Uttar Pradesh Elections

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President J P Nadda during a BJP Parliamentary Party meeting, at Ambedkar International Centre, in New Delhi. (PTI file photo)

Saeed Naqvi | Is BJP turning into Congress led by Sardar, minus Nehru?

What gave BJP winning numbers was its secular, economic measures — rations, cash, money for housing. Is this not some kind of welfarism?

17 Mar 2022 11:51 PM

The counting will begin at 8 am in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur and Punjab, following COVID-19 guidelines. (Representational Photo: PTI)

Over 50,000 officials deployed for counting of votes in five states

Nearly 1,200 counting halls have been set up where results will be recorded from electronic voting machines (EVMs)

10 Mar 2022 12:23 AM

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

People stand in a queue to cast their votes during the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, on the outskirts Kashiya village, in Kaushambi district.(PTI Photo)

Gorakhpur among 57 seats in UP to go to polls tomorrow

Fifty-seven Assembly seats, out of which the BJP had won 46 during the last Assembly polls in 2017

02 Mar 2022 7:12 AM

Priyanka Gandhi waves during a road show for the upcoming state assembly elections in Prayagraj, in Uttar Pradesh. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

UP polls: Fifth phase of voting on Sunday; 692 candidates in fray for 61 seats

Amethi and Raebareli, once considered Congress bastions, and Ayodhya, the epicentre of the Ram temple movement, will too vote on Sunday

26 Feb 2022 1:13 PM

People wait in queues at a polling station to cast their votes for the fourth phase of UP Assembly polls, in Lucknow, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022. (PTI Photo/ Nand Kumar)

Uttar Pradesh fourth phase elections: 22.62 per cent voting recorded till 11 am

The districts where the polling is being held are Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Hardoi, Unnao, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Banda and Fatehpur

23 Feb 2022 10:46 AM

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath during a public meeting for the ongoing UP polls, in Lucknow, Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. (PTI Photo/Nand Kumar)

UP polls: 59 assembly constituencies to vote in 4th phase on Wednesday

The high-decibel campaigning for this phase ended on Monday as sparring among political rivals intensified during the last-minute canvassing

22 Feb 2022 12:00 PM

An employee on election duty casts her vote using Postal Ballot Paper, a day before Punjab Assembly elections, in Jalandhar, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Punjab all set to cast its vote today in 4-cornered contest

16 Uttar Pradesh districts to see battle for votes in 3rd phase

20 Feb 2022 1:07 AM

BJP National President J.P. Nadda with party leaders during a public meeting for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, in Ayodhya. (PTI Photo)

59 constituencies to vote in third phase of UP polls on Sunday

As many as 627 candidates are in the fray in this phase, in which over 2.15 crore people are eligible to vote

19 Feb 2022 12:20 PM

EC pulls up Telangana BJP MLA for bid to intimidate UP voters

A video clip of Raja Singh was widely circulating on various media platforms in which he is seen as threatening the voters in UP

17 Feb 2022 7:42 AM

People wait to cast their vote at a polling booth, during the second phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, in Moradabad, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. (PTI)

Polling in UP continues, 23.03 p er cent turnout till 11 AM

Moradabad witnessed the highest percentage of voter turnout of 25.84 per cent followed by Saharanpur (25.16 per cent)

14 Feb 2022 12:14 PM

AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra with others, releases party manifesto 'Unnati Vidhan Jan Ghoshna Patra' for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections at UPCC headquarter, in Lucknow, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. (PTI Photo/ Nand Kumar)

Priyanka releases third poll manifesto for UP; vows farm loan waiver in 10 days

Electricity bills for farmers will be halved, bills for Covid-affected periods will be waived and farmers who lost crops will get Rs.3000

10 Feb 2022 8:40 AM

olling officials check election material after collecting from a distribution centre, a day before the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, in Noida, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Tough fight looms in west UP: 58 seats vote in Phase 1 today

Following the 13-month-long farmers’ unrest, the BJP just might find it difficult to repeat its performance in the 2017 Assembly polls

10 Feb 2022 7:34 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

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath with BJP MP Hema Malini during a public meeting in support of BJP's candidate Shrikant Sharma, ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, in Mathura, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022. (PTI)

Anand K. Sahay | Modi, Yogi & UP election: High-stakes battle looms

Adityanath is plain bad news, and the praise heaped on him by the leader of the country is palpably false

04 Feb 2022 7:14 AM

BJP supporters listen to a speech of Home Minister Amit Shah during an election rally in Loni, Ghaziabad district on February 3, 2022. Prakash SINGH / AFP)

In Western UP's Jat country, SP and BJP in battle royale

Ranging from Amit Shah, Akhilesh Yadav, Jayant Chaudhury, Mayawati and Priyanka Gandhi paradropped to woo the Western UP electorate

04 Feb 2022 6:55 AM

Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav during a press conference ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, in Ghaziabad. (PTI/Atul Yadav)

Akhilesh Yadav to file nomination from Karhal; says UP polls will script history

Karhal will go to polls on February 20 in the third of the seven phase elections in the state

31 Jan 2022 1:34 PM

Ahead of key UP Assembly elections, BJP revives Hindu-Muslim dispute

Now mention of the Mathura dispute during campaign rallies and on social media has the city's Muslims worried

31 Jan 2022 10:18 AM

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath waves towards supporters during a public meeting ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, at Muradnagar in Ghaziabad district, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. (PTI Photo)

UP polls: SP's red caps painted in blood of 'karsevaks', says Adityanath

The chief minister said his government has been working to protect the masses and instill a sense of safety among them

30 Jan 2022 12:13 PM

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