Uttar Pradesh Elections 2022

Nine of India?s 14 prime
ministers have been elected from constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, the
country?s most populous state
and most complex political battleground. The road to Delhi is
said to go through Lucknow. Hence, elections in UP are among the most hotly
debated and closely watched political contests in the nation.
With the UP Legislative Assembly elections scheduled for the first quarter
of 2022, UP Elections 2022: More Than a State at Stake raises the
all-important question: who will emerge winner in UP in 2022? How will this
victory impact the general elections in 2024?
In the 2017 Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) registered
a massive win in UP, bagging 312 seats in the 403-seat
Assembly. The Samajwadi Party (SP) won 47 seats and its ally, the Congress,
only seven. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) ended up with 19 seats, its worst
tally ever.
In UP Elections 2022: More Than a State at Stake, well-known journalist and
political commentator Anil Maheshwari analyses the caste and religious
factors that colour electoral outcomes while taking a hard look at the
political alliances gearing up to wrest power back from the BJP. Teeming with
insightful predictions
about the future of UP, and by extension, the nation, this book is a
must-read for those who are invested in Indian democracy.