Elections 2027

Uttar Pradesh Assembly election 2027

All 403 seats go to the polls in February to March 2027. The Election Commission has not announced the schedule yet. Here is where things stand.

February to March 2027expected polling window

403seats, 202 for a majority

May 2027current Assembly term ends

61.03%turnout in 2022

Who governs now

Chief Minister

Yogi Adityanath

BJP

MLA from Gorakhpur Urban. Sworn in on 25 March 2022 at BRSABV Ekana International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow.

Won by 1,03,390 votes in 2022 · 66.18%

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GovernorAnandiben Patel

SpeakerSatish MahanaBJP

Leader of OppositionMata Prasad PandeySP

The 2022 verdict

Results declared 10 March 2022

Seats won

BJP255
SP111
Apna Dal (S)12
RLD8
NISHAD6
SBSP6
Congress2
JSD(L)2
BSP1
Apna Dal (K)1

Vote share

BJP41.29%
SP32.06%
Apna Dal (S)1.62%
RLD2.85%
NISHAD0.91%
SBSP1.36%
Congress2.33%

The council of ministers

Chief Minister and 59 ministers, as of October 2026

Deputy Chief Ministers 2

Keshav Prasad Maurya

BJPMember of the Legislative Council

Rural Development and Samagra Gramya Vikas
Rural Engineering
Food Processing
Entertainment Tax
Public Enterprises
National Integration

Brajesh Pathak

BJPLucknow Cantonment

Medical Health and Family Welfare
Medical Education
Maternal and Child Welfare

2022 result

Won by 39,512 votes (54.7%)

Runner-up: Surendra Singh Gandhi SP

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Cabinet ministers 20

Suresh Kumar Khanna

BJPShahjahanpur

Finance
Parliamentary Affairs

2022 result

Won by 9,313 votes (48.98%)

Runner-up: Tanveer Khan SP

Surya Pratap Shahi

BJPPathardeva

Agriculture
Agricultural Education and Research

2022 result

Won by 28,681 votes (46.65%)

Runner-up: Brahmashankar Tripathi SP

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Swatantra Dev Singh

BJPMember of the Legislative Council

Jal Shakti (Irrigation and Flood Control)
Namami Gange and Rural Water Supply
Disaster Management

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Baby Rani Maurya

BJPAgra Rural

Women Welfare
Child Development and Nutrition

2022 result

Won by 76,608 votes (52.63%)

Runner-up: Kiran Prabha Kesari BSP

Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary

BJPChhata

Sugarcane Development and Sugar Mills

2022 result

Won by 48,948 votes (52.18%)

Runner-up: Tejpal Singh RLD

Jaiveer Singh

BJPMainpuri

Tourism
Culture

2022 result

Won by 6,766 votes (46.73%)

Runner-up: Raju Yadav SP

Dharmpal Singh

BJPAonla

Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development

2022 result

Won by 18,424 votes (46.45%)

Runner-up: Radha Krishan Sharma SP

Elected to the Rajya Sabha in October 2026; still a minister and Aonla MLA for now.

Nand Gopal Gupta 'Nandi'

BJPPrayagraj South

Industrial Development
Export Promotion
NRI
Investment Promotion

2022 result

Won by 26,182 votes (54.14%)

Runner-up: Raish Chandra Shukla SP

Anil Rajbhar

BJPShivpur

Labour and Employment
Coordination

2022 result

Won by 27,687 votes (45.76%)

Runner-up: Arvind Rajbhar SBSP

Rakesh Sachan

BJPBhognipur

Khadi and Village Industries
Sericulture
Handloom and Textiles

2022 result

Won by 11,893 votes (40.25%)

Runner-up: Narendra Pal Singh SP

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Arvind Kumar Sharma

BJPMember of the Legislative Council

Urban Development
Integrated Urban Development
Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation
Energy and Additional Sources of Energy

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Yogendra Upadhyay

BJPAgra South

Higher Education

2022 result

Won by 56,640 votes (52.39%)

Runner-up: Vinay Agrawal SP

Ashish Patel

Apna Dal (S)Member of the Legislative Council

Technical Education
Consumer Protection
Weights and Measures

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Sanjay Nishad

NISHADMember of the Legislative Council

Fisheries

Om Prakash Rajbhar

SBSPZahoorabad

Panchayati Raj
Minority Welfare
Muslim Wakf and Haj

2022 result

Won by 45,632 votes (46.45%)

Runner-up: Kalicharan Rajbhar BJP

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Dara Singh Chauhan

BJPMember of the Legislative Council

Prisons

Anil Kumar

RLDPurqazi

Science and Technology

2022 result

Won by 6,532 votes (43.09%)

Runner-up: Pramod Utwal BJP

Sunil Kumar Sharma

BJPSahibabad

Information Technology and Electronics

2022 result

Won by 2,14,835 votes (67.03%)

Runner-up: Amarpal Sharma SP

Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary

BJPMember of the Legislative Council

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

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Manoj Kumar Pandey

BJPUnchahar

Food and Civil Supplies
Consumer Affairs

2022 result

Won by 6,621 votes (38.92%)

Won as the SP candidate

Runner-up: Amarpal Maurya BJP

Ministers of State (Independent Charge) 16

Nitin Agrawal

BJPHardoi

Excise and Prohibition

2022 result

Won by 42,411 votes (53.19%)

Runner-up: Anil Verma SP

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Kapil Dev Agarwal

BJPMuzaffarnagar

Vocational Education and Skill Development

2022 result

Won by 18,694 votes (49.57%)

Runner-up: Saurabh Swaroop RLD

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Ravindra Jaiswal

BJPVaranasi North

Stamp and Court Fees
Registration

2022 result

Won by 40,776 votes (54.61%)

Runner-up: Ashfaque SP

Sandeep Singh

BJPAtrauli

Basic Education

2022 result

Won by 39,324 votes (52.03%)

Runner-up: Viresh Yadav SP

Gulab Devi

BJPChandausi

Secondary Education

2022 result

Won by 35,367 votes (49.53%)

Runner-up: Vimlesh Kumar SP

Girish Chandra Yadav

BJPJaunpur

Sports and Youth Welfare

2022 result

Won by 8,052 votes (39.35%)

Runner-up: Mohd. Arshad Khan SP

Dharmveer Prajapati

BJPMember of the Legislative Council

Prisons
Home Guards
Civil Defence

Asim Arun

BJPKannauj

Social Welfare
Scheduled Castes and Tribal Welfare

2022 result

Won by 6,090 votes (44.53%)

Runner-up: Anil Kumar Dohare SP

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Jayendra Pratap Singh Rathore

BJPMember of the Legislative Council

Cooperation

Dayashankar Singh

BJPBallia Nagar

Transport

2022 result

Won by 26,239 votes (51.22%)

Runner-up: Narad Rai SP

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Narendra Kashyap

BJPMember of the Legislative Council

Backward Classes Welfare
Divyangjan Empowerment

Dinesh Pratap Singh

BJPMember of the Legislative Council

Horticulture
Agricultural Marketing
Agricultural Foreign Trade and Agricultural Exports

Arun Kumar Saxena

BJPBareilly

Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Zoological Gardens

2022 result

Won by 32,320 votes (53.77%)

Runner-up: Rajesh Aggarwal SP

Dayashankar Mishra 'Dayalu'

BJPMember of the Legislative Council

AYUSH

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Ajit Pal

BJPSikandra

Food Security and Drug Administration
Political Pension

2022 result

Won by 31,567 votes (44.89%)

Runner-up: Prabhakar Pandey SP

Somendra Tomar

BJPMeerut South

Sainik Kalyan
Prantiya Rakshak Dal

2022 result

Won by 7,942 votes (43.46%)

Runner-up: Md Adil SP

Ministers of State 21

Mayankeshwar Sharan Singh

BJPTiloi

Parliamentary Affairs
Medical Education
Medical Health and Family Welfare
Maternal and Child Welfare

2022 result

Won by 27,829 votes (48.54%)

Runner-up: Mohd Naim SP

Dinesh Khatik

BJPHastinapur

Jal Shakti

2022 result

Won by 7,312 votes (46.72%)

Runner-up: Yogesh Verma SP

Sanjeev Gond

BJPObra

Social Welfare
Scheduled Castes and Tribal Welfare

2022 result

Won by 26,442 votes (48.04%)

Runner-up: Arvind Kumar SP

Baldev Singh Aulakh

BJPBilaspur

Agriculture
Agricultural Education and Research

2022 result

Won by 307 votes (43.17%)

Runner-up: Amarjit Singh SP

Jaswant Saini

BJPMember of the Legislative Council

Parliamentary Affairs
Industrial Development

Ramkesh Nishad

BJPTindwari

Jal Shakti

2022 result

Won by 28,425 votes (44.24%)

Runner-up: Brijesh Prajapati SP

Manohar Lal Mannu Kori

BJPMehroni

Labour and Employment

2022 result

Won by 1,10,451 votes (54.86%)

Runner-up: Kiran Ramesh Khatik BSP

Sanjay Singh Gangwar

BJPPilibhit

Sugarcane Development and Sugar Mills

2022 result

Won by 6,970 votes (48.08%)

Runner-up: Shailendra Gangwar SP

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Brijesh Singh

BJPDeoband

Public Works Department

2022 result

Won by 7,104 votes (38.77%)

Runner-up: Kartikeya Rana SP

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K.P. Malik

BJPBaraut

Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Zoological Gardens

2022 result

Won by 315 votes (46.34%)

Runner-up: Ch. Jaiveer Singh Tomar RLD

Suresh Rahi

BJPHargaon

Prisons

2022 result

Won by 38,160 votes (52.46%)

Runner-up: Ramhet Bharti SP

Pratibha Shukla

BJPAkbarpur-Raniya

Women Welfare
Child Development and Nutrition

2022 result

Won by 13,417 votes (43.82%)

Runner-up: Dr. Ram Prakash Kushwaha SP

Rakesh Rathore Guru

BJPSitapur

Urban Development
Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation

2022 result

Won by 1,253 votes (42.72%)

Runner-up: Radhe Shyam Jaiswal SP

Rajni Tiwari

BJPShahabad

Higher Education

2022 result

Won by 6,479 votes (40.49%)

Runner-up: Asif Khan Babbu SP

Satish Chandra Sharma

BJPDariyabad

Food and Civil Supplies

2022 result

Won by 32,617 votes (46.87%)

Runner-up: Arvind Kumar Singh Gope SP

Danish Azad Ansari

BJPMember of the Legislative Council

Minority Welfare
Muslim Waqf and Haj

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Vijay Laxmi Gautam

BJPSalempur

Rural Development
Samagra Gram Vikas
Rural Engineering

2022 result

Won by 16,608 votes (46.15%)

Runner-up: Manbodh Prasad SBSP

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Krishna Paswan

BJPKhaga

Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development

2022 result

Won by 5,509 votes (41.87%)

Runner-up: Ramthirth Paramhans SP

Kailash Singh Rajput

BJPTirwa

Energy and Additional Sources of Energy

2022 result

Won by 4,608 votes (44.51%)

Runner-up: Anil Kumar Pal SP

Surendra Diler

BJPKhair

Revenue

Won in the 2024 by-election

Won by 38,393 votes (54%)

Runner-up: Charu Kain SP

Hansraj Vishwakarma

BJPMember of the Legislative Council

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

3 ministers have left the cabinet since 2022

Bhupendra Chaudhary30 August 2022Left the ministry after being made UP BJP state president in August 2022; the CM took over Panchayati Raj. Returned as a Cabinet Minister on May 10, 2026, so he is a current minister again.
Jitin Prasada11 June 2024Elected to Lok Sabha from Pilibhit in 2024; became Union Minister of State.
Anoop Pradhan Valmiki11 June 2024Elected to Lok Sabha from Hathras in 2024; his Khair assembly seat went to a by-election in November 2024.

The House today

After by-elections and defections

BJP257
SP100
Expelled SP MLAs backing the NDA4
Apna Dal (S)13
RLD9
SBSP6
NISHAD5
Congress2
JSD(L)2
BSP0
Vacant seats5

20 by-elections since 2022

Seat	Winner	Date
Gola Gokarannath	Aman Giri BJP	3 November 2022
Rampur	Akash Saxena BJP	5 December 2022
Khatauli	Madan Bhaiya (Madan Kasana) RLD	5 December 2022
Suar	Shafeek Ahmed Ansari Apna Dal (S)	10 May 2023
Chhanbey (SC)	Rinki Kol Apna Dal (S)	10 May 2023
Ghosi	Sudhakar Singh SP	5 September 2023
Dadraul	Arvind Kumar Singh BJP	13 May 2024
Lucknow East	O. P. Srivastava BJP	20 May 2024
Gainsari	Rakesh Kumar Yadav SP	25 May 2024
Duddhi (ST)	Vijay Singh Gond SP	1 June 2024
Meerapur	Mithlesh Pal RLD	20 November 2024
Kundarki	Ramveer Singh BJP	20 November 2024
Ghaziabad	Sanjeev Sharma BJP	20 November 2024
Khair (SC)	Surender Diler BJP	20 November 2024
Karhal	Tej Pratap Singh Yadav SP	20 November 2024
Sishamau	Naseem Solanki SP	20 November 2024
Phulpur	Deepak Patel BJP	20 November 2024
Katehari	Dharmraj Nishad BJP	20 November 2024
Majhawan	Suchismita Maurya BJP	20 November 2024
Milkipur (SC)	Chandrabhanu Paswan BJP	5 February 2025

What this election is about

Jobs and paper leaks

Opposition makes unemployment its main charge; SP and Congress raised youth unemployment again in the August 2026 Monsoon Session.

Price rise

Inflation is a standard SP and Congress line of attack against the BJP government, raised in the Assembly in August 2026.

Ram temple donations row

Opposition alleges embezzlement of Ram Mandir donations in Ayodhya and wants the SIT report made public; it dominated the August 2026 session.

Voter roll revision (SIR)

Special Intensive Revision cut the roll from 15.44 crore (October 2025) to a final 13.39 crore on April 10, 2026, with over 2 crore names removed; Akhilesh Yadav accused BJP of trying to game the rolls.

School pairing and closures

The 2025 'pairing' (merger) of low-enrolment primary schools drew protests; SP calls it a conspiracy against poor children and ran 'PDA Pathshala' classes in response.

Caste arithmetic (PDA vs Hindutva)

SP's 'PDA' (backward classes, Dalits, minorities) pitch, which helped it beat BJP 37 to 33 in UP Lok Sabha seats in 2024, against BJP's Hindutva and welfare plank under Yogi Adityanath.

Farm inputs and power supply

Fertiliser availability, farmers' concerns and electricity supply listed by the opposition among issues for the August 2026 session.

Law and order

BJP campaigns on its crackdown on gangsters; opposition points to crimes against women. The Pooja Pal episode (praising action against Atiq Ahmad) shows the theme's pull.

Five years in Uttar Pradesh

10 March 2022BJP wins 255 of 403 seats (NDA 273); SP 111, RLD 8, SBSP 6, INC 2, BSP 1.
25 March 2022Yogi Adityanath sworn in for a second term at Ekana Stadium, Lucknow.
29 March 2022Satish Mahana elected Speaker of the 18th Vidhan Sabha.
8 December 2022BJP wins Rampur by-election after Azam Khan's disqualification; RLD takes Khatauli from BJP.
8 September 2023SP's Sudhakar Singh beats Dara Singh Chauhan (BJP) by 42,759 votes in the Ghosi by-election.
February 2024Seven SP MLAs cross-vote in the Rajya Sabha election, costing SP one of its three candidates.
5 March 2024First cabinet expansion: four ministers inducted, including SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar and RLD's Anil Kumar.
4 June 2024Lok Sabha results: SP 37 and Congress 6 of UP's 80 seats, BJP 33. Same day, BJP holds three of four assembly by-elections; SP takes Duddhi.
28 July 2024Mata Prasad Pandey becomes Leader of Opposition after Akhilesh Yadav moves to the Lok Sabha.
23 November 2024NDA wins 7 of 9 by-elections, taking Kundarki and Katehari from SP.
8 February 2025BJP's Chandrabhanu Paswan wins Milkipur (Ayodhya) by-election from SP.
23 June 2025SP expels three MLAs (Manoj Kumar Pandey, Rakesh Pratap Singh, Abhay Singh) for backing BJP; Pooja Pal expelled on August 14.
20 November 2025Ghosi MLA Sudhakar Singh (SP) dies; first of five vacancies that remain unfilled.
14 December 2025Union minister Pankaj Chaudhary declared UP BJP president.
10 April 2026Final electoral roll after SIR: 13.39 crore voters, over 2 crore names removed.
10 May 2026Second cabinet expansion: six BJP ministers including Bhupendra Chaudhary and Manoj Pandey; council reaches 60.
5 August 2026Rasara MLA Umashankar Singh, BSP's only legislator, dies; BSP left with no MLA.
3 October 2026Seat-sharing rift: Congress seeks 150 seats, an SP MP offers 50; talks due later in October.
6 October 2026Congress names Aradhana Misra 'Mona' UP Congress president, Imran Masood working president.

Latest from Uttar Pradesh

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