UP Assembly Elections 2022

In high Octane battle between the Congress and AAP in Punjab, SP and BJP in Uttar Pradesh, it is the Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) which may emerge as king-maker in both the states as the party may gain significance in case of hung assemblies in these states. Sources say that all the parties in these states are looking to the potential winners from the BSP.The BSP is contesting around 20 seats in Punjab and is likely to emerge as king-maker in an event of a hung assembly. The state, however, had given clear mandate from 2007 to 2017.

 Polling has begun for the sixth phase of assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh in which 57 assembly constituencies, spread across ten districts are going to polls. The districts where polling is being held on Thursday are Ambedkar Nagar, Balrampur, Siddharth Nagar, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Maharajganj, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Deoria and Ballia. These 57 assembly segments, of which 11 are reserved, are particularly crucial for the BJP.