Uttar Pradesh is a state in northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants,it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world –more populous than all but four other countries outside of India –and accounting for 16.5 per cent of the population of India or around 3 per cent of the total world population. The state is bordered by Rajasthan to the west,Haryana,Himachal Pradesh and Delhi to the northwest,Uttarakhand and Nepal to the north,Bihar to the east,Madhya Pradesh,Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand to the south. It is the fourth-largest Indian state by area covering 243,286 km2 (93,933 sq mi),equal to 7.3 per cent of the total area of India. Lucknow serves as the state capital,with Prayagraj being the judicial capital. It is divided into 18 divisions and 75 districts. On 9 November 2000,a new state,Uttaranchal,was created from Uttar Pradesh's western Himalayan hill region. The two major rivers of the state,the Ganges and its tributary Yamuna,meet at the Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj,a Hindu pilgrimage site. Other notable rivers are Gomti and Saryu. The forest cover in the state is 6.1 per cent of the state's geographical area. The cultivable area is 82 per cent of the total geographical area,and the net area sown is 68.5 per cent of the cultivable area.
The Bahujan Samaj Party is a political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans,referring to Scheduled Castes,Scheduled Tribes,and Other Backward Classes (OBC),along with religious minorities. According to Kanshi Ram,when he founded the party in 1984,the Bahujans comprised 85 percent of India's population,but were divided into 6,000 different castes. The party claims to be inspired by the philosophy of B. R. Ambedkar,Mahatma Jyotiba Phule,Narayana Guru,Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj,and Gautama Buddha.
The Samajwadi Party is a socialist political party in India. It was founded on 4 October 1992 by former Janata Dal politician Mulayam Singh Yadav and is headquartered in New Delhi. The Samajwadi Party is currently led by former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh,Akhilesh Yadav. As of 2024,it is currently the third-largest political party in India,and the largest party in Uttar Pradesh.
Kumari Mayawati is an Indian politician who served as the 18th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 1995 to 1995,1997 to 1997,2002 to 2003 and from 2007 to 2012. She is the national president of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP),which focuses on a platform of social change for Bahujans,more commonly known as Other Backward Classes,Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as well as religious minorities since 2003. She had also served as a Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha from 2012 to 2017 from Uttar Pradesh. Mayawati's rise from humble beginnings has been called a "miracle of democracy" by P. V. Narasimha Rao,former prime minister of India. In 1993,Kanshi Ram formed a coalition with the Samajwadi Party and Mayawati became the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1995. She was the first female Scheduled Caste chief minister in India. In 1997 and in 2002 she was chief minister with outside support from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),the second time only for a year up to 26 August 2003 due to BJP withdrawing support.
Akhilesh Yadav is an Indian politician and national president of the Samajwadi Party who served as the 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Having assumed the chief minister's office on 15 March 2012 at the age of 38,he is the youngest person to have held the office till date. He is the incumbent Member of Parliament for Kannauj in the 18th Lok Sabha. He is the parliamentary party leader of Samajwadi Party in 18th Lok Sabha. Earlier,he was an elected as the Member of Legislative Assembly for Karhal in the 18th Vidhan Sabha,before resigning and has also been the Leader of Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from March 2022 to June 2024.
Ram Prakash Gupta was Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh,and Governor of Madhya Pradesh. He was a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party,as well as its predecessor party,the Bharatiya Jana Sangh.
The Government of Uttar Pradesh is the subnational government of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with the governor as its appointed constitutional head of the state by the President of India. The Governor of Uttar Pradesh is appointed for a period of five years and appoints the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and their council of ministers,who are vested with the executive powers of the state. The governor remains a ceremonial head of the state,while the chief minister and their council are responsible for day-to-day government functions.
The demographics of Uttar Pradesh is a complex topic,which is undergoing dynamic change. Uttar Pradesh is India's most populous state,and the largest subdivision in the world. It has a population of about 199,812,341 as per the 2011 census. If it were a separate country,Uttar Pradesh would be the world's fifth most populous nation,next only to China,the rest of India,the United States of America and Indonesia. Uttar Pradesh has a population more than that of Pakistan. There is an average population density of 828 persons per km2 i.e. 2,146 per sq mi. The capital of Uttar Pradesh is Lucknow,and Prayagraj serves as the state’s judicial capital. Hindus and Muslims both consider the state as a holy place.
Anupriya Singh Patel is an Indian politician,teacher and social worker from the state of Uttar Pradesh who is the President of Apna Dal (Soneylal) party since 2016 and the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry of India since 7 July 2021. She has represented Mirzapur in the Lok Sabha since 2014. She was the Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,Government of India from 2016 to 2019. She was previously elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Rohaniya constituency of the Legislature of Uttar Pradesh in Varanasi,where she had fought campaigns in alliance with the Peace Party of India and the Bundelkhand Congress from 2012 to 2014.
Raj Rajeshwar Pratap Singh Judev also known as Raja Bundela is an Indian actor,producer,politician and civil activist.Presently He is the Vice President of Bundelkhand Vikas Board,Uttar Pradesh. In films,he is notable for appearances in Swarg,Shola Aur Shabnam,Pratha,Namestey LA,and Son of Flower. He was an actor/producer until the late 2000s,when he became a politician interested in civil rights and statehood for his native Bundelkhand in India.
Mulayam Singh Yadav was an Indian politician,a socialist figure and founder of the Samajwadi Party. Over the course of his political career spanning more than six decades,he served for three terms as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh,and also as the Union Minister of Defence in the Government of India. A long-time parliamentarian,he was a seven-time Member of Parliament representing Mainpuri,Azamgarh,Sambhal and Kannauj constituencies in the Lok Sabha,a ten-time member of the Legislative Assembly,member of the Legislative Council and the Leader of Opposition for several times as well. The veteran politician was a prominent figure of his time in Indian politics,and was often referred to as Netaji and Dhartiputra by party leaders and workers. In 2023,the socialist leader was posthumously conferred with Padma Vibhushan,India’s second highest civilian award by the Government of India.
Rekha Verma is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh,India. She is a National Vice President of the BJP from 2019. She was a two time Member of Parliament from Dhaurahra Lok Sabha constituency. She lost the 2024 Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh.
Keshav Prasad Maurya is an Indian politician,currently serving as the Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Maurya was associated with a right-wing Hindu organization Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh,before entering active politics through BJP. He was also involved in cow protectionism in his early life. Before 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections,he was made state president of the BJP,and after the victory of BJP,he was appointed as Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in the first Yogi Adityanath Government. Maurya again contested the legislative assembly elections in 2022 from Sirathu Assembly constituency,losing to Pallavi Patel of Samajwadi Party. However,he was given a second term as Deputy CM in the second Yogi Adityanath government.
Karhal Assembly constituency is one of the 403 constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly,India. It is a part of the Mainpuri district and one of the five assembly constituencies in the Mainpuri Lok Sabha constituency. First election in this assembly constituency was held in 1957 after the "DPACO (1956)" was passed in 1956. After the "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order" was passed in 2008,the constituency was assigned identification number 110.
The election to the 17th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly was held from 11 February to 8 March 2017 in 7 phases. This election saw a voter turnout of 61.11% compared to 59.40% in the previous election. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the election by an overwhelming three-quarters majority of 325 seats despite not projecting a chief ministerial candidate before the election. As part of its election strategy,BJP contested under a collective leadership and capitalised mostly on the political clout and 'brand' of its leader Narendra Modi.
Kadipur is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Kadipur in the Sultanpur district of Uttar Pradesh,India.
Auraiya is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Auraiya in the Auraiya district of Uttar Pradesh,India.
Milkipur is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Milkipur in the Ayodhya district of Uttar Pradesh,India.
Elections to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held in June 1977 to elect members of the 425 constituencies in Uttar Pradesh,India. The Janata Party won a majority of seats and Ram Naresh Yadav was appointed the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. The number of constituencies was set as 425 by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.
