Election to legislative assembly constituencies of

Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in In ...

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

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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.

Lok Sabha elections

The

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is the directly elected

lower house A lower house is the lower chamber of a bicameral legislature, where the other chamber is the upper house. Although styled as "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide, the lower house has come to wield more power or otherwise e ...

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

Vidhan Sabha elections

Uttar Pradesh has 403 assembly constituencies. The

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of the state is elected by legislators of the political party or

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

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is the

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being an embodiment of the State itself or representative of its international persona." The name given to the office of head of sta ...

, 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

References

External links

Election Commission of IndiaInformation About Uttar Pradesh Elections
{{Indian elections Politics of Uttar Pradesh