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UP Assembly Election 2017 Results: As it happened
The BJP achieved a stunning victory on Saturday in Uttar Pradesh and returned to power in the state after a 14-year gap.
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-We humbly accept this victory and will tirelessly work towards development: Union Minister Ananth Kumar.
Results prove that Muslims are not a vote bank and it’s a myth that I am a spoiler. The result proves it wrong: Asaduddin Owaisi.
-EC replies to BSP's letter alleging manipulation of EVMs, says no merit found in allegation & prayers made in letter are not legally tenable.
We welcome the public mandate, allegations of Mayawati ji should be probed: Lalu Prasad Yadav, RJD.
Akhilesh Yadav meets UP Governor Ram Naik, tenders resignation after his party's drubbing in assembly elections.
Latest results - BJP wins 287 and leading in 25, SP wins 45 and leads in 2, BSP wins 17 and leading in 2, Congress wins 7 and leading in 0.
Will take the responsibility of the loss only after reviewing, says Akhilesh Yadav.
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Am overjoyed that BJP has received unprecedented support from all sections of society. Huge support from the youth is gladdening. I salute the hardwork of BJP karyakartas. They have tirelessly worked hard at the grassroots level and won the confidence of the people. Congratulations to Amit Shah, party office bearers and state units for their exemplary work in taking the party to new heights. Every moment of our time, everything we do is for welfare and well-being of the people of India. We believe in the power of 125 crore Indians, says PM Modi.
Gratitude to the people of India for the continued faith, support and affection for the BJP. This is very humbling and overwhelming, says PM Modi.
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Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav loses to BJP's Rita Bahujuna Joshi by margin of 33,796 votes in Lucknow Cantt seat.
Latest results - BJP wins 227 and leading in 82, SP wins 33 and leads in 16, BSP wins 14 and leading in 6, Congress wins 5 and leading in 2.
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Latest results - BJP wins in 149 seats and leading in 161, SP wins 23 and leads in 25.
PM Modi has emerged as the tallest leader in the country and even BJP's political rivals have to admit it, says Shah.
Move past Hindu-Muslim, a voter is a voter, politics of development should take place, points out Shah.
Very encouraging results for BJP. BJP has received unprecedented 2/3rd majority in UP and UK, the biggest win post-independence. People accepted politics of performance, this historic mandate will take the country to new direction, says Shah.
Shah addresses the media at party HQ in Delhi, says "We are forming the governments in UP, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur. Thank the electorate there."
A pic of Shah at party headquarters (courtesy - ANI):
The credit goes to PM Modi, BJP workers and people of UP. Chief Minister will be decided by Central Parliamentary Board, says KP Maurya, BJP UP chief.
Latest results - BJP wins in 104 seats and leading in 205.
I thank the people of Jaswant Nagar for my victory. Rest we accept people's mandate, says Shivpal Yadav.
Latest results - BJP wins 43 and leading in 260, SP wins 7 and leading in 46, BSP wins 6 and leading in 16, Congress wins 1 and leading in 9.
Latest data - BJP wins 15 and leading in 289. SP leads in 51, Congress 08 and BSP in 16.
Either the EVMs did not accept votes other than BJP, or the votes of other parties have gone to BJP in the EVMs, says BSP chief Mayawati.
Most votes in Muslim majority constituencies have gone to BJP, makes it evident that voting machines were manipulated, she adds.
I have written to Election Commission in this regard, people no more have faith in EVM machines, Mayawati further says.
The previous best showing by BJP in UP was in 1991, at the height of Ram Janam Bhoomi movement, when it got majority on its own winning 221 seats out of 425 in an undivided state.
BJP president thanks the people of UP for overwhelming verdict.
Latest in UP poll results 2017: Leading - BJP 294, SP 56, BSP 19, Congress 09.
Latest trends from UP elections 2017 - BJP 292, Congress 11, SP 59, BSP 18.
BJP leader Sangeet Som is leading in Sardhana by over 8,500 votes; SP candidate Atul Pradhan in second.
BJP leading in all five Assembly seats in Ghaziabad.
Today nation is standing with PM Modi. This is the victory of people of UP and Uttarakhand, says Union Minister Piyush Goyal.
People of UP have rejected the politics of Muslim appeasement, says Yogi Adityanath, BJP MP.
BJP leading in Ramnagar (Barabanki) and Ayodhya seats. Ministers Arvind Singh Gope, Tej Narain alias Pawan Pandey trailing.
Trends show BJP's Suresh Rana trailing BSP's Abdul Waris Khan in Thana Bhawan seat in Shamli by over 5000 votes.
Gayatri Prajapati, who is absconding after the UP police booked him in an alleged gang-rape case and attempt to rape a minor, is trailing in Amethi, where Garima Singh (BJP), the first wife of Congress leader Sanjay Sinh, was leading.
Ameeta Singh (Congress), the present wife of Sanjay Sinh is also trailing.
The BJP and its allies consolidate their position in Uttar Pradesh by surging ahead in 290 of the 403 seats, going by trends available from 386 constituencies in the first three hours of counting.
BJP seems headed for its biggest ever haul in UP elections 2017. Takes a lead in 304 seats.
Rajnath Singh's son Pankaj leading by 15766 votes from Noida seat in UP poll results 2017.
BSP leading on Lalganj , Azamgarh UP Assembly constituency.
Election result today: Leads/trends - 360/403 - BJP+ 250, SP+ 68, BSP 31, Others 11.
The BJP has been out of power in UP for 14 years.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP and its ally, Apna Dal, swept the polls bagging 73 out of 80 Lok Sabha seats in the state, riding the Modi wave.
In the last two UP Assembly elections, the voters of the state had given clear mandates. In 2012, the SP won 224 seats followed by the BSP (80) and the BJP (47).
The Congress and the RLD, which had contested the Assembly elections together, bagged 28 and 9 seats respectively.
In 2007, the BSP had emerged as the largest party with 206 seats followed by the SP which won 97 seats. The BJP had won 51 seats, while the RLD bagged 10 seats.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the RLD could not win a single seat. Ajit Singh lost to BJP's Satypal Singh in his bastion of Baghpat, while his son Jayant Chaudhary also lost in Mathura to BJP's Hema Malini.
BJP surges ahead in UP Assembly Elections 2017, crosses 200 seats.
BJP Party workers celebrate in Lucknow:
If Akhilesh Yadav loses UP Assembly Elections it's going to be a serious debacle for him.
Akhilesh had met with stiff Opposition from different quarters of the party but he stuck to his stand. He forged a pre-poll alliance with the Congress whose success or failure may establish or destablise him depending upon the poll outcome.
Azam Khan's son Abdullah trailing from Swar, Rampur in UP polls 2017.
Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav trailing from Lucknow Cantt seat in Uttar Pradesh Elections 2017.
Uttar Pradesh Election results 2017 - BJP+ shoots ahead in more than 100 seats as per early trends; SP, BSP lag behind.
UP Elections 2017 - As per early trends UP ministers Azam Khan (from Rampur) and Gayatri Prajapati (from Amethi) leading, says ANI.
We will win, says Samajwadi Party's Shivpal Yadav.
Uttar Pradesh (leads/trends) 56/403 - BJP+ 22, SP+ 18, BSP 14.
We have to ensure that counting process is transparent, according to rules and be free from any malpractice ,says CEC Nasim Zaidi.
Trends coming from 21 seats in UP.
First trends - BSP candidate Mukhtar Ansari leading in Mau.
Uttar Pradesh Assembly election results 2017 - Counting underway in 78 centres across 75 districts.
Samajwadi Party workers perform Havan in Lucknow -
Counting of votes have started.
We are winning with 2/3rd majority, SP and BSP will be wiped out, says Keshav Prasad Maurya, UP BJP chief.
BJP candidate from Lucknow Cantt Rita Bahuguna Joshi offers prayers at Hazratganj's Hanuman Temple.
These elections are widely being seen as a virtual referendum on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's demonetisation decision.
The UP Assembly election results 2017 will decide the fate of Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati as they seek to prevent the BJP from gaining power in the politically-crucial state.
The IndiaToday-Axis poll, however, gave the BJP a comfortable majority of 251-279 seats. The Samajwadi-Congress could win 88-112 seats and the BSP 28-42 seats.
But TimesNow-VMR predicted the BJP could win 190-210 seats, the Samajwadi-Congress 110-130 and the BSP 57-74. CNN-News18-Gramener said the BJP could win 164 seats, the Samajwadi-Congress 147 and the BSP 81.
The India TV-CVoter exit poll predicted 155-167 seats for the BJP, 135-147 for the Samajwadi-Congress alliance and 81-93 for the BSP.
According to NewsX-MRC poll, the BJP and its allies may win 185 seats, the Congress-Samajwadi Party combine 120 and the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 90.
The average exit poll results on Thursday gave 180 seats for the BJP in the 403-member Uttar Pradesh Assembly, way short of the 202-mark needed to form a government.
The average turnout in the seven phases of polling that began on February 11 has been around 60-61 per cent compared to 59.48 percent in 2012.
Over 60 percent of the 1.41 crore voters exercised their franchise in the seventh and last phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls in 40 seats, bringing down the curtain on a gruelling two-month-long process.
Elections in all five states has been dubbed as a litmus test for the Narendra Modi government.
In UP polling was announced in seven phases between February 11 and March 8.
The high-decibel campaign in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa was set rolling after the EC announced polling dates on January 4.
In Punjab and Goa polling was held on February 5, while Uttarakhand went to polls on February 15.
On March 06 too, PM Modi, while wrapping up his hectic campaign with a rally at Rohaniya, made an impassioned plea to voters to defeat SP-Congress combine and BSP, blaming these parties for the plight of Uttar Pradesh.
For the UP polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi led BJP's campaign from the front and slammed Samajwadi Party-Congress combine and BSP in rallies after rallies.
Lucknow: The BJP achieved a stunning victory on Saturday in Uttar Pradesh and returned to power in the state after a 14-year gap during which regional parties such as the SP and BSP had held sway.
The BJP, which had just 47 seats in the outgoing Assembly, garnered 40 percent vote share in the most riveting contest seen as a game-changer and a virtual referendum on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity and demonetisation.
The victory triggered widespread celebrations all across the country's most populous state as well as at the BJP headquarters in Delhi.