Bahujan Samaj Party

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on January 22, released its first list of 51 MLA Candidates, contesting the UP Assembly polls. BSP President Mayawati announced the list for the second phase of election on February 14. During the release, Mayawati said, "Har polling booth ko jitana hai, BSP ko satta me lana hai". She further said, the Party will release the remaining four names contesting the second phase election, soon. 

BSP Chief Mayawati will not contest the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, said BSP General Secretary SC Misra on January 11. "BSP President will not contest polls and help party candidates win," said Misra. Notably, Mayawati is neither MP, nor MLA in Uttar Pradesh. While Mayawati will not contest the election, her party, the BSP will contest all 403 seats. Furthermore, the UP Assembly elections are starting from February 10.

BSP Chief Mayawati clarified on June 27 that the party will fight UP & Uttarakhand elections alone, not with AIMIM. She further stated, Shiromani Akali Dal to be their sole associate in the state assembly elections. The parties have made an agreement of sharing seats of 117 members in the Punjab assembly with BSP contesting 20, SAD with 97 seats. However, BSP's vote share has declined steadily since … read-more

Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council elections, BJP named six candidates on January 16. The new list included Kunwar Manvendra Singh, Govind Narayan Shukla, Salil Bishnoi, Ashwini Tyagi, Dharmveer Prajapati and Surendra Chaudhary. While the elections for 12 seats will be held on January 28, the party has already declared four candidates including UP Dy-CM Dinesh Sharma. Besides, the party announced ex-minister Shahnawaz Hussain to… read-more