Election to legislative assembly constituencies of

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 195 ...

is held every five years and conducted by

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whereas the election to local bodies of Uttar pradesh is conducted by the Election Commission of Uttar pradesh. Parliamentary constituencies and Legislative assembly constituencies are also called "Lok sabha seats" and "Vidhan sabha seats" respectively. There are 80 parliamentary constituencies and 403 legislative assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh. The state has seen 17 Vidhan Sabha elections and 16 Lok Sabha elections since independence. In India, elections to parliamentary constituencies and legislative assembly constituencies are conducted by

Election Commission of India The Election Commission of India (ECI) is a constitutional body. It was established by the Constitution of India to conduct and regulate elections in the country. Article 324 of the Constitution provides that the power of superintendence, dir ...

and elections to local bodies are conducted by the election commission of the respective state. It is the

who decides the delimitation (the redrawing of the boundaries of parliamentary or assembly constituencies to make sure that there are, as nearly as practicable, the same number of people in each constituency), reservation of seats and system of election with respect to parliamentary and assembly constituency elections.

Vidhan Sabha elections

Uttar Pradesh has 403 assembly constituencies. The Chief Minister of the state is elected by legislators of the political party or

coalition A coalition is a group formed when two or more people or groups temporarily work together to achieve a common goal. The term is most frequently used to denote a formation of power in political or economical spaces. Formation According to ''A Gui ...

commanding an assembly majority, and serves a five-year term with a provision of re-election. The

Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

is the

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, but his or her role is largely ceremonial.

List of legislative assembly constituencies

Every parliamentary constituency is composed of multiple state assembly constituencies. And electoral boundaries are different from administrative boundaries. ''For instance, electoral boundary of Agra parliamentary constituency is different from the district (administrative) boundary of Agra.'' ''Main: '' List of Assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh

List of legislative assembly elections

Lok Sabha elections

The

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-p ...

is the directly elected

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of the

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. As of 2019 there have been seventeen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India. Uttar Pradesh has 80 Lok Sabha constituencies.

List of Constituencies

Partywise results

Table of Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha results

References

External links

Election Commission of IndiaInformation About Uttar Pradesh Elections
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