The much-anticipated Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections culminated in a resounding victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), establishing Yogi Adityanath as the state’s first Chief Minister to gain a consecutive majority in 37 years.
On the other hand, there were numerous incidents that branded the UP elections as unfair, including an EVM malfunction during the first phase of the election, children playing with voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) slips in the Basti (UP) area, Samajwadi Party members intercepting a truck carrying multiple EVMs in Varanasi, blank postal ballots discovered in garbage trucks in Bareilly, and the most significant factor, the influencing media supporting and telecast The Congress Party allocated 40% of its tickets to female candidates, and the Samajwadi Party’s agenda was equally strong, but such issues received little press. However, on all such allegations, respective authorities provided adequate explanations, such as the VVPAT slips were not for actual elections but were used for mock drills, a proper fact check was conducted following a complaint filed by the Samajwadi Party regarding postal ballots in garbage trucks, and the election official and SDM involved in this were suspended, and the EVMs caught in Varanasi were used for training purposes and not for actual elections, and an inspection of this incident was conducted. Additionally, following Akhilesh Yadav’s letter to the Election Commission’s Chief on the non-telecasting of exit polls, the Election Commission ordered similarly throughout the duration of the election.
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Putting aside the circumstances that contribute to rage over whether the election was fair or unfair, the fundamental fact is that all steps necessary to conduct a fair election were adhered to. The BJP party won votes as a result of the infrastructure and administration of law and order in the state of Uttar Pradesh, but also as a result of the Ram Mandir issue.
Samajwadi Party was viewed as the main rival of the BJP and it also performed well, but due to reasons such as ticket distribution to family members and a failure to create powerful partners, SP fell to the BJP.
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