ABP News Opinion Poll LIVE: BJP or Mahagathbandhan, who will bag maximum seats in Uttar Pradesh?

ABP News Bureau Last Updated: 21 Nov 2019 11:30 AM

21/11/2019 11:30:38

Background

New Delhi: As the political landscape of the country is all heated up with less than ten days to go for the first phase of polling for the Lok Sabha elections 2019, ABP News with Nielsen conducted a survey in the politically significant state of Uttar Pradesh which sends 80 MPs to Lok Sabha, to find out the possibilities of different parties and alliances there.

The Lok Sabha elections will be held in seven phases from April 11 to May 19 and the votes will be counted on May 23. Approximately 10 lakh polling stations, one lakh more than in 2014, will be set up and a total of 17.4 lakh VVPATs will be used with electronic voting machines (EVMs) in all polling stations.

Elections in Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases, on April 11, 18, 23, 29, May 12 and May 19.

As per the schedule, eight parliamentary constituencies each will go to polls in the first and the second phase, to be held on April 11 and April 18, respectively. Ten constituencies will go to vote in the third phase on April 23, 13 in the fourth phase on April 29, 14 in the fifth phase on May 6, and 14 in the sixth phase on May 12. The remaining 13 constituencies will be voting in the last phase on May 19.

There are 14.40 crore voters in Uttar Pradesh, which sends 80 MPs to the Lok Sabha. The count of first-time voters stands at approximately 45 lakh, of which 16.75 lakhs are in the age of 18-19 years.

In previous Lok Sabha poll:

In the 2014 elections, the BJP won 71 seats in the state, securing 42.63 per cent of the votes cast. Its ally Apna Dal bagged two. The SP had won five seats with a vote share of 22.35 per cent. The BSP did not win any but secured 19.77 per cent of votes cast. The Congress registered wins on two UP seats - Amethi and Raebareli - in 2014, bagging 7.53 per cent of the votes.

The Congress had won 21 seats in the 2009 elections in the state while the SP and the BSP won 23 and 20 seats respectively. The BJP had won 10 seats and the RLD had won five seats.