Uttar Pradesh exit polls 2017: As it happened

Lucknow: Various exit polls have predicted the winner and performances of various political parties in the high-decibel electoral battle of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2017.

Here are all the details:-

Various exit polls:

- As per Today's Chanakya, seat projection for is BJP 285 ± 18, SP-Congress 88 ± 15, BSP 27 ± 12 and others 3 ± 2.

- UP exit poll: BJP+ 251-279, SP-Congress 88-112, BSP 28-42, Others 6-16, according to India Today-My Axis survey

- UP exit poll: BJP 164, SP+Cong 147, BSP 81, Others 11, according to CNN NEWS18 GRAMENER survey

- SP+Congress (120), BJP (185), BSP (90), Others (8), according to NewsX-MRC survey

- SP+Congress (190-210), BJP (110-130), BSP (57-74), according to TimesNow-VMR survey

- UP exit poll: BJP+ 164-176, SP-Congress 156-169, BSP 60-72, Others 2-6, according to ABP News survey

- UP exit poll: BJP+ 155-167, SP-Congress alliance 135-147, BSP 81-93, Others 8-20 seats, according to India TV-CVoter exit poll projections. UP Assembly has 403 seats.

- UP exit poll: BJP+ will emerge as biggest party, will get 185 out of 403 seats, according to News18 India-MRC survey

- UP exit poll: SP+Congress to get 120 seats, according to News18 India-MRC survey

- UP exit poll: BSP will get 90 seats, according to News18 India-MRC survey 

- Exit polls predictions will start coming in from 5:30 PM

- In 2012 UP Assembly Elections, BSP bagged 80 seats, BJP won 47 seats while SP+Congress got 252

- This LIVE BLOG will update predictions of all the exit polls

- The prediction of exit polls will begin at 5:30 PM

- In a high-stake electoral contest, Akhilesh Yadav and PM Narendra Modi have high hopes 

- The final phase of voting for 40 assembly seats in the Uttar Pradesh elections ended on Wednesday

- Overall 60.03% voter turnout was recorded in seventh and last phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls

- In Uttar Pradesh, which has a 403-member House, polls were held on February 11 (73 constituencies), February 15 (67 constituencies), February 19 (69), February 23 (53), February 27 (52), March 3 (49) and March 8 (40).

- The family feud and the split in ruling Samajwadi Party have injected a new dimension in the politics in Uttar Pradesh where BJP hopes to capture power after 14 years on the back of a sweep in Lok Sabha elections in 2014. 

- Congress has joined hands with Samajwadi Party; BSP also hopes to make it a crucial fight