Uttar Pradesh Elections 2012

Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election, 2012

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All 403 assembly constituencies
Turnout	59.40%
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Akhilesh Yadav Mayawati Uma Bharti Party SP BSP BJP Leader's seat Not Contested MLC Charkhari Last election 97 206 51 Seats won 224 80 47 Seat change 127 126 4 Percentage 29.15% 25.91% 15%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Chaudhary Ajit Singh Party INC RLD Last election 22 10 Seats won 28 9 Seat change 6 1 Percentage 11.63% 2.33%
Chief Minister before election Mayawati BSP Elected Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav SP

Mayawati
BSP

Akhilesh Yadav
SP

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.

Uttar Pradesh is the largest province in India in terms of population, but the fourth largest in terms of landmass after the bifurcation to create Uttarakhand. It is also considered politically important because of the number of seats it returns to the Lok Sabha and as including the constituencies of such nationally notable figures as Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Varun Gandhi and Maneka Gandhi of the Nehru-Gandhi family dynasty. It was also previously the home of Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Atal Behari Vajpayee.

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