Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2017

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A legislative assembly election will be held in 2017 for the 403 seats of the Vidhan Sabha in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. The dates of the election are yet to be announced, as of November 2016. In the previous election in 2012, the Samajwadi Party won a majority and formed government in the leadership of Akhilesh Yadav.

Background

2017 elections in Uttar Pradesh are said to be close contest between Bahujan Samaj Party[2][3] and Bharatiya Janata Party.[4][5] The most important issue is said to be law and order of the state.[6]

Schedule

Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Schedule 2017 would be Announced by November 2016 and Elections should take place by January 2017. Previous assembly polls, all 403 ACs went to polls in 7 Phases.

Opinion polls

Polling firm/Link Date BSP BJP SP INC Others
ABP News[7] 16 May 2016 185 120 80 13[8] 5
  • ASUME Research conducted survey for most preferred CM candidate in April 2016.[9]
Poll source and date Mayawati Akhilesh Yadav Varun Gandhi Priyanka Vadra
ASUME Research (12 April 2016- 25 April 2016)[10] 26% 22% 20% 12%

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