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Legislative Assembly elections were held in Uttar Pradesh in 1996. The Bharatiya Janata Party remained the largest party, winning 174 of the 425 seats.
| Party | Contested | Won | Votes | % | Seats change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 414 | 174 | 18,028,820 | 32.52 | 3 | |
| Samajwadi Party | 281 | 110 | 12,085,226 | 21.80 |  1 | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 296 | 67 | 10,890,716 | 19.64 |  | |
| Indian National Congress | 126 | 33 | 4,626,663 | 8.35 | 5 | |
| Independent | 2031 | 13 | 3,615,932 | 6.52 | 5 | |
| Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party | 38 | 8 | 1,065,730 | 1.92 | 8 (new) | |
| Janata Dal | 54 | 7 | 1,421,528 | 2.56 | 20 | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 11 | 4 | 1,421,528 | 0.77 | 3 | |
| All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) | 37 | 4 | 735,327 | 1.33 | 4 (new) | |
| Samta Party | 9 | 2 | 221,866 | 0.40 | 2 (new) | |
| Communist Party of India | 15 | 1 | 327,231 | 0.59 | 2 | |
| Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | 77 | 1 | 325,787 | 0.59 | 1 (new) | |
The elections led to a hung assembly, and a further period of President's rule, before the BJP and the BSP formed an alliance with the BJP, allowing Mayawati to become Chief Minister in March 1997. Kalyan Singh became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for the second time in September 1997, taking the post over from Mayawati as part of their power-sharing agreement. In February 1998, his government withdrew cases against those accused in the Babri Masjid demolition, stating that a Ram temple would be built at the site if the BJP were to take power in Delhi.The BSP and BJP came into conflict over the policies that the BSP government had implemented targeting Dalit social welfare.On 21 October 1997 the BSP withdrew support for Singh's government.
Singh continued in office with the support of a breakaway faction of the BSP, and a breakaway faction of the INC, led by INC MLA Naresh Agrawal, the Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress. Singh's administration ended many of the BSP's Dalit-focused programmes soon after taking office.
On 21 February 1998, Singh's government was dismissed by the Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Romesh Bhandari, after Agrawal withdrew support to Singh's government. Bhandari invited Jagdambika Pal of the INC to form a new government, in which Agrawal became deputy chief minister.Bhandari's order was stayed by a division bench of the Allahabad High Court, which reinstated Singh's administration two days after its dismissal.
As a member of the Lodhi community, Singh commanded support among Other Backward Class (OBC) groups, and his affiliation with the BJP had allowed it to expand its support beyond its traditional upper-caste base. However, he began to be seen as a "patron of the backward castes" by upper-caste members of his own party, and to face opposition as a result. Dissension within the party occurred at the same time as an increase in crime that Singh's administration was unable to control, and in May 1999, 36 BJP legislators resigned in protest at the continuation of Singh's administration.The BJP's central administration replaced Singh as Chief Minister with Rajnath Singh.
| Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uttarkashi | SC | Gyan Chand | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Tehri | None | Lakhi Ram Joshi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Deoprayag | None | Matbar Singh Kandari | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Lansdowne | None | Bharat Singh Rawat | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Pauri | None | Mohan Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Karanprayag | None | Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Badrikedar | None | Kedar Singh Phonia | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Didihat | None | Vishan Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Pithoragarh | None | Krishna Chandra Punetha | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Almora | None | Raghunath Singh Chauhan | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Bageshwar | SC | Narayan Ram Das | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Ranikhet | None | Ajay Bhatt | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Nainital | None | Bansi Dhar Bhagat | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Khatima | None | Suresh Chandra Arya | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Haldwani | None | Tilak Raj Behar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Kashipur | None | Karan Chand Singh baba | All India Indira Congress | |
| Seohara | None | Ved Prakash Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Dhampur | None | Mool Chand | Samajwadi Party | |
| Afzalgarh | None | Indra Dev | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Nagina | SC | Omwati Devi | Samajwadi Party | |
| Nazibabad | SC | Ramswaroop Singh | Communist Party of India | |
| Bijnor | None | Raja Gazaffar | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Chandpur | None | Swami Omvesh | Independent | |
| Kanth | None | Rajesh Kumar Urf Chunnu | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Amroha | None | Mangal Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Hasanpur | None | Ch. Rifaqat Husain | Samajwadi Party | |
| Gangeshwari | SC | Tota Ram | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Sambhal | None | Iqbal Mehmood | Samajwadi Party | |
| Bahjoi | None | Brijendra Pal Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
| Chandausi | SC | Gulab Devi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Kundarki | None | Akbar Husain | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Moradabad West | None | Jagat Pal Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Moradabad | None | Sandeep Agarwal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Moradabad Rural | None | Saulat Ali | Samajwadi Party | |
| Thakurdwara | None | Sarvesh Kumar Urf Rakesh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Suartanda | None | Shiv Bahadur Saxena | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Rampur | None | Afroz Ali Khan | Indian National Congress | |
| Bilaspur | None | Kazim Ali Khan Alias Naved Mian | Indian National Congress | |
| Shahabad | SC | Swami Parmanand Dandi | Samajwadi Party | |
| Bisauli | None | Yogendra Kumar | Samajwadi Party | |
| Gunnour | None | Ram Khiladi | Janata Dal | |
| Sahaswan | None | Mulayam Singh Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
| Bilsi | SC | Mayawati | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Budaun | None | Prem Swaroop Pathak | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Usehat | None | Bhagwan Singh Shakya | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Binawar | None | Ram Sevak Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Dataganj | None | Prem Pal Singh Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
| Aonla | None | Dharampal Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Sunha | None | Suman Lata Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Faridpur | SC | Nand Ram | Samajwadi Party | |
| Bareilly Cantonment | None | Ashfaq Ahmad | Samajwadi Party | |
| Bareilly City | None | Rajesh Agarwal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Nawabganj | None | Chhotey Lal Gangwar | Samajwadi Party | |
| Bhojipura | None | Wahoran Lal Maurya | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Kawar | None | Surendra Pratap Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Baheri | None | Harish Chandra Gangwar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Pilibhit | None | Raj Rai Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Barkhera | SC | Peetam Ram | Samajwadi Janata Party | |
| Bisalpur | None | Anis Khan | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Puranpur | None | Gopal Krishna | Samajwadi Party | |
| Powayan | SC | Chet Ram | Indian National Congress | |
| Nigohi | None | Kovid Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Tilhar | None | Virendra Pratap Singh Alias "munna" | Indian National Congress | |
| Jalalabad | None | Sharad Veer Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
| Dadraul | None | Ram Autar Misra | Indian National Congress | |
| Shahjahanpur | None | Suresh Kumar Khanna | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Mohammadi | SC | Krishna Raj | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Haiderabad | SC | Arvind Giri | Samajwadi Party | |
| Paila | None | Moti Lal | Samajwadi Party | |
| Lakhimpur | None | Kaushal Kishor | Samajwadi Party | |
| Srinagar | None | Mayavati | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Nighasan | None | Ram Kumar Verma | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Dhaurehara | None | Saraswati Pratap Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Behta | None | Mahendra Kumar | Samajwadi Party | |
| Biswan | None | Ajit Kumar Mehrotra | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Mahmoodabad | None | Ammar Rizvi | Indian National Congress | |
| Sidhauli | SC | Shyam Lal Rawat | Samajwadi Party | |
| Laharpur | None | Buniyad Husain Ansari | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Sitapur | None | Radhey Shyam Jaiswal | Samajwadi Party | |
| Hargaon | SC | Ramesh Rahi | Samajwadi Party | |
| Misrikh | None | Om Prakash Gupta | Samajwadi Party | |
| Machhrehta | SC | Rampal Rajvanshi | Janata Dal | |
| Beniganj | SC | Ram Pal Verma | Samajwadi Party | |
| Sandila | None | Abdul Mannan | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Ahirori | SC | Shyam Prakash | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Hardoi | None | Naresh Chandra Agarwal | Indian National Congress | |
| Bawan | SC | Chhote Lal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Pihani | None | Ashok Bajpai | Samajwadi Party | |
| Shahabad | None | Baboo Khan | Samajwadi Party | |
| Bilgram | None | Ganga Singh Chauhan | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Mallawan | None | Dharmagya Misra | Samajwadi Party | |
| Bangarmau | None | Ram Shankar Pal | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Safipur | SC | Babu Lal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Unnao | None | Deepak Kumar | Samajwadi Party | |
| Hadha | None | Ganga Bux Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Bhagwant Nagar | None | Kripa Shankar Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Purwa | None | Udai Raj | Samajwadi Party | |
| Hasanganj | SC | Mast Ram | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Malihabad | SC | Gauri Shankar | Samajwadi Party | |
| Mohana | None | Gomti Yadav | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Lucknow East | None | Vidya Sagar Gupta | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Lucknow West | None | Lal Ji Tandon | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Lucknow Central | None | Suresh Kumar Srivastava | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Lucknow Cantonment | None | Suresh Chandra Tiwari | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Sarojini Nagar | None | Shyam Kishore Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
| Mohanlalganj | SC | R.k.chaudhary | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Bachhrawan | SC | Shyam Sunder | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Tiloi | None | Muslim | Samajwadi Party | |
| Rae Bareli | None | Akhilesh Kumar Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Sataon | None | Shiv Ganesh Lodhi | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Sareni | None | Ashok Kumar Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
| Dalmau | None | Swami Prasad Maurya | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Salon | SC | Dal Bahadur Kori | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Kunda | None | Kunwar Raghuraj Pratap Singh Raja Bhaiya | Independent | |
| Bihar | SC | Ramnath | Independent | |
| Rampurkhas | None | Pramod Tiwari | Indian National Congress | |
| Garwara | None | Rajaram | Janata Dal | |
| Pratapgarh | None | Chandra Nath Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
| Birapur | None | Shivakant | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Patti | None | Rajendra Pratap Singh Alias Moti Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Amethi | None | Ram Harsh Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Gauriganj | None | Tej Bhan Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Jagdishpur | SC | Ram Lakhan | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Isauli | None | Jai Narain Tiwari | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Sultanpur | None | Surya Bhan | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Jaisinghpur | None | Ram Ratan Yadav | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Chanda | None | Arun Pratap Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Kadipur | SC | Kashi Nath | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Katehari | None | Dharmraj Nishad | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Akbarpur | None | Ram Achal Rajbhar | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Jalalpur | None | Sher Bahadur | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Jahangirganj | SC | Bheem Prasad | Samajwadi Party | |
| Tanda | None | Lalji Verma | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Ayodhya | None | Lalloo Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Bikapur | None | Sita Ram Nishad | Samajwadi Party | |
| Milkipur | None | Mitra Sen Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
| Sohawal | SC | Avdhesh Prasad | Samajwadi Party | |
| Rudauli | None | Ramdev Acharya | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Dariyabad | SC | Rajiv Kumar Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Siddhaur | None | Kamla Prasad Rawat | Samajwadi Party | |
| Haidergarh | None | Surendra Nath | Indian National Congress | |
| Masauli | None | Farid Mahfooz Kidwai | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Nawabganj | None | Sangram Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Fatehpur | SC | Hardeo Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
| Ramnagar | None | Sarvar Ali Khan | Samajwadi Party | |
| Kaiserganj | None | Ram Tej Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
| Fakharpur | None | Arun Veer Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
| Mahsi | None | Dilip Kumar | Samajwadi Party | |
| Nanpara | None | Jata Shankar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Charda | SC | Shabbeer Ahmad | Samajwadi Party | |
| Bhinga | None | Chandra Mani Kant Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Bahraich | None | Waqar Ahmad Shah | Samajwadi Party | |
| Ikauna | SC | Akshaybar Lal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Gainsari | None | Bindu Lal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Tulsipur | None | Rizwan Jahir Urf Rijju Bhaiya | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Balrampur | None | Vinai Kumar Pandey "binnu" | Indian National Congress | |
| Utraula | None | Ubaidur Rahman | Samajwadi Party | |
| Sadullah Nagar | None | Ram Pratap Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Mankapur | SC | Ram Vishun Azad | Samajwadi Party | |
| Mujehna | None | Ram Pal Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
| Gonda | None | Vinod Kumar Singh Urf Pandit Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
| Katra Bazar | None | Bawan Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Colonelganj | None | Ajai Pratap Singh Urf Lalla Bhaiya | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Dixir | SC | Ramapati Shashtri | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Harraiya | None | Sukhpal Pandey | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Captainganj | None | Ram Prasad Chaudhary | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Nagar East | SC | Ved Prakash | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Basti | None | Jagdambika Pal | All India Indira Congress | |
| Ramnagar | None | Ram Lalit Chaudhary | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Domariaganj | None | Taufiq Ahmad | Samajwadi Party | |
| Itwa | None | Mohd. Mukeem | Independent | |
| Shohratgarh | None | Ravindra Pratap Urf Pappu Chaudhary | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Naugarh | None | Dhanraj Yadao | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Bansi | None | Jai Pratap Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Khesraha | None | Diwakar Vikram Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Menhdawal | None | Abdul Kalam | Samajwadi Party | |
| Khalilabad | None | Ram Asrey Paswan | Janata Dal | |
| Hainsarbazar | SC | Lal Mani Prasad | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Bansgaon | SC | Sant | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Dhuriapar | SC | Markandey Chand | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Chillupar | None | Hari Shankar Tiwari | All India Indira Congress | |
| Kauriram | None | Gauri Devi | Samajwadi Party | |
| Mundera Bazar | SC | Bechan Ram | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Pipraich | None | Jitendra Kumar Jaiswal Urf Pappu Bhaiya | Independent | |
| Gorakhpur | None | Shiva Pratap Shukla | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Maniram | None | Subhawati Devi | Samajwadi Party | |
| Sahjanwa | None | Tarkeshwar Prasad Shukla | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Paniara | None | Fateh Bahadur | Indian National Congress | |
| Pharenda | None | Vinod Mani | Communist Party of India | |
| Luxmipur | None | Amar Mani | Indian National Congress | |
| Siswa | None | Shivendra Singh Urf Shiv Babu | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Maharajganj | SC | Chandra Kishor | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Shyamdeurawa | None | Gyanendra Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Naurangia | SC | Deep Lal Bharti | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Ramkola | None | Radhey Shyam | Independent | |
| Hata | SC | Ram Nakshatra | Janata Dal | |
| Padrauna | None | Ratan Jeet Pratap Narain Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Seorahi | None | Anand Prakash | Independent | |
| Fazilnagar | None | Vishwanath | Samajwadi Party | |
| Kasia | None | Surya Pratap Shahi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Gauri Bazar | None | Sri Niwas Mani | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Rudrapur | None | Jai Prakash Nishad | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Deoria | None | Subash Chandra Srivastav | Janata Dal | |
| Bhatpar Rani | None | Yogendra Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
| Salempur | None | Morad Lari | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Barhaj | None | Prem Prakash | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Nathupur | None | Sudhakar | Samajwadi Party | |
| Ghosi | None | Fagoo | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Sagri | None | Ram Pyare | Samajwadi Party | |
| Gopalpur | None | Wasim Ahmad | Samajwadi Party | |
| Azamgarh | None | Durga Prasad | Samajwadi Party | |
| Nizamabad | None | Alam Badi | Samajwadi Party | |
| Atraulia | None | Vibhuti Prasad Nishad | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Phulpur | None | Ram Naresh Yadav | Indian National Congress | |
| Saraimir | SC | Heera Lal | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Mehnagar | SC | Ram Jug | Communist Party of India | |
| Lalganj | None | Narendra | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Mubarakpur | None | Yashwant | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Muhammadabad Gohna | SC | Sri Ram | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Mau | None | Mukhtar Ansari | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Rasra | SC | Anil Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Siar | None | Harinarain | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Chilkahar | None | Chhote Lal | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Sikanderpur | None | Rajdhari | Samata Party | |
| Bansdih | None | Bachcha Pathak | Indian National Congress | |
| Doaba | None | Bharat Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Ballia | None | Manju | Independent | |
| Kopachit | None | Ambika Chaudhary | Samajwadi Party | |
| Zahoorabad | None | Ganesh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Mohammadabad | None | Afjal Ansari | Samajwadi Party | |
| Dildarnagar | None | Om Prakash | Samajwadi Party | |
| Zamania | None | Kailash | Samajwadi Party | |
| Ghazipur | None | Rajendra | Communist Party of India | |
| Jakhania | SC | Vijay Kumar | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Sadat | SC | Bhonu | Samajwadi Party | |
| Saidpur | None | Mahendra Nath | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Dhanapur | None | Prabhu Narayan | Samajwadi Party | |
| Chandauli | SC | Shiv Poojan Ram | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Chakiya | SC | Satya Prakash Sonkar | Samajwadi Party | |
| Mughalsarai | None | Chhabbu Patel | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Varanasi Cantonment | None | Harish Chandra (harish Ji) | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Varanasi South | None | Shyam Dev Rai Chawdhri (dada) | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Varanasi North | None | Abdul Kalam | Samajwadi Party | |
| Chiraigaon | None | Virendra Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Kolasla | None | Ajai Rai | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Gangapur | None | Bachnu Ram Patel | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Aurai | None | Rangnath | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Gyanpur | None | Gorakhnath | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Bhadohi | SC | Purnmasi Pankaj | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Barsathi | None | Vanshnarain | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Mariahu | None | Paras Nath Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
| Kerakat | SC | Ashok Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Bayalsi | None | Jagdish Narain (munna) | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Jaunpur | None | Afjal Ahmad | Samajwadi Party | |
| Rari | None | Shriram Yadava | Samajwadi Party | |
| Shahganj | SC | Bankey Lal Sonkar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Khutahan | None | Umakant Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
| Garwara | None | Seema Dwivedi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Machhlishahr | None | Jwala Prasad Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
| Dudhi | SC | Vijay Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
| Robertsganj | SC | Hari Prasad Urf Ghamadi | Independent | |
| Rajgarh | None | Lok Pati Tripathi | Indian National Congress | |
| Chunar | None | Om Prakash Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Majhwa | None | Ram Chandra Maurya | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Mirzapur | None | Sarjeet Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Chhanbey | SC | Bhai Lal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Meja | SC | Ram Kripal | Communist Party of India | |
| Karchana | None | Revti Raman Singh Urf Mani | Samajwadi Party | |
| Bara | None | Ram Sewak Singh | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Jhusi | None | Vijma Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
| Handia | None | Rakesh Dhar Tripathi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Pratappur | None | Jokhu Lal | Samajwadi Party | |
| Soraon | None | Rang Bahadur Patel | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Nawabganj | None | Vikramajeet Maurya | Indian National Congress | |
| Allahabad North | None | Narendra Kumar Singh Gaur | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Allahabad South | None | Keshri Nath Tripathi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Allahabad West | None | Atik Ahmed | Samajwadi Party | |
| Chail | SC | Vijai Prakash | Indian National Congress | |
| Manjhanpur | SC | Indrajeet Saroj | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Sirathu | SC | Matesh Chandra Sonker | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Khaga | None | Munna Lal Maurya | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Kishunpur | SC | Murli Dhar | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Haswa | None | Ayodhya Prasad Pal | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Fatehpur | None | Radhey Shyam Gupta | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Jahanabad | None | Qasim Hasan | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Bindki | None | Rajendra Singh Patel | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Aryanagar | None | Mushtaq Solanki | Samajwadi Party | |
| Sisamau | SC | Rakesh Sonkar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Generalganj | None | Neeraj Chaturvedi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Kanpur Cantonment | None | Satish Mahana | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Govind Nagar | None | Bal Chandra Misra | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Kalyanpur | None | Prem Lata Katiyar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Sarsaul | None | Ram Asrey Singh Kushwaha | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Ghatampur | None | Raja Ram Pal | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Bhognipur | SC | Radheyshyam | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Rajpur | None | Chaudhari Narendra Singh | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Sarvankhera | None | Mathura Prasad | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Chaubepur | None | Harikishan | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Bilhaur | SC | Bhagwati Prasad | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Derapur | None | Devendra Singh Alias Bhole Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Auraiya | None | Lal Singh Verma | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Ajitmal | SC | Mohar Singh Ambadi | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Lakhna | SC | Sukh Devi Verma | Samajwadi Party | |
| Etawah | None | Jayvir Singh Bhadoria | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Jaswantnagar | None | Shivpal Singh Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
| Bharthana | None | Maharaj Singh Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
| Bidhuna | None | Dhani Ram Verma | Samajwadi Party | |
| Kannauj | SC | Banwari Lal Dohrey | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Umarda | None | Kailash Singh Rajput | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Chhibramau | None | Chhote Singh Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
| Kamalganj | None | Jamalluddin Siddiqui | Samajwadi Party | |
| Farrukhabad | None | Brahma Dutt Dwivedi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Kaimganj | None | Sushil Shakya | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Mohammdabad | None | Narendra Singh Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
| Manikpur | SC | Daddoo Prasad | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Karwi | None | Ramkripal Singh | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Baberu | None | Shiv Shankar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Tindwari | None | Mahendra Pal Nishad | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Banda | None | Vivek Kumar Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Naraini | None | Babu Lal Kushwaha | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Hamirpur | None | Shivcharan Prajapati | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Maudaha | None | Badshah Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Rath | None | Ramadhar Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
| Charkhari | SC | Chhote Lal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Mahoba | None | Arimardan Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
| Mehroni | None | Pooran Singh Bundela | Indian National Congress | |
| Lalitpur | None | Arvind Kumar Jain | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Jhansi | None | Ravindra Shukla | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Babina | SC | Shatish Jatariya | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Mauranipur | None | Bihari Lal Arya | Indian National Congress | |
| Garautha | None | Chandra Pal Singh Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
| Konch | SC | Daya Shankar | Independent | |
| Orai | None | Babu Ram | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Kalpi | None | Shreeram | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Madhogarh | None | Sant Ram Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Bhongaon | None | Ram Autar Shakya | Samajwadi Party | |
| Kishni | SC | Rameshwar Dayal Balmiki | Samajwadi Party | |
| Karhal | None | Baboo Ram Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
| Shikohabad | None | Ashok Yadav | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Jasrana | None | Ramveer Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
| Ghiror | None | Urmila Devi | Samajwadi Party | |
| Mainpuri | None | Manik Chand Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
| Aliganj | None | Rameshwar Singh Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
| Patiyali | None | Kunwar Davendra Singh Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
| Sakeet | None | Virendra Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
| Soron | None | Omkar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Kasganj | None | Netram Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Etah | None | Shishu Pal Singh Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
| Nidhauli Kalan | None | Om Prakash | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Jalesar | SC | Mithlesh Kumari | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Firozabad | None | Raghubar Dayal Verma | Samata Party | |
| Bah | None | Raja Mahendra Aridaman Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Fatehabad | None | Vijay Pal Singh | Janata Dal | |
| Tundla | SC | Shiv Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Etmadpur | SC | Ganga Prasad Pushkar | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Dayalbagh | None | Seth Kishan Lal Baghel | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Agra Cantonment | None | Kesho Mehra | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Agra East | None | Satya Prakash Vikal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Agra West | SC | Ram Babu Harit | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Kheragarh | None | Mandleshwar Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Fatehpur Sikri | None | Babulal | Independent | |
| Goverdhan | SC | Ajay Kumar Poeia | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Mathura | None | Ram Swaroop Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Chhata | None | Laxminarayan | Indian National Congress | |
| Mat | None | Shyam Sundar Sharma | All India Indira Congress | |
| Gokul | None | Sardar Singh | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Sadabad | None | Vishambhar Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Hathras | None | Ram Vir Upadhyay | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Sasni | SC | Hari Shankar Mahore | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Sikandara Rao | None | Yashpal Singh Chauhan | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Gangiri | None | Ram Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Atrauli | None | Kalyan Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Aligarh | None | Abdual Khaliq | Samajwadi Party | |
| Koil | SC | Ram Sakhi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Iglas | None | Malkhan Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Barauli | None | Dal Vir Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Khair | None | Gyan Wati | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Jewar | SC | Horam Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Khurja | None | Har Pal Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Debai | None | Kalyan Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Anupshahr | None | Satish Sharma | Indian National Congress | |
| Siana | None | Rakesh Tyagi | Indian National Congress | |
| Agota | None | Virendra Singh Sirohi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Bulandshahr | None | Mahendra Singh Yadav | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Sikandrabad | None | Narendra Singh Bhati | Samajwadi Party | |
| Dadri | None | Nawab Singh Nagar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Ghaziabad | None | Baleshwar Tyagi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Muradnagar | None | Raj Pal Tyagi | Samajwadi Party | |
| Modinagar | None | Narendra Singh Sisodiya | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Hapur | SC | Jay Prakash | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Garhmukteshwar | None | Ram Naresh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Kithore | None | Parvez Haleem Khan | Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party | |
| Hastinapur | SC | Atul Kumar | Independent | |
| Sardhana | None | Ravindra Pundir | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Meerut Cantonment | None | Amit Agarwal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Meerut | None | Laxmikant Vajpayee | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Kharkhauda | None | Jaipal Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Siwalkhas | SC | Vanarsi Das Chandna | Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party | |
| Khekra | None | Roop Chaudhri | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Baghpat | None | Kawkab Hameed | Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party | |
| Barnawa | None | Samar Pal Singh | Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party | |
| Chhaprauli | None | Gajendra Kumar Munna | Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party | |
| Kandhla | None | Virendra Singh | Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party | |
| Khatauli | None | Raj Pal Singh | Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party | |
| Jansath | SC | Bijendra Arya | Bharatiya Kisan Kamgar Party | |
| Morna | None | Sanjay Singh | Samajwadi Party | |
| Muzaffarnagar | None | Susheela Devi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Charthawal | SC | Randhir Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Baghra | None | Pradeep Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Kairana | None | Hukum Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Thana Bhawan | None | Amir Alam Khan | Samajwadi Party | |
| Nakur | None | Kunwar Pal Singh | Independent | |
| Sarsawa | None | Nirbhaya Pal Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Nagal | SC | Ilam Singh | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Deoband | None | Sukhbeer Singh Pundir | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Harora | SC | Maya Wati | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Saharanpur | None | Sanjay Garg | Samajwadi Party | |
| Muzaffarabad | None | Jagdish Singh Rana | Samajwadi Party | |
| Roorkee | None | Ram Singh Saini | Samajwadi Party | |
| Lhaksar | None | Mohd. Mohiduddin | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| Hardwar | None | Ambrish Kumar | Samajwadi Party | |
| Mussoorie | None | Rajendra Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Dehra Dun | None | Harbans Kapoor | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Chakrata | ST | Munna Chauhan | Samajwadi Party | |
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