Election Commission of India announces dates of the 17th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. Polling will be from February 11 to March 8, 2017. Uttar Pradesh 2017 General Elections is divided into 7 phases. Last time elections were in the year 2012 when the Samajwadi Party won a majority and formed the government in the leadership of Akhilesh Yadav.
Schedule for holding General Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh
| Poll event | Phase 1 (73 ACs) |
Phase 2 (67 ACs) |
Phase 3 (69 ACs) |
Phase 4 (53 ACs) |
Phase 5 (52 ACs) |
Phase 6 (49 ACs) |
Phase 7 (40 ACs) |
| Date of notification | 17 Jan 2017 | 20 Jan 2017 | 24 Jan 2017 | 30 Jan 2017 | 2 Feb 2017 | 8 Feb 2017 | 11 Feb 2017 |
| Last date of making nominations | 24 Jan 2017 | 27 Jan 2017 | 31 Jan 2017 | 6 Feb 2017 | 9 Feb 2017 | 15 Feb 2017 | 18 Feb 2017 |
| Scrutiny of nominations | 25 Jan 2017 | 28 Jan 2017 | 2 Feb 2017 | 7 Feb 2017 | 11 Feb 2017 | 16 Feb 2017 | 20 Feb 2017 |
| Withdrawal of candidature | 27 Jan 2017 | 30 Jan 2017 | 4 Feb 2017 | 9 Feb 2017 | 13 Feb 2017 | 18 Feb 2017 | 22 Feb 2017 |
| Date of poll | 11 Feb 2017 | 15 Feb 2017 | 19 Feb 2017 | 23 Feb 2017 | 27 Feb 2017 | 4 Mar 2017 | 8 Mar 2017 |
| Date of counting | 11 Mar 2017 | ||||||
| Date of completion | 15 Mar 2017 | ||||||
Phase-wise Assembly Constituencies of Uttar Pradesh
