UP Elections 2022

Wednesday, Apr 24, 2024 | Last Update : 01:59 AM IST

A polling officer carrying an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) and other election material leaves for his polling booth, a day before the seventh and last phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, at a distribution centre at Pahadiya Mandi, in Varanasi. (Photo: PTI)

Uttar Pradesh elections: 21.55 per cent voter turnout till 11 am in last phase

A total of 613 candidates are in the electoral fray for 54 constituencies

07 Mar 2022 7:10 AM

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists gather during a roadshow of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the seventh phase of the Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections in Varanasi. (Photo: AFP)

Uttar Pradesh elections 2022: Final phase of polling on Monday

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

06 Mar 2022 1:27 PM

Voters stand in a queue to cast their ballots outside a polling station in the ongoing Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections, in Allahabad. (Photo: AFP)

UP elections 2022: Nearly 22 per cent polling till 11 am

A total of 676 candidates are in the fray in the sixth phase of the polling

03 Mar 2022 9:30 AM

Polling officials carry Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) and Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) at an election material distribution centre on the eve of the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections, in Allahabad. (Photo: AFP)

UP elections 2022 fifth phase: Over 21 per cent polling recorded till 11 am

As many as 692 candidates are in the fray in this round including Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya

27 Feb 2022 9:48 AM

A paramilitary soldier checks identity cards of voters standing in a queue outside a polling station, at Attari village, about 45 kilometres from Amritsar, Punjab. (Photo: AP)

Elections 2022: EVM malfunctioning reported in UP, Punjab votes in single-phase

Punjab recorded a voter turnout of 68.3 per cent as the polls closed late in the evening

21 Feb 2022 12:00 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a video conference for the Golden Jubilee and 36th Statehood day celebrations of Arunachal Pradesh. (Photo: PTI)

PM Modi attacks Samajwadi Party, Congress for being 'sympathetic' to terrorists

The prime minister targeted the rivals by recalling the 2008 Ahmedabad blasts

21 Feb 2022 12:00 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public rally, ahead of the second phase of UP Assembly polls, in Kannauj, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022. (PTI)

Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay | Will BJP’s ‘before’ & ‘after’ 2017 line deliver UP 2022?

The central prong has been always to poke at pre-existing religios prejudice of Hindus against Muslims

14 Feb 2022 1:50 AM

People at a polling station to cast their votes during the voting for the first phase of Uttar Pradesh elections at Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. (Photo: PTI)

UP Elections 2022: Voting for phase-1 begins, 623 candidates in fray

Polling started at 7.00 AM and will continue till 6.00 PM, officials said

10 Feb 2022 9:24 AM

Devotees stand in a queue to offer prayers next to the under-construction site for a temple to Ram in Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh. (SANJAY KANOJIA / AFP)

Hindu pride and Muslim fears overshadow UP Assembly polls

BJP is now banking on efforts to style itself as the custodian of India's majority faith to secure re-election in Uttar Pradesh

09 Feb 2022 1:43 PM

Union Home Minister Amit Shah during a public meeting at Sun Rays Garden hall, in Ponda, Goa, Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022. (Photo: PTI/File)

BJP manifesto for UP polls promises 10-year punishment for indulging in 'love jihad'

The manifesto, manifesto titled 'Lok Kapyan Sankalp Patra 2022', was released by Home Minister Amit Shah

08 Feb 2022 2:22 PM

AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi with supporters during his election campaign in support of Manmohan Jha Gama, party candidate from Sahibabad constituency for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, in Ghaziabad. (Photo: PTI)

Election Commission extends ban on roadshows, padyatras, vehicle rallies till Feb 11

The Commission decided to allow physical public meetings of political parties or contesting candidates with a maximum of 1,000 people

31 Jan 2022 4:21 PM

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra interacts with people via video conferencing. (PTI Photo)

Uttar Pradesh polls: Congress releases second list of 41 candidates

The Congress had promised to reserve 40 per cent seats for women candidates in Uttar Pradesh, which is reflected in the second list

20 Jan 2022 1:38 PM

Owaisi had announced that his party will contest 100 seats in the upcoming assembly elections. (Photo: PTI/File)

Owaisi will start wearing 'janeu' if Yogi returns to power in 2022: UP minister

UP's Panchayati Raj Minister Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary made the remark at a youths' meet in Shamli

27 Dec 2021 11:36 AM

Yogi Adityanath tweaks caste formula ahead of polls

Seven new ministers — one Cabinet and six minister of state — took oath of office in Lucknow

28 Sep 2021 9:23 AM

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