narayan Singh | Indian National Congress | ||
Allahabad South | None | Haji Parvej Ahmad (tanki) | Samajwadi Party | ||
Bara | SC | Dr.ajay Kumar | Samajwadi Party | ||
Koraon | SC | Rajbali Jaisal | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
Kursi | None | Fareed Mahfooj Kidwai | Samajwadi Party | ||
Ram Nagar | None | Arvind Kumar Singh 'gop' | Samajwadi Party | ||
Barabanki | None | Dharam Raj | Samajwadi Party | ||
Zaidpur | SC | Ramgopal | Samajwadi Party | ||
Dariyabad | None | Rajeev Kumar Singh | Samajwadi Party | ||
Rudauli | None | Ram Chandra Yadav | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Haidergarh | SC | Ram Magan | Samajwadi Party | ||
Milkipur | SC | Audhesh Prasad | Samajwadi Party | ||
Bikapur | None | Mitrasen Yadav | Samajwadi Party | ||
Ayodhya | None | Tej Narayan Pandey Alias Pawan Pandey | Samajwadi Party | ||
Goshainganj | None | Abhay Singh | Samajwadi Party | ||
Katehari | None | Shankh Lal Manjhi | Samajwadi Party | ||
Tanda | None | Azimulhaque Pahlwan | Samajwadi Party | ||
Alapur | SC | Bheem Prasad Sonkar | Samajwadi Party | ||
Jalalpur | None | Sher Bahadur | Samajwadi Party | ||
Akbarpur | None | Ram Murti Verma | Samajwadi Party | ||
Balha | SC | Savitri Bai Fule | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Nanpara | None | Madhuri Verma | Indian National Congress | ||
Matera | None | Yasar Shah | Samajwadi Party | ||
Mahasi | None | Krishna Kumar Ojha | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
Bahraich | None | Dr. Waqar Ahmad Shah | Samajwadi Party | ||
Payagpur | None | Mukesh Srivastva Alias Gyanendra Pratap | Indian National Congress | ||
Kaiserganj | None | Mukut Bihari | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Bhinga | None | Indrani Devi | Samajwadi Party | ||
Shrawasti | None | Muhammad Ramjan | Samajwadi Party | ||
Tulsipur | None | Abdul Mashhood Khan | Samajwadi Party | ||
Gainsari | None | Shiv Pratap Yadav | Samajwadi Party | ||
Utraula | None | Arif Anwar Hashmi | Samajwadi Party | ||
Balrampur | SC | Jagram Paswan | Samajwadi Party | ||
Mehnaun | None | Nandita Shukla | Samajwadi Party | ||
Gonda | None | Vinod Kumar Urf Pandit Singh | Samajwadi Party | ||
Katra Bazar | None | Bawan Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Colonelganj | None | Yogesh Pratap Singh 'yogesh Bhaiya' | Samajwadi Party | ||
Tarabganj | None | Awadhesh Kumar Singh Alias Manju Singh | Samajwadi Party | ||
Mankapur | SC | Babulal | Samajwadi Party | ||
Gaura | None | Kunwar Anand Singh | Samajwadi Party | ||
Shohratgarh | None | Lalmunni Singh | Samajwadi Party | ||
Kapilvastu | SC | Vijay Kumar | Samajwadi Party | ||
Bansi | None | Jai Pratap Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Itwa | None | Mata Prasad Pandey | Samajwadi Party | ||
Doomariyaganj | None | Kamal Yusuf Malik | Peace Party of India | ||
Harraiya | None | Rajkishor Singh | Samajwadi Party | ||
Kaptanganj | None | Ram Prasad Chaudhary | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
Rudhauli | None | Sanjay Pratap Jaiswal | Indian National Congress | ||
Basti Sadar | None | Jeetendra Kumar | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
Mahadewa | SC | Ram Karan Arya | Samajwadi Party | ||
Menhdawal | None | Laxmikant | Samajwadi Party | ||
Khalilabad | None | Dr. Moh. Ayub | Peace Party of India | ||
Dhanghata | SC | Alagu Prasad Chauhan | Samajwadi Party | ||
Pharenda | None | Bajrang Bahadur Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Nautanwa | None | Kaushal Kishor | Indian National Congress | ||
Siswa | None | Shivendra Singh Alias Shiv Babu | Samajwadi Party | ||
Maharajganj | SC | Sudama | Samajwadi Party | ||
Paniyara | None | Deo Narayan Urf G.m. Singh | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
Caimpiyarganj | None | Fateh Bahadur | Nationalist Congress Party | ||
Pipraich | None | Rajmati | Samajwadi Party | ||
Gorakhpur Urban | None | Dr Radha Mohan Das Agarwal | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Gorakhpur Rural | None | Vijay Bahadur Yadava | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Sahajanwa | None | Rajendra | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
Khajani | SC | Sant Prasad | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Chauri-chaura | None | Jay Prakash | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
Bansgaon | SC | Dr. Vijay Kumar | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
Chillupar | None | Rajesh Tripathi | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
Khadda | None | Vijay Kumar Dubey | Indian National Congress | ||
Padrauna | None | Swami Prasad Maurya | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
Tamkuhi Raj | None | Ajay Kumar 'lalloo' | Indian National Congress | ||
Fazilnagar | None | Ganga | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Kushinagar | None | Bramhashankar Tripathi | Samajwadi Party | ||
Hata | None | Radheshyam | Samajwadi Party | ||
Ramkola | SC | Purnmasi Dehati | Samajwadi Party | ||
Rudrapur | None | Akhilesh Pratap Singh | Indian National Congress | ||
Deoria | None | Janmejai Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Pathardeva | None | Shakir Ali | Samajwadi Party | ||
Rampur Karkhana | None | Choudhari Fasiha Bashir Alias Gajala Lari | Samajwadi Party | ||
Bhatpar Rani | None | Kameshwar | Samajwadi Party | ||
Salempur | SC | Manbodh | Samajwadi Party | ||
Barhaj | None | Prem Prakash Singh | Samajwadi Party | ||
Atrauliya | None | Dr.sangram Yadav | Samajwadi Party | ||
Gopalpur | None | Waseem Ahmad | Samajwadi Party | ||
Sagri | None | Abhay Narayan | Samajwadi Party | ||
Mubarakpur | None | Shah Alam Urfa Guddu Jamali | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
Azamgarh | None | Durga Prasad Yadav | Samajwadi Party | ||
Nizamabad | None | Alambadi | Samajwadi Party | ||
Phoolpur Pawai | None | Shyam Bahadur Singh Yadav | Samajwadi Party | ||
Didarganj | None | Adil Sheikh | Samajwadi Party | ||
Lalganj | SC | Bechai | Samajwadi Party | ||
Mehnagar | SC | Brij Lal Sonkar | Samajwadi Party | ||
Madhuban | None | Umesh Pandey | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
Ghosi | None | Sudhakar | Samajwadi Party | ||
Muhammadabad- Gohna | None | (sc) (sc)baijnath | Samajwadi Party | ||
Mau | None | Mukhtar Ansari | Quami Ekta Dal | ||
Belthara Road | SC | Gorakh Paswan | Samajwadi Party | ||
Rasara | None | Umashankar | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
Sikanderpur | None | Jiauddin Rijvi | Samajwadi Party | ||
Phephana | None | Upendra Tiwari | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Ballia Nagar | None | Narad Rai | Samajwadi Party | ||
Bansdih | None | Ram Govind | Samajwadi Party | ||
Bairia | None | Jai Prakash Anchal | Samajwadi Party | ||
Badlapur | None | Om Prakash 'baba' Dubey | Samajwadi Party | ||
Shahganj | None | Shailendra Yadav 'lalaee' | Samajwadi Party | ||
Jaunpur | None | Nadeem Javed | Indian National Congress | ||
Malhani | None | Paras Nath Yadaw | Samajwadi Party | ||
Mungra Badshahpur | None | Seema | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Machhlishahr | SC | Jagdish Sonkar | Samajwadi Party | ||
Mariyahu | None | Shraddha Yadav | Samajwadi Party | ||
Zafrabad | None | Sachindra Nath Tripathi | Samajwadi Party | ||
Kerakat | SC | Gulab Chand | Samajwadi Party | ||
Jakhanian | SC | Subba Ram | Samajwadi Party | ||
Saidpur | SC | Subhash | Samajwadi Party | ||
Ghazipur | None | Vijay Kumar Mishra | Samajwadi Party | ||
Jangipur | None | Kailash | Samajwadi Party | ||
Zahoorabad | None | Syeda Shadab Fatima | Samajwadi Party | ||
Mohammadabad | None | Sibgatulla Ansari | Quami Ekta Dal | ||
Zamania | None | Omprakash | Samajwadi Party | ||
Mughalsarai | None | Babban | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
Sakaldiha | None | Sushil Singh | Independent | ||
Saiyadraja | None | Manoj Kumar | Independent | ||
Chakia | SC | Poonam | Samajwadi Party | ||
Pindra | None | Ajay | Indian National Congress | ||
Ajagara | SC | Tribhuvan Ram | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
Shivpur | None | Uday Lal Maurya | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
Rohaniya | None | Anupriya Patel | Apna Dal | ||
Varanasi North | None | Ravindra Jaiswal | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Varanasi South | None | Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari (dada) | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Varanasi Cantt. | None | Jyotsana Srivastava | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Sevapuri | None | Surendra Singh Patel | Samajwadi Party | ||
Bhadohi | None | Jahid Beg | Samajwadi Party | ||
Gyanpur | None | Vijay Kumar | Samajwadi Party | ||
Aurai | SC | Madhubala | Samajwadi Party | ||
Chhanbey | SC | Bhai Lal Kol | Samajwadi Party | ||
Mirzapur | None | Kailash Nath Chaurasiya | Samajwadi Party | ||
Majhawan | None | Ramesh Chand | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
Chunar | None | Jagatamba Singh | Samajwadi Party | ||
Marihan | None | Laliteshpati Tripathi | Indian National Congress | ||
Ghorawal | None | Ramesh Chandra | Samajwadi Party | ||
Robertsganj | None | Avinash | Samajwadi Party | ||
Obra | None | Sunil Kumar | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
Duddhi (SC) | SC | Rubi Prasad | Independent |
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