The Samajwadi Party is all set to form the next government in the state on its own.
The SP has crossed the half-way mark in the 2012 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections and looks all set to form the next government in the state. While the party has already won 215 seats, it is leading in 10 other seats, taking the total number to 225 as per the tally at around 7 pm.
State unit president Akhilesh Yadav said party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav will be the chief minister.
Akhilesh said the party’s Parliamentary Board will meet tomorrow to decide on issues like staking claim before governor B L Joshi to form the next government. “I have answered this question several times…. We all want netaji (Mulayam) as the Chief Minister,” Akhilesh said seeking to put a lid on speculation that he would be the next chief minister of the state.
Replying to questions on the possibility of SP seeking support of independent MLAs, the party’s state unit chief said his party will not take support of “mafia”.
On possibility of removing statues of elephants (BSP’s election symbol) as also of outgoing chief minister Mayawati, he said SP has already made it clear that the statues would not be removed.
SP state president and star campaigner for the party Akhilesh Yadav said that after formation of the government, the first priority of the SP would be to provide relief to the farmers through loan waivers and improvement in power supply. He said that the BSP got five years to develop the state but it squandered money on parks and stones. However, he also said that SP will not touch dalit memorials built by Mayawati. “They will be safe,” he said.
What seems to have gone in favour of SP is its image makeover by Akhilesh. Previous SP rule in 2003-07 was known for poor law and order but Akhilesh promised to change the order this time. While Mulayam worked to get back muslims who were angry after he shook hands with Kalyan Singh in 2009, Akhilesh worked to woo different castes and communities. He was also able to attract youth.
The BSP is expected to remain second despite a loss of over 100 seats in comparison to the 206 it got in 2007.
Congress and BJP are likely to improve but are fighting for third and fourth place.
Congress’s ally RLD is also expected to increase its number.
SP seems to be getting support across the state and all castes and communities, while BSP has suffered losses everywhere but seems to have retained its Dalit base. However, Mayawati’s social engineering failed as Brahmins and Muslims do not seem to have vote for BSP in large number as they did in 2007. Congress and BJP seem to have has excelled in some pockets of UP.
While celebrations have begun in SP head quarters in Lucknow, an eerie silence prevailed in BSP head office and gates were closed for visitors. Disappointment was palpable in Congress office, whereas BJP camp was hopeful of getting more than 100 seats, double of what it got in 2007.
Reacting to result trends, SP general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav said that people have voted against five years of misrule in UP. He said that SP is gaining because it took up public cause for five years while sitting in opposition. He said that people also compared SP’s previous rule with the present incumbent and found former better.
Congress campaign in UP had created hope of party’s revival in the state. The 4.5% quota for minorities helped party to make inroads in Muslim community which can tilt balance iin 140 seats in the state. However, during elections, contradictory statements of Congress leaders on Batla house encounter and infighting damaged party’s prospects.
UP Congress president Rita Bahugana Joshi said that though her party does not seems to be doing well, it would improve its tally. She said there is a strong anti-incumbency wave against Mayawati regime.
Congress leader Rajiv Shukla said that Rahul Gandhi created a favourable atmosphere for the party through his work and campaign in UP. But, he said, party could not convert it into seats because of absence of party cadre at the ground level. He claimed that in any case Congress would emerge as key player in UP.
BJP national vice president and candidate from Lucknow East Kalraj Mishra said that party would do better than 2007. He admitted that induction of sacked BSP minister Babu Singh Kushwaha, who is prime accused in NRHM scam and has been arrested by CBI, damaged BJP’s prospect upto some extent in UP. Mishra said that though Kushwaha’s membership was suspended after stiff opposition of his induction within the party, it dented BJP’s attack on Mayawati on the issue of corruption.
The BJP has received a strong drubbing in Lucknow, which used to be its stronghold for long. The party has lost in Lucknow constituency for the first time since 1991. This was the first elections in which former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was not in the picture. And this resulted in crushing defeat for the party.
While UP Congress chief Rita Bahugana Joshi has won from Lucknow Cant, SP’s Ravidas Mehrotra has been elected from Lucknow Central.
SP’s Rehan Naim has won from Lucknow West while SP’s Abhishek Mishra (who was a professor in IIM-Ahemdabad) has been elected from Lucknow North.
Only BJP stalwart Kalraj Mishra, who contested from Lucknow East constituency, could manage to win in Lucknow.
The BJP also lost in the rural areas of Lucknow. While Kaushal Kishor of Rashtrawadi Communist Party has won from Malihabad, Chandra Rawat of SP emerged victorious from Mohanlal Ganj and Sharda Pratap Shukla of SP from Sarojininagar.
BJP was in a miserable state at the start of election but entry of fire brand Hindutava leader Uma Bharti galvanized cadre and brought party back in contest. BJP was also able to polarize votes on communal lines at few places on the issue of Muslim quota.
Uma Bharti, who was brought from Madhya Pradesh to campaign in UP, was fielded by BJP from Charkhari seat in Bundelkhand. Uma factor seems to have worked as BJP is leading in half of total 19 seats in Bundelkhand. Congress also doing well in Bundelkhand. Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi had started his mission UP from Bundelkhand in 2007. He was instrumental in getting over Rs 3000 crore development package for drought prone region.
After the Samajwadi Party (SP) managed to achieve a clean sweep in the UP election results 2012, there is likely to be a new alliance in Uttar Pradesh. The SP is most likely to side with the Congress to form the next government in UP.
See the complete list of winners here:
Agra Cantt:Gutiyari Lal Duwesh(BSP)-Wins
Agra Rural:Kali Charan Suman(BSP)-Wins
Ajagara:Tribhuvan Ram(BSP)-Wins
Akbarpur:Ram Murti Verma(SP)-Wins
Alapur:Bheem Prasad Sonkar(SP)-Wins
Aliganj:Rameshwar Singh(SP)-Wins
Aligarh:Jafar Aalam(SP)-Wins
Allahabad South:Haji Parvej Ahmad (Tanki)(SP)-Wins
Allahabad West:Pooja Pal(BSP)-Wins
Amanpur:Virendra Singh Solanki(SP)-Wins
Amethi:Gayatri Prasad(SP)-Wins
Amritpur:Narendra Singh Yadav(SP)-Wins
Amroha:Mehboob Ali(SP)-Wins
Aonla:Dharm Pal Singh(BJP)-Wins
Arya Nagar:Salil Vishnoi(BJP)-Wins
Atrauli:Premlata Devi(JKPR)-Wins
Atrauliya:Dr.Sangram Yadav(SP)-Wins
Aurai:Madhubala(SP)-Wins
Auraiya:Madan Singh Alias Santosh(SP)-Wins
Ayah Shah:Ayodhya Prasad Pal(BSP)-Wins
Ayodhya:Tej Narayan Pandey Alias Pawan Pandey(SP)-Wins
Azamgarh:Durga Prasad Yadav(SP)-Wins
Baberu:Vishambhar Singh(SP)-Wins
Bachhrawan:Ram Lal Akela(SP)-Wins
Badaun:Abid Raza Khan(SP)-Wins
Badlapur: Om Prakash “Baba” Dubey(SP)-Wins
Baghpat:Hemlata Chaudhary(BSP)-Wins
Bah:Raja Mahendra Aridaman Singh(SP)-Wins
Bakshi Kaa Talab:Gomti Yadav(SP)-Wins
Balamau:Rampal Verma(BSP)-Wins
Balha:Savitri Bai Fule(BJP)-Wins
Ballia Nagar:Narad Rai(SP)-Wins
Balrampur:Jagram Paswan(SP)-Wins
Banda:Vivek Kumar Singh(Cong)-Wins
Bangermau:Badlu Khan(SP)-Wins
Bansdih:Ram Govind(SP)-Wins
Bansi:Jai Pratap Singh(BJP)-Wins
Bara:Dr.Ajay Kumar(SP)-Wins
Barauli:Dalveer Singh(RLD)-Wins
Baraut:Lokesh Dixit(BSP)-Wins
Bareilly:Dr. Arun Kumar(BJP)-Wins
Bareilly Cantt.:Rajesh Agarwal(BJP)-Wins
Barhaj:Prem Prakash Singh(SP)-Wins
Barhapur:Mohd.Ghazi(BSP)-Wins
Barkhera:Hemraj Verma(SP)-Leads
Basti Sadar:Jitendra Kumar(BSP)-Wins
Behat:Mahaveer Singh Rana(BSP)-Wins
Bhadohi:Jahid Beg(SP)-Wins
Bhagwantnagar:Kuldeep Singh Sengar(SP)-Wins
Bharthana:Sukh Devi Verma(SP)-Wins
Bhatpar Rani:Kameshwar(SP)-Wins
Bhinga:Indrani Devi(SP)-Wins
Bhojipura:Shazil Islam(IC)-Leads
Bhojpur:Jamaluddin Siddiqui(SP)-Wins
Bidhuna:Pramod Kumar(SP)-Wins
Bijnor:Kunvar Bharatendra(BJP)-Wins
Bikapur:Mitrasen Yadav(SP)-Wins
Bilari:Mhd.Irfan(SP)-Wins
Bilaspur:Sanjay Kapoor(Cong)-Wins
Bilgram-Mallanwan:Brijesh Kumar(BSP)-Wins
Bilhaur:Arun Kumari Kori(SP)-Leads
Bilsi:Musarrat Ali Bittan(BSP)-Wins
Bisalpur:Agys Ram Saran Verma(BJP)-Wins
Bisauli:Ashutosh Mourya Urf Raju(SP)-Wins
Biswan:Rampal Yadav(SP)-Wins
Bithari Chainpur:Virendra Singh(BSP)-Wins
Budhana:Rajpal Singh Baliyan(RLD)-Wins
Bulandshahr:Mohd. Aleem Khan(BSP)-Wins
Caimpiyarganj:Fateh Bahadur(NCP)-Leads
Chakia:Poonam(SP)-Leads
Chandausi:Laxmi Gautam(SP)-Wins
Chandpur:Iqbal(BSP)-Leads
Charkhari:Uma Bharti(BJP)-Wins
Charthawal:Noor Saleem Rana(BSP)-Wins
Chhaprauli:Vir Pal(RLD)-Wins
Chhata:Tejpal Singh(RLD)-Wins
Chhibramau:Arvind Singh Yadav(SP)-Wins
Chitrakoot:Veer Singh(SP)-Wins
Colonelganj:Yogesh Pratap Singh “Yogesh Bhaiya” (SP)-Wins
Dadraul:Rammurti Singh Verma(SP)-Wins
Dadri:Satveer Singh Gurjar(BSP)-Wins
Dataganj:Sinod Kumar Shakya (Deepu)(BSP)-Wins
Deoband:Rajendra Singh Rana(SP)-Wins
Dhanaura:Maikal Chandra(SP)-Wins
Dhaurahra:Shamsher Bahadur(BSP)-Wins
Dholana:Dharmesh Singh Tomar(SP)-Wins
Dibiyapur:Pradeep Kumar(SP)-Wins
Domariyaganj:Kamal Yusuf Malik(PCP)-Wins
Duddhi:Rubi Prasad(INDC)-Wins
Etah:Ashish Kumar Yadav(SP)-Wins
Etawah:Raghuraj Singh Shakya(SP)-Wins
Etmadpur:Dr. Dharampal Singh(BSP)-Wins
Faridpur:Dr. Siaram Sagar(SP)-Wins
Farrukhabad:Vijay Singh S/O Prem Singh(IND)-Wins
Fatehpur:Syed Qasim Hasan(SP)-Wins
Fatehpur Sikri:Surajpal Singh(BSP)-Wins
Fazilnagar:Ganga(BJP)-Wins
Firozabad:Azim Bhai(SP)-Wins
Gainsari:Dr. Shiv Pratap Yadav(SP)-Wins
Gangoh:Pardeep Kumar(Cong)-Wins
Garhmukteshwar:Madan Chauhan(SP)-Wins
Gaura:Kunwar Anand Singh(SP)-Wins
Gauriganj:Mohammad Nayeem(Cong)-Wins
Ghaziabad:Suresh Bansal(BSP)-Wins
Ghazipur:Raj Kumar(BSP)-Wins
Ghorawal:Ramesh Chandra(SP)-Wins
Ghosi:Sudhakar(SP)-Wins
Gola Gokrannath:Vinay Tiwari(SP)-Wins
Gonda:Vinod Kumar Urf Pandit Singh(SP)-Wins
Gopalpur:Waseem Ahmad(SP)-Leads
Gopamau:Shyam Prakash(SP)-Wins
Gorakhpur Urban:Dr Radha Mohan Das Agarwal(BJP)-Leads
Goshainganj:Abhay Singh(SP)-Wins
Goverdhan:Raj Kumar Rawat(BSP)-Wins
Govindnagar:Satyadev Pachauri(BJP)-Leads
Gunnaur:Ajit Kumar Urf Raju Yadav(Cong)-Wins
Hamirpur:Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti(BJP)-Wins
Handia:Mahesh Narayan Singh(SP)-Wins
Hapur:Gajraj Singh(Cong)-Wins
Harchandpur:Surendra Vikram Singh(SP)-Wins
Hardoi:Nitin Agarwal(SP)-Wins
Hargaon:Ramhet Bharti(BSP)-Wins
Harraiya:Rajkishor Singh(SP)-Wins
Hasanpur:Kamal Akhtar(SP)-Wins
Hastinapur:Prabhu Dayal Balmiki(SP)-Wins
Hata:Radheshyam(SP)-Leads
Hathras:Genda Lal Chaudhary(BSP)-Leads
Husainganj:Mo. Asif(BSP)-Wins
Iglas:Triloki Ram(RLD)-Wins
Isauli:Abrar Ahmad(SP)-Wins
Itwa:Mata Prasad Pandey(SP)-Wins
Jagdishpur:Radhey Shyam(Cong)-Leads
Jalalabad:Neeraj Kushawaha(BSP)-Wins
Jalalpur:Sher Bahadur(SP)-Leads
Jalesar:Ranjeet Suman(SP)-Wins
Jaswantnagar:Shivpal Singh Yadav(SP)-Wins
Jaunpur:Nadeem Javed(Cong)-Wins
Jewar:Vedram Bhati(BSP)-Wins
Jhansi Nagar:Ravi Sharma(BJP)-Wins
Kadipur:Ramchandra Chaudhary(SP)-Wins
Kaimganj:Ajit Kumar(SP)-Wins
Kairana:Hukum Singh(BJP)-Wins
Kaiserganj:Mukut Bihari(BJP)-Wins
Kalpi:Sanjay Singh(BSP)-Leads
Kalyanpur:Prem Lata Katiyar(BJP)-Leads
Kannauj:Anil Kumar Dohre(SP)-Wins
Kanpur Cantt.:Raghunandan Singh Bhadauriya(BJP)-Wins
Kanth:Aneesurrehman(PCP)-Leads
Kapilvastu:Vijay Kumar(SP)-Wins
Kaptanganj:Ram Prasad Chaudhary(BSP)-Wins
Karhal:Sobaran Singh Yadav(SP)-Wins
Kasganj:Man Pal Singh(SP)-Wins
Katra:Rajesh Yadav(SP)-Wins
Katra Bazar:Bawan Singh(BJP)-Wins
Kerakat:Gulab Chand(SP)-Leads
Khaga:Krishna Paswan(BJP)-Wins
Khair:Bhagwati Prasad(RLD)-Wins
Khalilabad:Dr. Ayub(PCP)-Wins
Khatauli:Kartar Singh Bhadana(RLD)-Wins
Kidwai Nagar:Ajay Kapoor(Cong)-Wins
Kishani:Eng. Brajesh Katheriya(SP)-Wins
Kithore:Shahid Manzoor(SP)-Wins
Koil:Zameer Ullah Khan(SP)-Wins
Kundarki:Mohammad Rizwan(SP)-Wins
Kushinagar:Brahmashankar Tripathi(SP)-Wins
Laharpur:Mo. Jasmir Ansari(BSP)-Wins
Lakhimpur:Utkarsh Verma Madhur(SP)-Wins
Lalganj:Bechai(SP)-Wins
Lalitpur:Ramesh Prasad Kushwaha(BSP)-Wins
Lambhua:Santosh(SP)-Wins
Loni:Zakir Ali(BSP)-Wins
Lucknow Cantt.:Rita Bahuguna Joshi(Cong)-Wins
Lucknow Central:Ravidas Mehrotra(SP)-Wins
Lucknow East:Kalraj Mishra(BJP)-Wins
Lucknow North:Abhishek Mishra(SP)-Wins
Lucknow West:Mohd Rehan(SP)-Wins
Machhlishahr:Jagdish Sonkar(SP)-Wins
Madhuban:Umesh Pandey(BSP)-Wins
Mahadewa:Ram Karan Arya(SP)-Wins
Maharajganj:Sudama(SP)-Wins
Mahasi:Krishna Kumar Ojha(BSP)-Wins
Mahmoodabad:Narendra Singh Verma(SP)-Wins
Mahoba:Rajnarain Alias Rajju(BSP)-Wins
Mainpuri:Rajkumar Alias Raju Yadav(SP)-Wins
Majhawan:Ramesh Chand(BSP)-Wins
Malhani:Paras Nath Yadav(SP)-Wins
Manikpur:Chandrabhan Singh Patel(BSP)-Wins
Mankapur:Babulal(SP)-Wins
Marhara:Amit Gaurav(SP)-Wins
Mariyahu:Shraddha Yadav(SP)-Wins
Matera:Yasar Shah(SP)-Wins
Mau:Mukhtar Ansari(QED)-Leads
Mauranipur:Dr. Rashmi Arya(SP)-Wins
Meerapur:Jamil Ahmad Qasmi(BSP)-Wins
Meerut Cantt.:Satya Prakash Agarwal (Kailash Dairy Wale)(BJP)-Leads
Meerut South:Ravindra Bhadana(BJP)-Wins
Mehnagar:Brij Lal Sonkar(SP)-Leads
Mehnaun:Nandita Shukla(SP)-Wins
Mehroni:Feran Lal(BSP)-Wins
Meja:Girish Chandra Alias Gama Pandey(SP)-Wins
Milak:Vijay Singh(SP)-Wins
Milkipur:Audhesh Prasad(SP)-Wins
Modi Nagar:Sudesh Sharma(RLD)-Wins
Mohammdi:Awasthi Bala Prasad(BSP)-Wins
Mohan:Radhey Lal Rawat(BSP)-Wins
Mohanlalganj:Chandra Rawat(SP)-Wins
Moradabad Nagar:Mohammad Yusuf Ansari(SP)-Wins
Moradabad Rural:Shameemul Haq(SP)-Wins
Mubarakpur:Shah Alam Urfa Guddu Jamali(BSP)-Wins
Mughalsarai:Babban(BSP)-Wins
Mungra Badshahpur:Seema(BJP)-Wins
Muradnagar:Wahab(BSP)-Wins
Muzaffar Nagar:Chitranjan Swaroop(SP)-Wins
Najibabad:Tasleem(BSP)-Wins
Nakur:Dr. Dharam Singh Saini(BSP)-Wins
Nanpara:Madhuri Verma(Cong)-Wins
Naugawan Sadat:Ashfaq Ali Khan(SP)-Wins
Nautanwa:Kaushal Kishor(Cong)-Wins
Nawabganj:Bhagwat Saran Gangwar(SP)-Wins
Nighasan:Ajay(BJP)-Wins
Noida:Mahesh Kumar Sharma(BJP)-Wins
Noorpur:Lokendra Singh(BJP)-Wins
Obra:Sunil Kumar(BSP)-Wins
Padrauna:Swami Prasad Maurya(BSP)-Wins
Palia:Harvindar Kumar Sahani Alias Romi Sahani(BSP)-Wins
Pathardeva:Shakir Ali(SP)-Wins
Patiyali:Najeeva Khan Zeenat(SP)-Wins
Payagpur:Mukesh Srivastava Alias Gyanendra Pratap(Cong)-Wins
Phephana:Upendra Tiwari(BJP)-Wins
Phoolpur Pawai:Shyam Bahadur Singh Yadav(SP)-Wins
Pilibhit:Riaz Ahmad(SP)-Wins
Pindra:Ajay(Cong)-Wins
Purqazi:Anil Kumar(BSP)-Wins
Purwa:Uday Raj(SP)-Wins
Ramkola:Purnamasi Dehati(SP)-Wins
Rampur:Azam Khan(SP)-Wins
Rampur Maniharan:Rakesh Kumar Ganguli Valmiki(BJP)-Wins
Raniganj:Pro. Shivakant Ojha(SP)-Wins
Rasara:Umashankar(BSP)-Wins
Rasulabad:Shiv Kumar Beria(SP)-Wins
Rath:Gayadeen Anuragi(Cong)-Wins
Rudauli:Ram Chandra Yadav(BJP)-Wins
Rudhauli:Sanjay Pratap Jaiswal(Cong)-Wins
Sadar:Arun Kumar(SP)-Wins
Safipur:Sudhir Kumar(SP)-Wins
Saharanpur:Jagpal(BSP)-Wins
Saharanpur Nagar:Mazahir Hasan(SP)-Wins
Sahaswan:Omkar Singh(SP)-Wins
Saidpur:Subhash(SP)-Wins
Salempur:Manbodh(SP)-Wins
Salon:Ashakishor(SP)-Wins
Sambhal:Iqbal Mehmood(SP)-Wins
Sandi:Rajeshwari(SP)-Wins
Sardhana:Sangeet Singh Som(BJP)-Wins
Sareni:Devendra Pratap Singh(SP)-Wins
Sawaijpur:Rajni Tiwari(BSP)-Leads
Sevapuri:Surendra Singh Patel(SP)-Wins
Sevata:Mahendra Kumar Singh(SP)-Wins
Shahabad:Babu Khan(SP)-Wins
Shahganj:Shailendra Yadav “Lalaee” (SP)-Wins
Shahjahanpur:Suresh Kumar Khanna(BJP)-Wins
Shamli:Pankaj Kumar Malik(Cong)-Wins
Shekhupur:Ashish Yadav(SP)-Wins
Shikarpur:Mukesh Sharma(SP)-Wins
Shikohabad:Om Prakash Verma(SP)-Wins
Shivpur:Uday Lal Maurya(BSP)-Wins
Shohratgarh:Lalmunni Singh(SP)-Wins
Shrawasti:Muhammad Ramjan(SP)-Wins
Sidhauli:Manish Rawat(SP)-Wins
Sikanderpur:Jiauddin Rijvi(SP)-Wins
Sikandra:Indrapal Singh(BSP)-Wins
Sirathu:Keshav Prasad(BJP)-Wins
Sirsaganj:Hariom(SP)-Wins
Sishamau:Haji Irfan Solanki(SP)-Wins
Siswa:Shivendra Singh Alias Shiv Babu(SP)-Wins
Siwalkhas:Ghulam Mohammed(SP)-Wins
Sri Nagar:Ramsaran(SP)-Wins
Suar:Nawab Kazim Ali Khan(Cong)-Wins
Sultanpur:Anoop Sanda(SP)-Wins
Tanda:Azimulhaque Pahlwan(SP)-Wins
Tarabganj:Awadhesh Kumar Singh Alias Manju Singh(SP)-Wins
Thakurdwara:Kunwar Servesh Kumar(BJP)-Wins
Tiloi:Dr. Mohd. Muslim(Cong)-Wins
Tindwari:Daljeet Singh(Cong)-Wins
Tirwa:Vijai Bahadur Pal(SP)-Wins
Tundla:Rakesh Babu(BSP)-Wins
Unnao:Deepak Kumar(SP)-Wins
Utraula:Arif Anwar Hashmi(SP)-Wins
Varanasi North:Ravindra Jaiswal(BJP)-Wins
Varanasi South:Shyamdev Roy Chaudhari(BJP)-Wins
Zafrabad:Sachindra Nath Tripathi(SP)-Wins