UP Elections Updates: Here is everything you need to know about the current scenario!
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday released its first list of candidates for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections 2022. The list was released by union minister Dharmendra Pradhan & BJP national general secretary Arun Singh at the press conference in New Delhi. It was also announced that the UP CM Yogi Adityanath will contest from Gorakhpur and deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya from the Sirathu assembly constituency in the upcoming polls.
Here’s the full list of candidates contesting Uttar Pradesh assembly elections 2022:
Shamli-Shri Tejendra Singh Nirwal
Budhana-Shri Umesh Malik
Charthawal Smt. Sapna Kashyap
Purqazi – SC Shri Pramod Utwal
Muzaffar Nagar Shri KApidev Aggarwal
Khatauli Shri Vikram Saini
Meerapur Shri Prashant Gurjar
Siwalkhas Shri Manendra Pal Singh
Sardhana Shri Sangeet Som
Hastinapur – SC Shri Dinesh Khatik
Kithore Shri Satyavir Tyagi
Meerut Cantt. Shri Amit Aggarwal
Chharprauli Shri Sahendra Singh Ramala
Baraut Shri Krishnapal Singh (K.P Malik)
Baghpat Shri Yogesh Dhama
Loni Shri Nandkishor Gurjar
Muradnagar Shri Ajit Pal Tyagi
Sahibabad Shri Sunil Sharma
Ghaziabad Shri Atul Garg
Modinagar Dr. Smt. Manju Shivach
Dholana Shri Dharmesh Tomar
Hapur – SC Shri Vijay Pal Aadti
Garhmukteshwar Shri Harendra Choudhary Tevatiya
Noida Shri Pankaj Singh
Dadri Shri Tejpal Singh Nagar
Jewar Shri Dhirendra Singh
Sikandrabad Shri Laxmiraj Singh
Bulandshahr Shri Pradeep Chaudhary
Syana Shri Devendra Singh Lodhi
Anupshahr Shri Sanjay Sharma
Debai Shri C.P. Singh
Shikarpur Shri Anil Sharma
Khurja (SC) – Meenakshi Singh
Khair (SC) – Shri Anoop Pradhan Balmiki
Barauli – Thakur Jayveer Singh
Atrauli – Sandeep Singh
Chharra – Ravendra Pal Singh
Koil – Anil Parashar
Iglas (SC) – Rajkumar Sahyogi
Chhata – Chaudhary Laxmi Narayan
Mant – Rajesh Choudhary
Goverdhan – Thakur Meghshyam Singh
Mathura – Shrikant Sharma
Baldev (SC) – Pooran Prakash Jatav
Etmadpur – Dharampal Singh
Agra Cantt (SC) – Dr. G.S. Dharmesh
Agra Sotuh – Yogendra Upadhyaya
Agra North – Purushottam Khandelwal
Agra Rural (SC) – Baby Rani Maurya
Fathepur Sikari – Chaudhary Babulal
Kheragarh – Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha
Fatehabad – Chhotelal Verma
Bah – Rani Pakshalika
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Behat – Naresh Saini
Nakur – Mukesh Chaudhary
Saharnpur Nagar – Rajeev Gumbar
Saharanpur – Jagpal Singh
Deoband – Brijesh Singh Rawat
Rampur Maniharan (SC) – Devendra Nim
Gangoh – Kirat Singh Gurjar
Najibabad – Kunwar Bhartendu Singh
Nagina (SC) – Dr. Yashwant
Barhapur – Sushant Singh
Dhampur – Ashok Kumar Rana
Nehtaur (SC) – Om Kumar
Bijnor – Suchi Mousam Chaudhary
Chandpur – Kamlesh Saini
Noorpur – C.P. Singh
Kanth – Rajesh Kumar Chunnu
Moradabad rural – Krishakant Mishra
Moradabad Nagar – Ritesh Gupta
Kundarki – Kamal Prajapati
Bilari – Parmeshwer Lal Saini
Chandausi (SC) – Gulabo Devi
Asmoli – Harendra Singh (Rinku)
Sambhal – Rajesh Singhal
Chamraua – Mohan Kumar Lodhi
Bilaspur – Baldev Singh Aulakh
Rampur – Aakash Saxena
Milak (SC) – Rajbala
Dhanaura – Rajeev Tarara
Naugawan Sadat Shri Devendra Nagpal
Amroha Shri Ram Singh Saini
Hasapur Shri Mahendra Singh Khadagvanshi
Gunnaur Shri Ajeet Kumar (Raju Yadav)
Bisauli – SC Shri Kushagra Sagar
Sahaswan Shri D.K. Bhardwaj
Bilsi Shri Harish Shakya
Budaun Shri Mahesh Gupta
Shekhupur Shri Dharmendra Shakya
Dataganj Shri Rajeev Singh (Babbu Bhaiya)
Meerganj Dr. D.C Verma
Nawabganj Dr. M.P Aarya Gangwar
Faridpur – SC Dr. Shyam Bihari Lal
Bithari Chainpur Dr. Raghvendra Sharma
Bareilly Dr. Arun Saxena
Barielly Cantt. Shri Sanjeev Aggarwal
Aonla Shri Dharmpal Singh
Katra Shri Veer Vikram Singh
Powayan – SC Shri Chetram, Yogi Adityanath to contest from Gorakhpur
Besides Yogi Adityanath, Pradhan said that Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya will contest from Sirathu.
In its first list of candidates, the BJP has not given tickets to 20 sitting MLAs. Of the seven Assembly seats in Bulandshahr, the party has not given tickets to four sitting MLAs.
Besides, the BJP has also given more than 68 per cent tickets to candidates from backward classes and women. In the first list, 44 OBC candidates, 19 from Scheduled Castes and 10 women have been named by the BJP.
By contesting the election, Adityanath has now piled pressure on his political opponents Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, BSP supremo Mayawati and Congress UP-incharge Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to follow suit.
Former Chief Minister Yadav reacted to the announcement from the BJP, saying: “People had to send Yogi Adityanath back to Gorakhpur, but before the people, the BJP has sent him back.”
Yadav had earlier said he won’t contest the polls, but lately said he will go by his party’s decision in this regard and contest from any seat that is chosen.
Mayawati has, however, made it clear that she will not contest the elections. There has been no word from Priyanka Gandhi on the same.
BJP leader Radha Mohan Das Agarwal has been the four-time MLA from Gorakhpur Urban seat since 2002 and won last in 2017 by over 60,000 votes. Before that, BJP leaders Shiv Pratap Shukla and Sunil Shastri held the seat from 1989 to 2002 and 1980 to 1989, respectively.
Before that, candidates of the Bharatiya Jan Sangh held this seat since 1967. The Congress had won this seat in 1951, 1957 and 1962.
By line : Divya Thearia