2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
2007election in the Indian State Uttar Pradesh
The 2007 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election was held during April–May 2007. It was held to elect a government for the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. The votes were counted and results were declared on 11 May 2007. The election resulted with Bahujan Samaj Party getting an absolute majority in UP legislative assembly, and Mayawati becoming the Chief Minister of the state fourth time.
Background
With 166 million people, U.P. is about the size of France, Germany, and the Benelux nations combined. There are 113 million voters, and 403 electoral seats, with an average of a quarter of a million voters in each constituency. The elections were conducted for 403 seats at 110,000 polling stations under very strict guidelines by the autonomous Election Commission of India. More than 46% of the electorate cast their votes.
Schedule
The election was held in seven phases:
Phase 1 : 2007-04-07
Phase 2 : 2007-04-13
Phase 3 : 2007-04-18
Phase 4 : 2007-04-23
Phase 5 : 2007-04-28
Phase 6 : 2007-05-03
Phase 7 : 2007-05-08
Parties
A total of 129 parties fielded 2,487 candidates, while 2020 candidates stood as independents, for the total of 406 seats.
Seat Allotment
Bahujan Samaj Party
National Democratic Alliance
Samajwadi Alliance
Indian National Congress
Criminalisation in the U.P. 2007 elections
The number of criminal-politicians participating in the elections have been
growing, particularly because they have been successful in the past.
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