2012 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

2012 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election

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All 403 assembly constituencies
Turnout	59.40% 13.44%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Mulayam Singh Yadav Mayawati Party SP BSP Alliance - - Leader since 1992 1995 Leader's seat didn't stand MLC Seats before 97 206 Seats won 224 80 Seat change 127 126 Popular vote 22,090,571 19,647,303 Percentage 29.15% 25.91% Swing 3.72% 4.52%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Uma Bharti Raj Babbar Party BJP INC Alliance NDA UPA Leader since 2012 2009 Leader's seat Charkhari Did not contest Seats before 51 22 Seats won 47 28 Seat change 4 6 Popular vote 11,371,080 8,832,895[1] Percentage 15.00% 11.63% Swing 1.97% 3.04%   Fifth party   Leader Ajit Singh Party RLD Alliance UPA Leader since 1996 Leader's seat Did not contest Seats before 10 Seats won 9 Seat change 1 Popular vote 1,763,354 Percentage 2.33% Swing 1.37%
Chief Minister before election Mayawati BSP Elected Chief Minister 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.^[2]