2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
← 2002 7 April 2007 (2007-04-07) – 8 May 2007 (2007-05-08) 2012 →
All 403 seats of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
202 seats needed for a majority
Turnout45.96% (Decrease 7.84%)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Mayawati Mulayam Singh Yadav
Party BSP SP
Alliance - -
Leader since 1995 1992
Leader's seat Did not contest Gunnaur[1]
Last election 98 143
Seats won 206 97
Seat change Increase108 Decrease46
Popular vote 15,872,561 13,267,674
Percentage 30.43% 25.43%
Swing Increase 7.37% Increase 0.06%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Rajnath Singh Sonia Gandhi
Party BJP INC
Alliance NDA UPA
Leader since 2005 1998
Leader's seat Did not contest Did not contest
Last election 88 25
Seats won 51 22
Seat change Decrease37 Decrease3
Popular vote 8,851,199 4,489,234
Percentage 16.97% 8.61%
Swing Decrease 3.11% Decrease 0.35%
Chief Minister before election

Mulayam Singh Yadav
SP

Elected Chief Minister

Mayawati
BSP

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.

  1. ^ "Here are the winners in Uttar Pradesh". Rediff. 11 May 2007. Retrieved 3 April 2019.