After the election, Bharatiya Janata Party formed the state government, with Yogi Adityanath becoming Chief Minister.

[9] On 25 January, former Union Minister and Congress leader Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh joined BJP.

[citation needed]Unlike in previous years, the Bahujan Samaj Party announced that it would compete in the election all by itself.

[citation needed] Later parties like VSIP, LJP (Ram Vilas), Rashtriya Rashtrawadi Party, ABHM and ASPKR also confirmed their participation in the election[34][35][36] On 8 February, BJP released its manifesto titled "Lok Sankalp Patra", ahead of the 1st phase of the elections.

[41][42] The final tranche "Unnati Vidhan" was released on 9 February 2022 which centered on overall development and general issues.

[48] SKM had organised the 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest against the controversial three farm acts which were passed by the BJP-led Union Government in the BJP controlled Parliament of India in September 2020.

[50] SKM leaders launched "Mission UP and Uttarakhand" and appealed to the voters to not vote for BJP calling them anti-farmer.

[55] Citing a survey from all constituencies of UP, DNA news reported that unemployment was the biggest issue for 73% of the voters.

[59] The deadly stray cow attacks on humans and crops in both the urban and rural areas is an issue for the residents.

[59] Since then the trading of male cattle has reduced due to the fear of arrest, persecution, lynching by cow vigilantes.

[61][62][63] The Adityanath ministry in the state of Uttar Pradesh introduced a special alcohol tax to earn money and maintain thousands of cow sheds operated by the government.

[59] BJP state government claims to have provided money to the village pradhans to set up cow shelters to keep the stray cattle.

Deccan Herald reported that it could not find cattle shelters in the villages of Sitapur, Lakhimpur Kheri, Hardoi and Unnao districts.

[60] SP promised to fix the root cause of the problem, removing the fear in trading of livestock without any trouble or harassment.

[62] Akhilesh Yadav said that the farmers were forced to guard their crops to prevent it from being grazen by stray animals.

It also promised a Godhan Nyay Yojana along the lines of a similar scheme in Chhattisgarh including the purchase of cow dung (gobar) for ₹2 per kilogram to promote organic farming and vermi-composting by Self-Help Groups.

On 22 February, the local farmers released hundreds of cattle at the venue of the election rally in Barabanki located 40 km from the state capital Lucknow.

In a viral video of the incident, hundreds of unattended cattle were seen roaming in the open rally ground.

[65][69] Akhilesh Yadav stated that public will not be hit with inflation if SP alliance wins the election.

[69] The government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in India was criticised by Priyanka Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal and Akhilesh Yadav who stated that the people were not given the needed help.

[75] On 4 March, in Basti, Uttar Pradesh, a large number of VVPAT slips were found unattended on ground near the strong room where the EVMs were kept prior to counting.

[79] Yadav alleged that the Electronic Voting machines caught were being stolen from a EVM counting centre in Varanasi.

[80] Yadav addressed a press conference where he accused the Election Commission officials of EVM tampering and added that he had lost trust on the EC.

The Election Commission ordered action against Varanasi Additional District Magistrate and suspended him from his post for violating the rules in transportation of EVMs.

[83] On 9 March, in Bareilly three boxes full of election voting material (blank postal ballot) were discovered in the garbage trucks of city municipality.

[85] Police and district administration arrived to meet Samajwadi party members regarding the incident and assured to take actions on their complaint.

[88] On the same day in Moradabad 2 boxes of ballot paper was found by SP members in the truck operated by municipality.

[89] In Sonbhadra district a box full of ballot papers was found in a truck accompanied by SDM's vehicle.

[90] In Sultanpur a truck full of boxes of EVM was found near the strong room, storing voting equipments.

[94] Akhilesh Yadav alleged that the Office of the UP Chief Minister was making attempts to influence the counting of votes.