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Uttar Pradesh Election 2027: The Battle for India's Largest Assembly
All 403 seats of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly go to the polls in an election expected in February–March 2027. This is your independent home for constituency-level data, party profiles, verified news and a live reader opinion poll on the UP Election 2027 — built for the more than 15 crore voters of Uttar Pradesh and everyone watching India's biggest state contest.
403Assembly seats
202Seats for a majority
75Districts of UP
15 Cr+Registered voters (approx.)
Polling expected in
Exact dates are yet to be announced by the Election Commission of India
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2022 verdict recap
Out of 403 seats · official ECI result
Battle Lines 2027
Who is fighting whom in Uttar Pradesh
Five forces will define the UP Assembly Election 2027 — a ruling NDA seeking a rare third straight term, an SP-led opposition betting on caste arithmetic, a BSP attempting a solo comeback, a rebuilding Congress, and a fast-rising Dalit-Bahujan challenger.
NDA
Bharatiya Janata Party
Seeking a third straight term
Led in the state by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the BJP is defending the majority it won in 2017 and retained in 2022, campaigning on Hindutva consolidation, welfare delivery and law and order.
2022: 255 seats403 total
SP+ / INDIA bloc
Samajwadi Party
Betting on the PDA formula
Akhilesh Yadav's SP more than doubled its 2017 tally in 2022 and is now negotiating a fresh seat-sharing pact with the Congress, built around its Pichhda-Dalit-Alpsankhyak (PDA) social coalition.
2022: 111 seats403 total
Contesting solo
Bahujan Samaj Party
Mayawati's comeback bid
Reduced to a single seat in 2022, the BSP under Mayawati has repeatedly ruled out any alliance for 2027, saying it will contest independently while trying to rebuild its Dalit-Brahmin "Sarvjan" coalition.
2022: 1 seat403 total
INDIA bloc
Indian National Congress
Rebuilding from the ground up
Out of power in UP since 1989, the Congress is rebuilding its organisation district-by-district under Rahul Gandhi's team, with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra active on the ground, ahead of seat-sharing talks with the SP.
2022: 2 seats403 total
Also watch: the Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) led by Chandrashekhar Azad, fresh off a landmark Lok Sabha win from Nagina in 2024, is emerging as a fourth pole in Dalit-Bahujan politics — and NDA allies Rashtriya Lok Dal, Apna Dal (Sonelal), Nishad Party and Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party will shape the western and eastern UP battlegrounds. Read full party profiles →
Faces Of UP Politics
The leaders who will shape the 2027 campaign
From the Chief Minister seeking re-election to the challengers vying to replace him — the people whose decisions on alliances, candidates and campaign themes will decide Uttar Pradesh's next government.
YA
Yogi Adityanath
Chief Minister of UP
BJP
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Akhilesh Yadav
SP President, Leader of Opposition
SP
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Mayawati
BSP National President, Former CM
BSP
CA
Chandrashekhar Azad
ASP (Kanshi Ram) Chief, MP Nagina
ASP
RG
Rahul Gandhi
Leader of Opposition, Lok Sabha
INC
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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
Congress General Secretary
INC
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Why 2027 Matters
The issues that will decide Uttar Pradesh
Jobs & Migration
Unemployment and out-of-state migration for work remain top doorstep concerns across both rural and urban UP.
Law & Order
The BJP's "zero tolerance" policing record is central to its pitch; opposition parties dispute how evenly it has applied.
Caste Arithmetic
SP's PDA formula, BSP's Dalit-Brahmin outreach and BJP's broader Hindutva consolidation will compete for the same voters.
Welfare & Women Voters
Free ration schemes, women's safety and turnout among first-time and women voters could swing close contests.
Newsroom
Latest UP Election 2027 news
BJP
SP
Inside Akhilesh Yadav's PDA Strategy for the 2027 UP Elections
How the Samajwadi Party's backward-Dalit-minority coalition is being rebuilt seat by seat.
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From Nagina To Lucknow: Can Chandrashekhar Azad Become UP's New Dalit Face?
Inside the Azad Samaj Party's plan to convert a landmark Lok Sabha win into Assembly seats.
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