2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election information
2012 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election
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8 February 2012 (2012-02-08) – 3 March 2012 (2012-03-03)
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All 403 assembly constituencies
Turnout
59.40% 13.44%
Majority party
Minority party
Leader
Akhilesh Yadav
Mayawati
Party
SP
BSP
Alliance
-
-
Leader since
2012
1995
Leader's seat
MLC
MLC
Seats before
97
206
Seats won
224
80
Seat change
127
126
Popular vote
22,090,571
19,647,303
Percentage
29.15%
25.91%
Swing
3.72%
4.52%
Third party
Fourth party
Leader
Uma Bharti
Raj Babbar
Party
BJP
INC
Alliance
NDA
UPA
Leader since
2012
2009
Leader's seat
Charkhari
Did not contest
Seats before
51
22
Seats won
47
28
Seat change
4
6
Popular vote
11,371,080
8,832,895[1]
Percentage
15.00%
11.63%
Swing
1.97%
3.04%
Fifth party
Leader
Ajit Singh
Party
RLD
Alliance
UPA
Leader since
1996
Leader's seat
Did not contest
Seats before
10
Seats won
9
Seat change
1
Popular vote
1,763,354
Percentage
2.33%
Swing
1.37%
Chief Minister before election
Mayawati
Bahujan Samaj Party
Elected Chief Minister
Akhilesh Yadav
Samajwadi Party
The 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]
^"Uttar Pradesh 2012 - Uttar Pradesh - Election Commission of India". Retrieved 3 September 2021.
^"Samajwadi Party announces Akhilesh Yadav as the new chief minister of UP". The Times of India. 10 March 2012. Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
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