On party supremo Mayawati's birthday, Bahujan Samaj Party released the first list of its candidates for 53 assembly constituencies for Uttar Pradesh polls.
"We have finalised candidates on 53 seats in the first list, the remaining five will be released in a day or two," BSP chief Mayawati said Saturday while addressing a press conference in Lucknow.
Elections to the 403 seats of UP assembly will be held in seven phases starting from February 10. A total of 58 assembly seats spread over 11 districts will go to the polls in the first phase on February 10.
Mayawati expressed confidence that her party would win the polls and form the government in UP.
"In the assembly elections, the people will definitely bring our party to power again and I also want to assure them that after coming to power this time our party will again run the government in all matters like during its previous regime," she said.
Polling in Uttar Pradesh will be held on February 10, 14, 20, 23, 27 and March 3 and 7 in seven phases. The counting of votes will be taken up on March 10.
In the 2017 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party had won 312 out of 403 seats. The Samajwadi Party and the Congress had sealed an alliance with the former contesting on 298 seats and the latter on the remaining 105 seats. The SP could manage to win only 47 seats and Congress won seven seats. The Bahujan Samajwadi Party won 19 seats.