2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
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All 403 seats of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly 202 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 61.24% ( 1.84%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seatwise Result Map of the election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Structure of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly after the election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The election to the 17th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly was held from 11 February to 8 March 2017 in 7 phases. This election saw a voter turnout of 61.11% compared to 59.40% in the previous election. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the election by an overwhelming three-quarters majority of 325 seats despite not projecting a chief ministerial candidate before the election. As part of its election strategy, BJP contested under a collective leadership and capitalised mostly on the political clout and 'brand' of its leader Narendra Modi.
On 18 March 2017, Yogi Adityanath was appointed as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Then Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma were appointed as Deputy Chief Ministers.