Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections

BJP sweeps UP polls 2022: How CM Yogi Adityanath won a historic second term

Apart from becoming the first chief minister to retain power in Uttar Pradesh since the 1985 assembly elections, he is the only CM of the state with a full five years in the office to win the subsequent election and hold on to it.

2022 Assembly poll results: Seven reasons why BJP won Uttar Pradesh

The real trench warfare was between the Samajwadi Party and the BJP. Priyanka Gandhi did try to revive the Congress but its virtual absence at the grassroots was a major setback. Mayawati’s political decimation trotted up BJP’s numbers

UP Assembly polls: SP shares vid of Varanasi official admitting EVM protocol 'lapses'; official likely to be suspended

Varanasi's Commissioner Deepak Agarwal kept saying that the EVMs that were moved were only for training purposes, however, he appears to admit towards the end that there was a breach in protocol in the transportation of the EVMs

Exit Polls hint at unprecedented times ahead in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab

While Uttar Pradesh is likely to see the return of an incumbent chief minister after completing his full five-year term, one may see a change in the binary nature of Punjab politics so far dominated by Congress and Akali Dal

UP polls: Akhilesh Yadav claims EVM fraud, says exit polls 'trying to create perception of BJP win'

Yadav said, "Exit polls want to create a perception that BJP is winning. This is the last fight for democracy. EVM is being transported without being informed to candidates"

As exit polls predict Uttarakhand cliffhanger, Congress and BJP huddle in closed-door meets

Some of the surveys gave an edge to the BJP while others indicated a close fight and a possible hung Assembly

Ghosespot | What if BJP performs poorly in state polls and loses Uttar Pradesh

Here is what we can expect the Narendra Modi government to do if the Assembly elections do not go according to its plans

UP Assembly elections: Seventh and final phase of polls tomorrow; 54 seats, including Varanasi in fray

Polling will start at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm in Azamgarh, Mau, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Bhadohi and Sonbhadra districts.

2022 Uttar Pradesh elections: BJP is a favourite, but SP may be no pushover this time

The BJP had a huge lead over the SP in 2017, and it would require a major upset for the SP to turn the tables on the party

Uttar Pradesh elections Phase 6 to be held tomorrow; 676 candidates including Yogi Adityanath in fray

Among the 676 candidates in the fray this time are Yogi Adityanath from Gorakhpur Urban contesting his first Assembly poll, state Congress president Lallu from Tamkuhi Raj seat and Swami Prasad Maurya, who quit as BJP minister to join the Samajwadi Party, from Fazilnagar.