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BJP’s ace in the poll: The unpredictable results of exit poll predictions

Exit polls are like a spicy curry that everyone likes but only a handful can digest. Journalists tend to have contempt for them and politicians only like those that go in their favour. But both these groups keep an eye out for the numbers.

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Akhilesh Yadav dismisses exit polls, says SP to form govt in Uttar Pradesh

LUCKNOW: Contrary to the exit polls predicting a comfortable victory for the ruling BJP in the 2022 Assembly polls, former CM Akhilesh Yadav on Monday claimed that Samajwadi Party and its alliance partners would form the government once the poll results are announced on March 10.

The Times of India

Modi’s spirited effort in Kashi evident during voting; City South seat in focus

VARANASI: On the voting day for the final phase of UP elections on Monday, the effects of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hectic and spirited campaigning in his parliamentary constituency was quite evident.

The Times of India

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FIR lodged against SP candidate for thrashing BJP’s booth unit president

VARANASI: An FIR was lodged against Samajwadi Party candidate from Saiyyedraja assembly seat in Chandauli and former MLA Manoj Singh Dabloo for allegedly thrashing a Bharatiya Janata Party booth unit president on Sunday night.

The Times of India

SP, BJP supporters clash at polling booth in Azamgarh

VARANASI: Azamgarh Sadar seat witnessed a clash between the Samajwadi Party and Bharatiya Janata Party candidates and their supporters during polling at Sarfuddinpur booth on Monday.

The Times of India

Surveys don't matter, we'll get over 300 seats: Akhilesh Yadav

"After the seventh and final phase of polling, the BJP will be wiped off from the State. The SP alliance is forming a majority government after March 10 with over 300 seats," Mr. Yadav said

The Hindu

UP Assembly polls last phase: Voting underway for 54 constituencies across 9 districts , know all updates

With polling in Uttar Pradesh underway for the last and seventh phase of Assembly polls on Monday, the direct fight is between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) for dominance in Varanasi and Azamgarh. Full report

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U.P. Assembly Elections | In Azamgarh, voters frown at the ‘unnecessary’ labels

Voters deny communal sentiments in SP chief Akhilesh Yadav’s constituency

The Hindu

All eyes on Purvanchal as U.P. Assembly election reaches its finale

The 54 seats going to the polls today were once considered a stronghold of the SP, but the BJP turned the tide in 2017, winning 29 of them

The Hindu

Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls | Old pension creates a new narrative for SP

‘Consolidation is across party lines and beyond the pale of caste and religion’

The Hindu

UP polls: BJP leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi's son joins SP

Ahead of the last phase of the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Mayank Joshi, son of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi on Saturday joined the Samajwadi Party.

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Uttar Pradesh elections: Rita Bahuguna Joshi’s son Mayank Joshi, ex-IAS officer Fateh Bahadur join Samajwadi Party

LUCKNOW: On the final day of campaigning for the seventh and final phase of 2022 Assembly elections, Samajwadi Party chief addressed as many as eight rallies in Azamgarh, Jaunpur and Mirzapur. Curtains came down on the SP campaign with Mayank Joshi, the son of BJP MP Rita Bahuguna Joshi formally…

The Times of India

Big names, bigger influence: Why so much hinges on the last two phases of the UP poll

The seven-phase assembly election in Uttar Pradesh has reached its last leg. So far, the fate of candidates in 349 seats has been sealed, with the final 54 seats going to the poll on Monday.

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EC bars Abbas Ansari from campaigning for 24 hours

In a recent speech, the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party candidate from Mau had allegedly threatened officers

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MBCs the X factor in U.P. polls

Rajbhars, Nishads, Nonia Chauhans and Sonkars set to play decisive role in final outcome

The Times of India

UP polls to save Constitution, democracy: Akhilesh Yadav

MAU: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday said the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls are not just to elect the government of the state but also to save the Constitution and democracy of India.

The Times of India

Assembly elections 2022: How political parties used social media for campaign

NEW DELHI: The soon-to-be concluded round of assembly polls saw major political parties embrace virtual campaign with enthusiasm, partly necessitated by the Election Commission's restrictions on account of Covid-19 and also due to the realisation that a lot more people could be reached through social media.

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The grand old man of SP bats for Hindu-Muslim unity in Nizamabad

‘The Hindu of India has not changed his secular character’, says 86-year-old Azmi, seeking a fifth term

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Big names battle in penultimate phase of U.P. Assembly polls on March 3

Fate of five Ministers, including CM, to be decided as 57 constituencies in ten Purvanchal districts are set to vote

The Hindu

The big influence of small parties in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls

Every eighth contestant from the two major contending alliances taken together belongs to one of these small parties

Newslaundry

Will Om Prakash Rajbhar get the numbers right in Ghazipur?

In Ghazipur's Zahoorabad, voters from the Rajbhar community are convinced that a victory of their incumbent MLA and SBSP chief, Om Prakash Rajbhar, will ensure a caste census and a better future for them.

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‘Brahmin self-respect’ vs ‘vikas’: Why UP’s Chillupar and Sadar may vote differently

“Voting this time will be on the basis of Brahmin swabhiman, self-respect,” said Kunal Chaturvedi, 27. “Vikas, development, is a separate issue.”

The Hindu

U.P. Assembly elections | Mamata Banerjee to address rally in Varanasi on March 3 during PM Modi’s visit to city

West Bengal CM’s visit is at invitation of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, says TMC

The Times of India

Attack on 25-car convoy of Maurya in Kushinagar

GORAKHPUR: The convoy of Samajwadi Party (SP) Fazilnagar, Kushinagar candidate Swami Prasad Maurya was attacked near Vishupura Khanwa Patti village in Kushinagar district by some miscreants with wooden sticks and stones, injuring several persons. Many vehicles were also damaged in the attack. The police are investigating the matter.

The Times of India

Record not 'good' but name bolsters MLA

SUNAOLI: Without holding two passports, a handful of residents in the border town of Nautanwa in eastern UP enjoy the benefits of dual citizenship. Every morning, they cross over to Sunaoli, the busy Indo-Nepal border town, and cross over to Belahiya in Nepal.

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