The people of Uttar Pradesh have given their mandate for the Assembly Election 2022. Uttar Pradesh is the largest state among the 5 states that went to the polls this year. About 15 crore people voted this year, to choose a government. Voting was held in seven phases starting from February 10, 2022. It concluded on March 7, 2022, for a total of 403 seats. The number of seats needed to win in Uttar Pradesh is 202.
- As per final official EC data, BJP won 255 seats and SP won 111 seats. Congress won 2 seats and BSP won 1 seat.
- SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav wins from the Karhal seat with a margin of more than 67,000 votes, but his party loses the elections.
- PM Modi speaks of future electoral victory, saying that ‘experts’ cited BJP’s 2017 UP victory to 2019 Lok Sabha victory. He said that going by the logic, they should be able to win the 2024 Lok Sabha elections as well.
- Union Minister Smriti Irani reacting to Rahul Gandhi’s tweet said that the Congress leader doesn’t have the strength to ‘learn from mistakes’.
