India, March 9 -- The preparations for the 2027 election to the 403-member Uttar Pradesh assembly have begun. In 2022, the polling concluded on March 7. The results were announced on March 10 that year, and Yogi Adityanath took the oath as the chief minister for the second consecutive term on March 25.

The contest primarily remains between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the main Opposition Samajwadi Party (SP), and their leaders Adityanath and Akhilesh Yadav.

Apart from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Congress, Chandrashekhar Azad's Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram), Asaduddin Owaisi's All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), Apna Dal (Sonelal) of Anupriya Patel, Nishad Party of Sanjay Nishad, and Suheldev Bhartiya...