2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

2012 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election

8 February 2012 (2012-02-08) – 3 March 2012 (2012-03-03)

All 403 seats of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
202 seats needed for a majority
Turnout59.40% ( 13.44%)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Mulayam Singh Yadav Mayawati Uma Bharti
Party SP BSP BJP
Alliance NDA
Leader since 1992 1995 2012
Leader's seat didn't stand MLC Charkhari
Seats before 97 206 51
Seats won 224 80 47
Seat change 127 126 4
Popular vote 22,090,571 19,647,303 11,371,080
Percentage 29.15% 25.91% 15.00%
Swing 3.72% 4.52% 1.97%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Raj Babbar Ajit Singh Mohamed Ayub
Party INC RLD PECP
Alliance UPA UPA -
Leader since 2009 1996 2008
Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest Khalilabad
Seats before 22 10 new party
Seats won 28 9 4
Seat change 6 1 new party
Popular vote 8,832,895 1,763,354 1,785,228
Percentage 11.63% 2.33% 2.82%
Swing 3.04% 1.37% new party

Seatwise Result Map of the election

Structure of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly after the election

Chief Minister before election

Mayawati
BSP

Elected Chief Minister

Akhilesh Yadav
SP

The 2012 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 state president Akhilesh Yadav was nominated as chief minister by the party.