Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections, 2007

The Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections, 2007 were held in April–May 2007 to elect a government for the state of Uttar Pradesh (U.P.) in India.

1 Organisation of the election
2 Election result
3 List of winners
4 Criminalisation in the U.P. 2007 elections
5 Alleged and convicted criminal-politicians who won
6 Alleged and convicted criminal-politicians who lost
- 6.1 Rashtriya Lok Dal
- 6.2 Apna Dal/Bharatiya Janata Party
7 External links
8 References

Organisation of the election

With 166 million people, U.P. is about the size of France, Germany, and the Benelux nations combined. There are 113 million voters, and 403 electoral seats, with an average of a quarter of a million voters in each constituency. The elections were conducted for 402 seats at 110,000 polling stations under very strict guidelines by the autonomous Election Commission of India. More than 46% of the electorate cast their votes...

The election was held in seven phases:

Phase 1 : 2007-04-07
Phase 2 : 2007-04-13
Phase 3 : 2007-04-18
Phase 4 : 2007-04-23
Phase 5 : 2007-04-28
Phase 6 : 2007-05-03
Phase 7 : 2007-05-08

A total of 129 parties fielded 2,487 candidates, while 2020 candidates stood as independents, for the total of 406 seats.

Election result

Exit polls suggested that the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) may emerge as the largest party with between 110 and 160 seats; however, it far outstripped this prediction bagging an absolute majority of 206 seats out of a total 403 in the assembly. In contrast, Samajwadi Party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Indian National Congress were reduced very significantly.

These elections were another major example of the pollsters getting it wrong at Indian Elections. In a similar pattern to the 2004 General Elections. The pollsters overpredicted the votes of the BJP.^[1]

The results by party^[2] are as follows:

UP State Assembly Elections, 2007
Party		Candidates Fielded	Won	Last Vidhan Sabha
	BSP	403	206	67(*)
	Samajwadi Party	393	97	152
	BJP	350	51	83
	Congress	393	22	25
	RLD	254	10	15
	Rashtriya Parivartan Dal	14	2	1
	Akhil Bhartiya Loktantrik Congress (ABLC)	2	1	2
	JD(U)	16	1	2
	UP United Democratic Front (UPUDF)	54	1
	Bharatiya Jan Shakti	66	1
	Jan Morcha	118	1
	Rashtriya Swabhimaan Party	122	1
	Independent	2581	9	16
	Total	6086	403

Defections

The BSP had won 98 seats in the last elections, but 33 MLAs defected to the Samajwadi Party in 2003^[3], in a move that may have been illegal but was permitted by the then speaker Kesri Nath Tripathi^[4].

Blanked out

In addition, 116 parties fielded candidates but failed to win a seat. The parties with more than 50 candidates fielded without outcome are:

Indian Justice Party (121)
Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (97)
Lok Dal (76)
National Lokhind Party (74)
Lok Jan Shakti Party (72)
Rashtriya Janata Dal (66)
Shiv Sena (59)

However, it is likely that some of these parties may have taken away votes from other groups; e.g., Uditraj's Indian Justice Party has a good standing among Dalits who also constitute an important chunk of the BSP vote bank.

Rainbow coalition

A characteristic of the BSP win was the amalgamation of Brahmin votes into the Dalit dominated party^[5], an approach that has been called the rainbow coalition. This is in contrast to the decades-old trend of exploiting deep-rooted caste divisions in the state between Dalits, Upper Castes, Muslims and different OBC groups, which tend to vote in blocks.

List of winners

This is the list of winners consolidated from the Election Commission of India party-wise results pages (ECI website).

No.	Constituency	Party	Elected Representative	ECI results website
001	Seohara	BSP	Aditya Singh	results: 01
002	Dhampur	BSP	Irshad Ahmad	results: 02
003	Afzalgarh	BSP	Muhammad Gazi	results: 03
004	Nagina	BSP	Omwati Devi	results: 04
005	Najibabad	BSP	Sheesh Ram	results: 05
006	Bijnor	BSP	Shahnawaz (S/O Badrujama)	results: 06
007	Chandpur	BSP	Iqbal	results: 07
008	Kanth	BSP	Rizwan Ahmad Khan	results: 08
009	Amroha	SP	Mehboob Ali	results: 09
010	Hasanpur	BSP	Ferhat Hasan	results: 10
012	Sambhal	SP	Iqbal Mehmood	results: 12
013	Bahjoi	BSP	Aqeel-Ur-Rahman Khan	results: 13
014	Chandausi	BSP	Girish Chandra	results: 14
015	Kunderki	BSP	Akbar Husain	results: 15
016	Moradabad West	BJP	Rajeev Channa	results: 16
017	Moradabad	SP	Sandeep Agrawal	results: 17
018	Moradabad Rural	SP	Usmanul Haq	results: 18
019	Thakurdwara	BSP	Vijay Kumar Urf Vijay Yadav	results: 19
020	Suar Tanda	SP	Nawab Kazim Ali Khan /Navaid Mian	results: 20
021	Rampur	SP	Mohd. Azam Khan	results: 21
022	Bilaspur	Congress	Sanjay Kapoor	results: 22
023	Shahabad	BJP	Kashi Ram	results: 23
024	Bisauli	RPD	Umlesh Yadav	results: 24
025	Gunnaur	SP	Mulayam Singh Yadav	results: 25
026	Sahaswan	RPD	Dhram Pal Yadav (D. P. Yadav)	results: 26
027	Bilsi	BSP	Yogendra Sagar Urf Anu	results: 27
028	Budaun	BJP	Mahesh Chandra	results: 28
029	Usehat	BSP	Muslim Khan	results: 29
030	Binawar	Bh.JS	Ram Sevak Singh	results: 30
031	Dataganj	BSP	Sinod Kumar Shakya a. Deepu Bhaiya	results: 31
032	Aonla	BSP	Radha Krishna	results: 32
033	Sunha	SP	Dharmendra Kumar Kashyap	results: 33
034	Faridpur	BSP	Vijay Pal Singh	results: 34
035	Bareilly Cantonment	BSP	Virendra Singh	results: 35
036	Bareilly City	BJP	Rajesh Agarwal	results: 36
037	Nawabganj	SP	Bhagwat Saran Gangwar	results: 37
038	Bhojipura	BSP	Shazil Islam Ansari	results: 38
039	Kawar	SP	Sultan Beg	results: 39
040	Baheri	BJP	Chhatra Pal Singh	results: 40
041	Pilibhit	SP	Riaz Ahmad	results: 41
042	Barkhera	BJP	Sukh Lal	results: 42
043	Bisalpur	BSP	Anis Ahmad Khan Urf Phool Babu	results: 43
044	Puranpur	BSP	Arshad Khan	results: 44
045	Powayan	SP	Mithlesh	results: 45
046	Nigohi	BSP	Roshan Lal	results: 46
047	Tilhar	SP	Rajesh Yadav	results: 47
048	Jalalabad	BSP	Neeraj Kushwaha	results: 48
049	Dadraul	BSP	Avadhesh Kumar Verma	results: 49
050	Shahjahanpur	BJP	Suresh Kumar Khanna	results: 50
051	Mohamdi	BJP	Krishna Raj	results: 51
052	Haiderabad	SP	Arvind Giri	results: 52
053	Paila	BSP	Rajesh Kumar	results: 53
054	Lakhimpur	SP	Dr. Kaushal Kishore	results: 54
055	Srinagar	SP	R.A.Usmani	results: 55
056	Nighasan	SP	Krishna Gopal Patel	results: 56
057	Dhaurehra	BSP	Awasthi Bala Prashad	results: 57
058	Behta	SP	Mahendra Kumar Singh	results: 58
059	Biswan	BSP	Nirmal Verma	results: 59
060	Mahmudabad	SP	Narendra Singh	results: 60
061	Sidhauli	BSP	Dr. Hargovind Bhargava	results: 61
062	Laharpur	BSP	Mohd. Jasmir Ansari	results: 62
063	Sitapur	SP	Radhey Shyam Jaiswal	results: 63
064	Hargaon	BSP	Ramhet Bharti	results: 64
065	Misrikh	SP	Anoop Kumar	results: 65
066	Machhrehta	SP	Ram Pal Rajvanshi	results: 66
067	Beniganj	BSP	Ram Pal Verma	results: 67
068	Sandila	BSP	Abdul Mannan	results: 68
069	Ahirori	BSP	Virendra Kumar	results: 69
070	Hardoi	SP	Naresh Chandra Agarwal	results: 70
071	Bawan	BSP	Rajeswari	results: 71
072	Pihani	BSP	Daud Ahmad	results: 72
073	Shahabad	BSP	Ashif	results: 73
074	Bilgram	BSP	Uprenda Tiwari	results: 74
075	Mallawan	BSP	Krishna Kumar Singh Satish Verma	results: 75
076	Bangarmau	SP	Kuldeep Singh Sengar	results: 76
077	Safipur	SP	Sudhir Kumar	results: 77
078	Unnao	SP	Deepak Kumar	results: 78
079	Hadha	SP	Sundar Lal Lodhi	results: 79
080	Bhagwantnagar	BSP	Kripa Shankar Singh	results: 80
081	Purwa	SP	Uday Raj	results: 81
082	Hasanganj	BSP	Radhelal	results: 82
083	Malihabad	SP	Gauri Shankar	results: 83
084	Mahona	BSP	Nakul Dubey	results: 84
085	Lucknow East	BJP	Vidya Sagar Gupta	results: 85
086	Lucknow West	BJP	Lal Ji Tandon	results: 86
087	Lucknow Central	BJP	Suresh Kumar Srivastava	results: 87
088	Lucknow Cantonment	BJP	Suresh Chandra Tiwari	results: 88
089	Sarojininagar	BSP	Mohd.Irshad Khan	results: 89
090	Mohanlalganj	R.Sw.P.	R.K.Chaudhary	results: 90
091	Bachhrawan	Congress	Raja Ram	results: 91
092	Tiloi	SP	Mayankeshwar Sharan Singh	results: 92
093	Rae Bareli	Ind	Akhilesh Kumar Singh	results: 93
094	Sataon	Congress	Shiv Ganesh	results: 94
095	Sareni	Congress	Ashok Kumar Singh	results: 95
096	Dalmau	Congress	Ajay Pal Singh	results: 96
097	Salon	Congress	Shiv Balak Pasi	results: 97
098	Kunda	Ind	Raghuraj Pratap Singh	results: 98
099	Bihar	Ind	Vinod Kumar	results: 99
100	Rampur Khas	Congress	Pramod Kumar	results: 100
101	Gadwara	BSP	Brijesh Saurabh	results: 101
102	Pratapgarh	BSP	Sanjay	results: 102
103	Birapur	BSP	Ram Siromani Shukla	results: 103
104	Patti	BJP	Rajendra Pratap Singh /Moti Singh	results: 104
105	Amethi	Congress	Amita Singh	results: 105
106	Gauriganj	BSP	Chandra Prakash	results: 106
107	Jagdishpur	Congress	Ram Sewak	results: 107
108	Issauli	SP	Chandra Bhadra Singh	results: 108
109	Sultanpur	SP	Anoop Sanda	results: 109
110	Jaisinghpur	BSP	Om Prakash (O.P.Singh)	results: 110
111	Chanda	BSP	Vinod Kumar	results: 111
112	Kadipur	BSP	Bhagelu Ram	results: 112
113	Katehari	BSP	Dharm Raj Nishad	results: 113
114	Akbarpur	BSP	Ram Achal Rajbhar	results: 114
115	Jalalpur	BSP	Sher Bahadur	results: 115
116	Jahangirganj	BSP	Tribhuwan Dutt	results: 116
117	Tanda	BSP	Lal Ji Verma	results: 117
118	Ayodhya	BJP	Lallu Singh	results: 118
119	Bikapur	BSP	Jitendra Kumar Bablu Bhaiya	results: 119
120	Milkipur	BSP	Anand Sen	results: 120
121	Sohawal	SP	Awadhesh Prasad	results: 121
122	Rudauli	SP	Abbas Ali Zaidi Alias Rushdi Mian	results: 122
123	Dariyabad	SP	Rajeev Kumar Singh	results: 123
124	Siddhaur	BSP	Dharmi Rawat	results: 124
125	Haidergarh	SP	Arvind Kumar Singh Gope	results: 125
126	Masauli	BSP	Fareed Mahfooz Kidwai	results: 126
127	Nawabganj	BSP	Sangram Singh	results: 127
128	Fatehpur	BSP	Km. Meeta Gautam	results: 128
129	Ramnagar	BSP	Amresh Kumar	results: 129
130	Kaiserganj	BSP	Gulam Mohammad Khan	results: 130
131	Fakharpur	BSP	Krishana Kumar	results: 131
132	Mahsi	BJP	Sureshwar Singh	results: 132
133	Nanpara	BSP	Waris Ali	results: 133
134	Charda	SP	Shabbir Ahmad	results: 134
135	Bhinga	BSP	Daddan	results: 135
136	Bahraich	SP	Dr. Viqar Ahmed Shah	results: 136
137	Ikauna	BSP	Ram Sagar Akela	results: 137
138	Gainsari	BSP	Alauddin	results: 138
139	Tulsipur	BJP	Kaushlendra Nath Yogi	results: 139
140	Balrampur	BSP	Dhirendra Pratap Singh	results: 140
141	Utraula	BJP	Shyamlal	results: 141
142	Sadullanagar	SP	Arif Anwar Hasmi	results: 142
143	Mankapur	SP	Ram Bishun Azad	results: 143
144	Mujehna	SP	Nandita Shukla	results: 144
145	Gonda	BSP	Moh. Jalil Khan	results: 145
146	Katra Bazar	SP	Baij Nath Dubey	results: 146
147	Colonelganj	Congress	Ajay Pratap Singh alias Lalla Baiya	results: 147
148	Dixir	BSP	Ramesh Chandra	results: 148
149	Harraiya	SP	Raj Kishore Singh	results: 149
150	Captainganj	BSP	Ram Prasad Chaudhary	results: 150
151	Nagar East	BSP	Doodhram	results: 151
152	Basti	BSP	Jeetendra Kumar	results: 152
153	Ramnagar	BSP	Rajendra Prasad Chaudhary	results: 153
154	Domariaganj	BSP	Taufique Ahmad	results: 154
155	Itwa	SP	Mata Prasad Pandey	results: 155
156	Shohratgarh	Congress	Chaudhari Ravind Pratap	results: 156
157	Naugarh	Congress	Ishwar Chandra Shukla	results: 157
158	Bansi	SP	Lal Ji Yadav	results: 158
159	Khesraha	BSP	Mohammad Tabis Khan	results: 159
160	Menhdawal	SP	Abdul Kalam	results: 160
161	Khalilabad	BSP	Bhagwandas	results: 161
162	Hainsarbazar	SP	Dasharath Prasad Chauhan	results: 162
163	Bansgaon	BSP	Sadal Prasad	results: 163
164	Dhuriapar	SP	Rajendra Singh Urf Pahalwan Singh	results: 164
165	Chillupar	BSP	Rajesh Tripathi	results: 165
166	Kauriram	BSP	Ambika	results: 166
167	Mundera Bazar	Congress	Madho Prasad	results: 167
168	Pipraich	BSP	Jamuna Nisad	results: 168
169	Gorakhpur	BJP	Dr. Radha Mohan Das Agrawal	results: 169
170	Maniram	BJP	Vijay Bahadur Yadav	results: 170
171	Sahjanwa	Ind	Yashpal Singh Ravat	results: 171
172	Paniara	BSP	Fateh Bahadur	results: 172
173	Pharenda	BJP	Bajrang Bahadur Singh	results: 173
174	Lakshmipur	SP	Amar Mani	results: 174
175	Siswa	BJP	Avnindra Nath Dwedi /Mahant Dubey	results: 175
176	Maharajganj	SP	Sripati	results: 176
177	Shyam Deurwa	SP	Janaradan Prasad Ojha	results: 177
178	Naurangia	BJP	Shambhu Chaudhary	results: 178
179	Ramkola	BJP	Jaswant Singh Alias Atul	results: 179
180	Hata	BJP	Ramapati Alias Ramakant	results: 180
181	Padrauna	Congress	Kuwar Ratanjit Pratap N Singh	results: 181
182	Seorahi	SP	Dr. P.K. Rai	results: 182
183	Fazilnagar	SP	Vishva Nath	results: 183
184	Kasia	SP	Brahma Shankar	results: 184
185	Gauri Bazar	BSP	Pramod Singh	results: 185
186	Rudrapur	BSP	Suresh	results: 186
187	Deoria	SP	Deenanath Kushwaha	results: 187
188	Bhatpar Rani	SP	Kameswar Upadhyay	results: 188
189	Salempur	SP	Choudhari Fasiha Vaseer	results: 189
190	Barhaj	BSP	Ram Prasad Jaisawal	results: 190
191	Natthupur	BSP	Umesh Panday	results: 191
192	Ghosi	BSP	Phagoo	results: 192
193	Sagari	SP	Sarvesh Kumar Singh Sipu	results: 193
194	Gopalpur	BSP	Shyam Narayan	results: 194
195	Azamgarh	SP	Durga Prasad Yadav	results: 195
196	Nizamabad	BSP	Angad Yadav	results: 196
197	Atraulia	BSP	Surendra Prasad Mishra	results: 197
198	Phulpur	SP	Arun Kumar Yadav	results: 198
199	Saraimir	SP	[Bhola]	results: 199
200	Mehnagar	BSP	Vidya Chaudhary	results: 200
201	Lalganj	BSP	Sukhdeo	results: 201
202	Mubarakpur	BSP	Chandradeo	results: 202
203	Mohammadabad Gohna	BSP	Rajendra Kumar	results: 203
204	Mau	Ind	Mukhtar Ansari	results: 204
205	Rasra	BSP	Ghoora Ram	results: 205
206	Siar	BSP	Kedarnath Verma	results: 206
207	Chilkahar	SP	Sanatan	results: 207
208	Sikandarpur	BSP	Shribhagwan	results: 208
209	Bansdih	BSP	Shiv Shanker	results: 209
210	Doaba	BSP	Subhash	results: 210
211	Ballia	BSP	Manju	results: 211
212	Kopachit	SP	Ambika Chaudhary	results: 212
213	Zahoorabad	BSP	Kalicharan	results: 213
214	Mohammadabad,Ghazipur	SP	Sibagtulla Ansari	results: 214
215	Dildarnagar	BSP	Pashupati	results: 215
216	Zamania	BSP	Raj Kumar	results: 216
217	Ghazipur	SP	Saiyyada Shadab Fatima	results: 217
218	Jakhania	BSP	Vijay Kumar	results: 218
219	Sadat	BSP	Amerika	results: 219
220	Saidpur	BSP	Dinanath Pandey	results: 220
221	Dhanapur	BSP	Sushil Kumar (Singh)	results: 221
222	Chandauli	BSP	Sharda Prasad	results: 222
223	Chakia	BSP	Jitendra Kumar	results: 223
224	Mughalsarai	SP	Ram Kishun	results: 224
225	Varanasi Cantonment	BJP	Dr. Jyotasana Shrivastav	results: 225
226	Varanasi South	BJP	Shyam Deo Roy Chaudhary Dada	results: 226
227	Varanasi North	SP	Haji Abdul Samad Ansari	results: 227
228	Chiraigaon	BSP	Udai Lal Maurya	results: 228
229	Kolasla	BJP	Ajay Rai	results: 229
230	Gangapur	SP	Surendra Singh Patel	results: 230
231	Aurai	BSP	Rang Nath Mishra	results: 231
232	Gyanpur	SP	Vijay Kumar	results: 232
233	Bhadohi	BSP	Archana Saroj	results: 233
234	Barsathi	BSP	Ravindra Nath Tripathi	results: 234
235	Mariahu	BSP	Dr. K.K. Sachan	results: 235
236	Kerakat	BSP	Biraju Ram	results: 236
237	Beyalsi	BSP	Jagdish Narain	results: 237
238	Jaunpur	SP	Javed Ansari	results: 238
239	Rari	JD(U)	Dhananjay Singh	results: 239
240	Shahganj	SP	Jagdish Sonkar	results: 240
241	Khutahan	SP	Shailendra Yadav Lalai	results: 241
242	Garwara	BJP	Seema	results: 242
243	Machhlishahr	BSP	Subhash Pandey	results: 243
244	Dudhi	BSP	Chandra Mani Prasad	results: 244
245	Robertsganj	BSP	Satya Narayan Jaisal	results: 245
246	Rajgarh	BSP	Anil Kumar Maurya	results: 246
247	Chunar	BJP	Om Prakash Singh	results: 247
248	Majhwa	BSP	Dr. Ramesh Chand Bind	results: 248
249	Mirzapur	SP	Kailash	results: 249
250	Chhanvey	BSP	Surybhan	results: 250
251	Meja	BSP	Raj Bali Jaisal	results: 251
252	Karchana	BSP	Anand Kumar Alias Collector Pandey	results: 252
253	Bara	BJP	Udaibhan Karwaria	results: 253
254	Jhusi	BSP	Praveen Patel	results: 254
255	Handia	BSP	Rakesh Dhar Tripathi	results: 255
256	Pratappur	SP	Jokhu Lal Yadav	results: 256
257	Soraon	BSP	Mohd. Muztaba Siddiqi	results: 257
258	Nawabganj	BSP	Guru Prasad Maurya	results: 258
259	Allahabad North	Congress	Anugrah Narayan Singh	results: 259
260	Allahabad South	BSP	Nand Gopal Gupta 'Nandi'	results: 260
261	Allahabad West	BSP	Pooja Pal	results: 261
262	Chail	BSP	Daya Ram	results: 262
263	Manjhanpur	BSP	Indrajeet Saroj	results: 263
264	Sirathu	BSP	Wachaspati	results: 264
266	Kishunpur	BSP	Murlidhar	results: 266
267	Haswa	BSP	Ayodhya Prasad Pal	results: 267
268	Fatehpur	BJP	Radheshyam Gupta	results: 268
269	Jahanabad	BSP	Aditya Pandey	results: 269
270	Bindki	BSP	Sukhdev Prasad Verma	results: 270
271	Aryanagar	SP	Irfan Solanki	results: 271
272	Sisamau	Congress	Sanjeev Dariyabadi	results: 272
273	Generalganj	BJP	Salil Vishnoi	results: 273
274	Kanpur Cantonment	BJP	Satish Mahana	results: 274
275	Govindnagar	Congress	Ajay Kapoor	results: 275
276	Kalyanpur	BJP	Premlata Katiyar	results: 276
277	Sarsaul	SP	Aruna Tomar	results: 277
278	Ghatampur	BSP	Ramprakash Kushwaha	results: 278
279	Bhognipur	BSP	Raghu Nath Prasad	results: 279
280	Rajpur	BSP	Mithlesh Kumari	results: 280
281	Sarvankhera	SP	Ram Swaroop Singh	results: 281
282	Chaubepur	BSP	Pratibha Shukla	results: 282
283	Bilhaur	BSP	Kamlesh Chandra	results: 283
284	Derapur	BSP	Mahesh Chandra	results: 284
285	Auraiya	BSP	Shakhar	results: 285
286	Ajitmal	BSP	Ashok Kumar	results: 286
287	Lakhana	BSP	Bheem Rao Ambedkar	results: 287
288	Etawah	SP	Mahendra Singh Rajput	results: 288
289	Jaswantnagar	SP	Shiv Pal Singh Yadav	results: 289
290	Bharthana	SP	Mulayam Singh Yadav	results: 290
291	Bidhuna	SP	Dhani Ram	results: 291
292	Kannauj	SP	Anil Kumar	results: 292
293	Umardha	BSP	Kailash Singh Rajput	results: 293
294	Chhibramau	SP	Arvind Singh	results: 294
295	Kamalganj	BSP	Tahir Hussain Siddiki	results: 295
296	Farrukhabad	SP	Vijay Singh	results: 296
297	Kaimganj	BSP	Kuldip Singh Gangwar	results: 297
298	Mohammdabad	SP	Narendra Singh	results: 298
299	Manikpur	BSP	Daddu Prashad	results: 299
300	Karwi	BSP	Dinesh Prashad	results: 300
301	Baberu	SP	Vishambhar Singh Yadav	results: 301
302	Tindwari	SP	Vishambhar Prasad	results: 302
303	Banda	Congress	Vivek Kumar Singh	results: 303
304	Naraini	BSP	Purushottam Naresh	results: 304
305	Hamirpur	SP	Ashok Kumar Singh Chandel	results: 305
306	Maudaha	BSP	Badshah Singh	results: 306
307	Rath	BSP	Chaudari Dhooram Lodhi	results: 307
308	Charkhari	BSP	Anil Kumar Ahirwar	results: 308
309	Mahoba	BSP	Rakesh Kumar	results: 309
310	Mehroni	BSP	Pt. Ram Kumar Tiwari	results: 310
311	Lalitpur	BSP	Engineer Nathu Ram Kushwaha	results: 311
312	Jhansi	Congress	Pradeep Jain Aditya	results: 312
313	Babina	BSP	Ratan Lal Ahirwar	results: 313
314	Mauranipur	BSP	Bhagwati Prasad Sagar	results: 314
315	Garoutha	SP	Deep Narayan Singh	results: 315
316	Konch	BSP	Ajay Singh	results: 316
317	Orai	Congress	Vinod Chaturvedi	results: 317
318	Kalpi	BSP	Chhote Singh	results: 318
319	Madhogarh	BSP	Hari Om	results: 319
320	Bhongaon	SP	Alok Kumar	results: 320
321	Kishni	SP	Km.Sandhya	results: 321
322	Karhal	SP	Sobaran Singh	results: 322
323	Shikohabad	Ind	Ashok Yadav (S/O Maheshwar Singh)	results: 323
324	Jasrana	Ind	Ram Prakash Yadav	results: 324
325	Ghiror	BSP	Jaivir Singh	results: 325
326	Mainpuri	BJP	Ashok Singh Chauhan	results: 326
327	Aliganj	BSP	Avadhpal Singh Yadav	results: 327
328	Patiali	BSP	Ajay Yadav	results: 328
329	Sakit	SP	Suraj Singh	results: 329
330	Soron	BSP	Mamtesh	results: 330
331	Kasganj	BSP	Hasratulla	results: 331
332	Etah	BJP	Prajapalan	results: 332
333	Nidhauli Kalan	SP	Anil Kumar Singh	results: 333
334	Jalesar	BJP	Kuver Singh	results: 334
335	Firozabad	BSP	Nasir Uddin	results: 335
336	Bah	BSP	Madhusdan Sharma	results: 336
337	Fatehabad	BJP	Rajendra Singh	results: 337
338	Tundla	BSP	Rakesh Babu	results: 338
339	Etmadpur	BSP	Narayan Singh	results: 339
340	Dayalbagh	Jan Morcha	Dr.Dharmpal Singh	results: 340
341	Agra Cantonment	BSP	Julfikar Ahmed Bhutto	results: 341
342	Agra East	BJP	Jagan Prashad Garg	results: 342
343	Agra West	BSP	Guteyari Lal Dubes	results: 343
344	Kheragarh	BSP	Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha	results: 344
345	Fatehpur Sikri	BSP	Th. Surajpal	results: 345
346	Goverdhan	RLD	Puran Prakash	results: 346
347	Mathura	Congress	Pradeep Mathur	results: 347
348	Chhata	BSP	Laxmi Narayan	results: 348
349	Mat	ABLC	Shyam Sunder Sharma	results: 349
350	Gokul	BSP	Raj Kumar Rawat	results: 350
351	Sadabad	RLD	Dr. Anil Chaudhary	results: 351
352	Hathras	BSP	Ramveer Upadhayay	results: 352
353	Sasni	BSP	Genda Lal Chaudhary	results: 353
354	Sikandara Rao	BJP	Yashpal Singh Chauhan	results: 354
355	Gangiri	BJP	Ram Singh	results: 355
356	Atrauli	BJP	Premlata Devi	results: 356
357	Aligarh	SP	Zamir Ullah	results: 357
358	Koil	BSP	Mahendra Singh	results: 358
359	Iglas	RLD	Bimlesh Singh	results: 359
360	Barauli	BSP	Tha Jaiveer Singh	results: 360
361	Khair	RLD	Satya Pal Singh	results: 361
362	Jewar	BSP	Horam Singh	results: 362
363	Khurja	BSP	Anil Kumar	results: 363
364	Debai	BSP	Shri Bhagwan Sharma	results: 364
365	Anupshahr	BSP	Gajendra Singh	results: 365
366	Siana	BJP	Sunder Singh	results: 366
367	Agota	BJP	Virendra Singh Sirohi	results: 367
368	Bulandshahr	BSP	Mo. Aleem Khan	results: 368
369	Shikarpur	BSP	Vasdev Singh	results: 369
370	Sikandrabad	BSP	Vedram Bhati	results: 370
371	Dadri	BSP	Satveer Singh Gurjar	results: 371
372	Ghaziabad	BJP	Sunil Kumar Sharma	results: 372
373	Muradnagar	Ind	Rajpal Tyagi	results: 373
374	Modinagar	BSP	Rajpal Singh	results: 374
375	Hapur	BSP	Dharam Pal (S/O Ram Kishan)	results: 375
376	Garhmukteshwar	SP	Madan Chouhan	results: 376
377	Kithore	SP	Shahid Manzoor	results: 377
378	Hastinapur	BSP	Yogesh Verma	results: 378
379	Sardhana	BSP	Chandra Veer Singh	results: 379
380	Meerut Cantonment	BJP	Satyaprakash Agarwal	results: 380
381	Meerut	UPUDF	Haji Yaqub	results: 381
382	Kharkhauda	BSP	Lakhiram Nagar	results: 382
383	Siwalkhas	BSP	Vinod Kumar Harit	results: 383
384	Khekra	RLD	Madan Bhaiya	results: 384
385	Baghpat	RLD	Kaukab Hameed Khan	results: 385
386	Barnawa	RLD	Satyandra	results: 386
387	Chhaprauli	RLD	Dr. Ajay Tomar	results: 387
388	Kandhla	BSP	Balveer	results: 388
389	Khatauli	BSP	Yograj Singh	results: 389
390	Jansath	BSP	Yashwant	results: 390
391	Morna	RLD	Kadir Rana	results: 391
392	Muzaffarnagar	BJP	Ashok Kumar Kansal	results: 392
393	Charthawal	BSP	Anil Kumar	results: 393
394	Baghra	Congress	Pankaj Kumar	results: 394
395	Kairana	BJP	Hukum Singh	results: 395
396	Thana Bhawan	RLD	Abdul Warish Khan	results: 396
397	Nakur	BSP	Mahipal Singh	results: 397
398	Sarsawa	BSP	Dr.Dharm Singh Saini	results: 398
399	Nagal	BSP	Ravindar Kumar (Molhu)	results: 399
400	Deoband	BSP	Manoj Chaudhary	results: 400
401	Harora	BSP	Jagpal	results: 401
402	Saharanpur	BJP	Raghav Lakhan Pal	results: 402
403	Muzaffarabad	Ind	Imran Masood	results: 403

Criminalisation in the U.P. 2007 elections

The number of criminal-politicians participating in the elections have been growing, particularly because they have been successful in the past. In the U.P. Assembly elections, 2002, candidates with criminal records won 206 out of 403 seats in the assembly, i.e. more criminals were elected than regular politicians^[6].

In 2007, the participation by criminals increased significantly. Prior to elections, 74% more criminal politicians were given tickets by the mainstream parties (Source: UP Election Watch, independent NGO headed by ex-DIG Ishwar P. Dwivedi^[7]):

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP): 36.27%
Samajwadi Party (SP): 27.01 %
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP): 23.05%
Indian National Congress (INC) : 21.60%

The Election Commission of India, the autonomous body charged with conducting elections, was facing intense media pressure to check criminalization related irregularities in the electoral process. Extremely strict measures were enforced, bringing in 639 companies of paramilitary forces to prevent musclepower effects. Any deviations from prescribed norms led to candidates being debarred. To help manage the situation, elections were held in seven stages.

At least six candidates campaigned from jails, broadcasting live speeches through illegal mobile phones smuggled into their jail cells while jailors looked the other way.

However, partially owing to the strict measures adopted during elections, only 100 persons with criminal records won the elections (as opposed to 206 in the previous elections). These include the elected Chief Minister Mayawati, who is facing embezzlement charges stemming from the Rs.175 crore (USD 40 million) Taj Corridor Case, the leader of the opposition Mulayam Singh Yadav, and other ganglords and hardened criminals (see Criminal-Politicians below). In many of these instances, opposition campaigners did not feel safe enough to put up a vibrant campaign, and in some situations, the mainstream parties reached alliances with the criminals and did not put up serious competition (e.g., Mukhtar Ansari). However, to some extent, these victories may also reflect a perception that these criminal politicians are able to deliver some level of well-being to their communities.

For example, the Soraon Assembly constituency in Allahabad district is one where all 11 candidates in the fray had criminal cases pending against them. Here Mohd. Mustaba Siddiqi of the Bahujan Samaj Party (38280 votes, 29.41%) defeated Mohd. Ayub of the Samajwadi Party (32739/25.15%)^[8].

Alleged and convicted criminal-politicians who won

Samajwadi Party

Mukhtar Ansari, (Independent, supported by Samajwadi Party/Bharatiya Janata Party): won as (Independent) from Mau, while he was in Jhansi jail, facing charges in the murder of BJP ganglord-MLA from Ghazipur, Krishnanand Rai. His brother Afzal Ansari became the Lok Sabha MP from Ghazipur, after Krishnanand Rai was killed, and is also in jail for the murder, which was apparently executed by the Munna Bajrangi gang which is known to be close to the Ansari's. Mukhtar is named in 29 criminal cases (the third highest in these elections), but is close to Mulayam Singh Yadav, and the Samajwadi Party did not put up a candidate against him. He also is said to be close to Sonia Gandhi's Indian National Congress party, who put up only a dummy candidate, Gopal, against him; Gopal garnered only three thousand votes and lost his deposit. A large faction of the Mau Congress executive committee members had resigned en masse to protest against choosing such a dummy candidate.

Despite Mukhtar's muscle power however, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate Vijay Pratap managed to garner 42% of the vote, and Mukhtar won by seven thousand votes (47%) only^[9] Currently lodged at Gorakhpur Jail, where his case might take a long time to come to trial. He won the Lakshmipur Constituency seat in Gorakhpur District by a margin of nearly 20 thousand votes (12%).

Raghuraj Pratap Singh (Independent, supported by Samajwadi Party/Bharatiya Janata Party): alias Raja Bhaiyya, with 35 criminal cases filed against him. Raja Bhaiyya is from the princely family of Kunda. A skull found in a palace pond allegedly belongs to scooterist Santosh Misra who was guilty of daring to overatake his convoy. He won as an independent from Kunda with an overwhelming margin of 53,000 votes (48%) over Shiv Prakash Mishra of the BSP.

Mukhtar Ansari's eldest brother Sibakatullah Ansari (Samajwadi Party): won from Mohammadabad, which used to be the constituency for the slain BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai. Shibakatullah defeated Krishnanand's wife Alka Rai (BJP), who was standing on a platform of seeking justice for the murder of her husband, apparently by the Ansari's

Chandrabhadra Singh alias Sonu (Samajwadi Party), from Issauli in Sultanpur district, is accused, along with seven others, in the murder of the gangster-Saint Gyaneshwar in Allahabad. After Mayawati's accession to power, Chandrabhadra was arrested as one of her first directives

Bahujan Samaj Party

Badshah Singh ([BSP): Don from Maudaha, is facing six criminal charges, including attempted murder, extortion, and kidnapping. Won at Maudaha by defeating Apni Chiraiya Prajapati of the Samajwadi Party by a margin of 17 thousand votes (15%). Currently a Minister of State in the Mayawati cabinet^[10].

Anand Sen Yadav, (BSP): Son of BSP gangster Member of Parliament Mitra Sen Yadav (currently being investigated in the human trafficking scam along with Babulal Katara). Anand, who is in Jail facing over 12 cases including murder and extortion^[10], won from Milkipur ^[11], and has been appointed Minister of State in the Mayawati cabinet.

Daddan or Daddan Misra (BSP), from Bhinga. According to his election affidavit^[12], Daddan has cases registered under IPC 147, 148, 199, 448, 453, 323, 427, 511;^[13]

Jamuna Nishad from Pipraich (cabinet minister, resigned on 2008-06-08 after being named in the murder of a policeman^[14].)
Avadhpal Singh Yadav (BSP), won from Aliganj and is currently Minister of State.
Sangram Singh (BSP) from Nawabganj (cabinet minister)
Shazil Islam Ansari (BSP): won from Bhojipura, and appointed a minister of state in Maya cabinet.

Out of 19 ministers of state in the Mayawati cabinet, eight have violent criminal charges pending against them^[10].

Rashtriya Parivartan Dal

D. P. Yadav, mafia don and erstwhile liquor baron from Western U.P. (Rashtriya Parivartan Dal): Scraped through from Sahaswan, with a 109 vote margin (0.1%) over the Samajwadi Party incumbent Omkar Singh^[15]
D. P. Yadav's wife Umlesh Yadav (Rashtriya Parivartan Dal) won more handily from Bisauli, defeating incumbent Samajwadi Party legislator Yogendra Singh Kunnu with a margin of 13,400 votes (10%)^[16].

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Alleged and convicted criminal-politicians who lost

Rashtriya Lok Dal

Chhotelal Vishwakarma of Rashtriya Lok Dal, with 24 cases against him^[7], lost from Gangapur in Varanasi District. He polled only two thousand votes and lost his deposit. Surendra Singh Patel of the Samajwadi Party won from this constituency with a lead of ten thousand votes (6%) over Neel Ratan Patel of Apna Dal.

Apna Dal/Bharatiya Janata Party

Pawan Pandey (Apna Dal, supported by Bharatiya Janata Party), who has 63 criminal cases pending against him (the highest number of cases pending against any candidate in this election^[18]) lost in Akbarpur, trailing the winner Ram Achal Rajbhar of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) by nearly twelve thousand votes (13%).

Abhay Singh, a criminal-politician in jail charged with several murder cases against him, fielded his wife Sarita Singh on Apna Dal ticket from Bikapur seat in Faizabad district. At one point, he conducted a meeting with the sector-in-charge inside the jail^[19]. Abhay Singh has also been accused of making threatening calls to voters from inside the Faizabad jail. While Sarita Singh polled forty thousand votes, she came third, trailing the winner Jitendra Kumar Bablu Bhaiya (BSP) by 13 thousand votes (8%).

A number of other criminal politicians mentioned in the press, such as the new bandit queen Seema Parihar, wife of the slain dacoit Nirbhay Gujjar^[20], do not appear on the candidate lists, and may have been removed due to irregularities in their nomination papers or otherwise.

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