UP Elections 2022: Yogi Adityanath to contest from Gorakhpur, Maurya from Sirathu

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to field the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Yogi Adityanath from Gorakhpur. The BJP on Saturday released its first list of candidates for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2022. Union Minister released the list Dharmendra Pradhan and BJP national general secretary Arun Singh at a press conference in New Delhi. Complete list

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had welcomed the announcement of election dates in the state and said the BJP would return to power with an “overwhelming majority”. The Election Commission had announced seven phases of polling in Uttar Pradesh starting from February 10. Counting of votes will take place in March, along with voting in four other states.

Adityanath had tweeted in Hindi, “We welcome the festival of democracy. With the blessings of the people and the achievements of the double engine government, BJP will form its government with a thumping majority.”

Polling will be held in the state on February 10, February 14, February 20, February 23, February 27, March 3 and March 7. Counting of votes in Uttar Pradesh along with Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur will take place on March. 10.

The BJP has already declared Adityanath as the chief ministerial face in the politically important state.