Lucknow/New Delhi:
The counting of votes for all the 403 Uttar Pradesh Assembly seats concluded on Saturday. The trends had given indication about the high-stakes electoral battle between the ruling Samajwadi Party, BSP, BJP and the Congress. But BJP gained a huge majority in the state.
The results of exit polls on Thursday by various agencies have confirmed the widespread feeling that the voter sentiment is still in the favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party and it could emerge as the single largest party in the politically-prized state.
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As it happened:
#7:44pm: BJP+ wins 311 seats, SP 47, Congress 7, BSP 19
#7:12pm: BJP+ wins 309 seats, leading on 3; SP 47; Congress 7; BSP 19
#6:47pm: BJP+ wins 299 seats, leading on 13; SP 45; Congress 7; BSP 19
#6:11pm: BJP+ wins 287 seats, leading on 25; SP 45; Congress 7; BSP 17
#5:51pm: Akhilesh Yadav submits his resignation to Governor Ram Naik, from position of Uttar Pradesh CM
#5:47pm: BJP+ wins 273 seats, leading on 38; SP 44; Congress 7; BSP 16
#5:24pm: BJP+ wins 262 seats, leading on 49; SP 43; Congress 6; BSP 16
#5:17pm: BJP+ wins 258 seats, leading on 53; SP 41; Congress 6; BSP 16
#5:13pm: It might be possible that people did not liked expressway and voted for Bullet Train, says AKhilesh Yadav
#5:10pm: If question has been raised (by Mayawati) on EVMs, govt should probe it. I will also look at it on my level: Akhilesh Yadav
#5:08pm: Rahul Gandhi congratulates PM Narendra Modi and the BJP on their victory in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand
#5:07pm: Congress loses all four seats in Amethi, BJP wins three of them
#4:54pm: BJP+ wins 234 seats, leading on 75; SP 35; Congress 6; BSP 14
#4:44pm: 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
#4:42pm: Swati Singh, wife of expelled BJP leader Dayashankar Singh, celebrates after winning from Sarojini Nagar seat
Swati Singh, wife of expelled BJP leader Dayashankar Singh, celebrates after winning from Sarojini Nagar seat #ElectionResults pic.twitter.com/ZVuZzpW0oc
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) March 11, 2017
#4:41pm: BSP's Mukhtar Ansari wins from Mau with 97199 votes
#4:33pm: BJP+ wins 205 seats, leading on 104; SP 32; Congress 5; BSP 11
#4:13pm: BJP+ wins 177 seats, leading on 130; SP 29; Congress 4; BSP 8
#3:20pm: BJP+ wins 92 seats, leading on 227; SP 20; Congress 1; BSP 4
#3:05pm: BJP+ wins 85 seats, leading on 233; SP 16; Congress 1; BSP 4
#2:59pm: BJP+ wins 73 seats, leading on 245; SP 15; Congress 1; BSP 2
Delhi: BJP President Amit Shah at BJP HQ #ElectionResults pic.twitter.com/4DmiU0TtjU
— ANI (@ANI_news) March 11, 2017
#2:48pm: BJP+ wins 57 seats, leading on 259; SP 11; Congress 1; BSP 2
#2:45pm: BJP+ wins 50 seats, leading on 276; SP 10; Congress 1; BSP 2
#2:40pm: BJP+ wins 44 seats, leading on 276; SP 7; Congress 1; BSP 2
#ECI data says BJP wins 43; SP 7; Congress 1; BSP 2
— News Nation (@NewsNationTV) March 11, 2017
Follow live updates at: https://t.co/hfHvuLsxgk pic.twitter.com/R19ap25LCy
#2:30pm: BJP+ wins 38 seats, leading on 276; SP, Congress win 1 each; BSP 2
#2:00pm: BJP wins 15 seats, leading on 305; SP, Congress win 1 each; BSP leading on 18; Others on 8
#With help of foreign expert team,EVMs must be investigated. Elections should be held again with the old ballot paper voting in UP: Mayawati
#Results of the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand assembly polls must be stopped immediately, this is my request to Election Commission: Mayawati
#I have written to Election Commission in this regard, people no more have faith in EVM machines: Mayawati,BSP
#I challenge BJP, Modi and Amit Shah to hold elections with ballot papers and prove their majority is true: Mayawati
Most votes in Muslim majority constituencies have gone to BJP, makes it evident that voting machines were manipulated: Mayawati,BSP pic.twitter.com/DdXjaqMkQF
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) March 11, 2017
Either the EVMs did not accept votes other than BJP, or the votes of other parties have gone to BJP in the EVMs: Mayawati pic.twitter.com/qF741k0DpT
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP)
March 11, 2017
#BJP could not have won without tampered EVMs in 2014 Lok Sabha elections as well: Mayawati
#Faulty EVMs allowed BJP to gain votes in Muslim dominated areas as well, which strengthens the doubt: Mayawati
#Votes cast for other parties also go to BJP due to faulty EVMs: Mayawati
#1:35pm:BSP chief Maywati addresses press conference
#1:30pm: BJP wins 6 seats, leading on 300; SP, Congress win 1 each
BJP supporters celebrate in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh #uttarpradeshpolls2017 pic.twitter.com/wVTMs052ye
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) March 11, 2017
#1:25pm: BJP wins 3 - leads in 303; SP wins 1 - leads in 61; Congress ahead in 10; BSP 18 and others 7
#1:25pm: BJP state president Keshav Maurya will brief to Media at 6.00 PM at BJP HQ
#1:20pm: Congress accepts defeat, says loss hurts - fundamental restructuring required, click here to read more
#1:10pm: Result tally: BJP declared winner on 3; SP wins 1 seat; Trends: BJP ahead on 307; SP-Cong - 67; BSP 18 and others 8
#1:09pm: Rajnath, Adityanath or Maurya- who will be the CM as BJP sweeps Uttar Pradesh, click here to read more
#1:05pm: BJP wins 3 seats, leading on 307; SP wins 1
#12:56pm: SP's Ujjwal Raman Singh wins from Karchhana (Allahabad)
#12:52pm: Manish Anuragi wins Hamirpur; BJP wins 3 seats, leading on 302; SP-Cong at 66; BSP only 23
#12:45am: BJP's Kunwar Brijesh wins from Deoband; BJP wins 2 seats, leading on 303; SP-Cong at 66; BSP only 23
#12:45pm: This is a win of Modiji's leadership and Amit Shah ji's hard work. It has broken all barriers of religion,caste,creed etc:Smriti Irani on UP
#12:45pm: CM Akhilesh Yadav to address the media at 5 PM today
SP ne UP mein samasyaaon ka pahaad khada kar rakha hai: Pankaj Singh, BJP on #uttarpradeshpolls2017 pic.twitter.com/zE2eB4VMJZ
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) March 11, 2017
#12:20am: BJP wins in Noida, leading on 306 seats; SP-Cong at 72; BSP only 17 and others winning 7
#UPelectionResults | #Modiwave outshines #RamMandir fanfare: BJP set to cross its performance in 1991 electionshttps://t.co/JsEMrYMoId pic.twitter.com/H87lD1eV6h
— News Nation (@NewsNationTV) March 11, 2017
WATCH: BJP UP state president Keshav Prasad Maurya celebrates in Lucknow as BJP leading in Uttar Pradesh pic.twitter.com/PkH2RNMAqm
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) March 11, 2017
#11:42am: Rajnath Singh's son Pankaj wins Noida for BJP
#UPElection2017 Vote share percentage till 11:30am (Source: ECI) #BJPSweepsUP
— News Nation (@NewsNationTV) March 11, 2017
Live updates: https://t.co/hfHvuLsxgk pic.twitter.com/Fok7iVFX3R
#UPElection2017 Seat tally till 11:30am (Source: ECI) #BJPSweepsUP pic.twitter.com/7zBslNWNP8
— News Nation (@NewsNationTV) March 11, 2017
#11:23am: BJP winning state with 305 seats; SP-Cong at 72; BSP only 17
#11:15am: We respect the mandate, but development has lost and votebank politics has won: Rajiv Shukla, Congres
#11:07am: BJP winning state with 304 seats; SP-Cong at 69; BSP only 21
#10:55am: BJP sweeps state with lead on 303; SP-Cong at 70; BSP only 21
#10:46am: BJP+ ahead on 299; SP-Cong at 73; BSP leads on 22
BJP leading in Uttar Pradesh: Party workers celebrate in Kanpur. #ElectionResults pic.twitter.com/KfE5Dv10iq
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) March 11, 2017
#10:43am: BJP+ ahead on 297; SP-Cong at 73; BSP leads on 24
#UttarPradeshElection2017 Rajnath Singh's son Pankaj leading by 15766 votes from Noida seat #ElectionResults pic.twitter.com/7vMHun13hZ
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) March 11, 2017
#10:40am: People have rejected the SP-Congress alliance in a big way, this is a vote for development: Yogi Adityanath, BJP
#10:37am: BJP+ ahead on 296; SP-Cong at 73; BSP leads on 25
#10:23am: BJP+ ahead on 280; SP-Cong struggling at 79; BSP leads on 28
#10:11am: BJP+ ahead on 277; SP-Cong struggling at 80; BSP leads on 30
#10:05am: BJP+ ahead on 273; SP-Cong struggling at 80; BSP leads on 26
#9:58am: BJP+ ahead on 271; SP-Cong struggling at 88; BSP leads on 28
#9:55am: Modi wave outshine Ram Mandir wave: Last time BJP won 221 seats was in 1991
#9:51am:BJP+ ahead on 265; SP-Cong struggling at 73; BSP leads on 28
#9:45am: BJP workers begin celebration (For story and video, click here)
#9:35am: BJP+ ahead on 237; SP-Cong struggling at 66; BSP leads on 36
#9:18am: BJP+ ahead in 197 seats; SP-Cong struggling at 48; BSP lead on 33
#9:18am: Mukhtar Ansari trailing in Mau now
#9:18am: BJP+ ahead in 186 seats; SP-Cong struggling at 48; BSP lead on 31
#9:15am:BJP+ ahead in 179 seats; SP-Cong struggling at 48; BSP lead on 31
#9:14am:BJP+ ahead in 161 seats; SP-Cong struggling at 46; BSP lead on 31
#9:11am: Trends in for 218 seats; BJP+ 141; SP-Cong 42; BSP 28
#9:08am: SP's Gayatri Prajapati leads in Amethi
#9:07am: BJP's Swati Singh trailing in BJP
#9:07am:Trends in for 194 seats; BJP+ 123; SP-Cong 39; BSP - 25
#9:05am: Trends in for 180 seats; BJP+ 116; SP-Cong 36; BSP - 25
#9:00am: UP ministers Azam Khan (from Rampur) and Gayatri Prajapati(from Amethi) leading
#9:00am: Trends in for 169 seats; BJP+ 105; SP-Cong 36; BSP - 25
#8:59am: Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav trailing from Lucknow Cantt seat
#8:57am: Trends in for 161 seats; BJP+ 99; SP-Cong 34; BSP - 25
#8:55am: Trends in for 149 seats; BJP+ 87; SP-Cong 34; BSP - 25
#8:52am: Trends in for 135 seats; BJP+ 77; SP-Cong 34; BSP - 21
#8:51am: Uttar Pradesh Election 2017 Azam Khan's son Abdullah trailing from Swar, Rampur
#8:48 am: Trends for 121 seats: BJP -72; SP-Cong - 29; BSP - 19; Others - 1
#8:48 am: Morning trends indicate clean sweep by Modi wave; BJP ahead on over 58 seats
#8:46am: Trends in 103 seats, BJP reaches 56, SP-Cong 27; BSP winning on 19
#8:44am: BJP's Rita Bahuguna leads from Lucknow Cantt; Pankaj Singh (BJP) leads in Noida; Garima Singh (BJP) leads in Amethi
#8:44am: Trends in 90 seats, BJP reaches 50, SP-Cong 25; BSP winning on 15
#8:40am: Trends put BJP ahead on 41 seats, SP-Cong lead on 29; BSP winning on 15
#8:39 am: Early trends put BJP ahead on 35 seats, SP-Cong lead on 32; BSP winning on 17
#UttarPradeshElection2017 Counting shuru ho gayi hai, humari badi jeet hogi: Shivpal Yadav, SP #ElectionResults pic.twitter.com/7C91hJWhcJ
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) March 11, 2017
#UttarPradeshElection2017 : Drone cameras being used for surveillance near a counting centre in Lucknow #ElectionResultspic.twitter.com/yP5j1ms0hf
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP)
March 11, 2017
#8:34am: Early trends put BJP leagues ahead, SP-Cong lead on 28 seats; BSP winning on 16
#8:30am: BJP surges ahead on over 20 seats; SP second with 18; BSP 14
#8:24am:BJP lead on 9 seats; SP - 8; BSP - 5; Congress - 1
#8:22am:BJP leads on 5 seats; SP, BSP ahead on 4; Congress 1
#8:22am: BSP leading from Bulandshahr
#8:18am: BJP leads on 4; SP on 4 and BSP on 4
#8:18am: Independent candidate Raja Bhaia leads from Kunda
#8:15am: BJP leads on 2 seats in UP
#8:15am: First trends in, BSP leader Mukhtar Ansari leads in Mau
#8:00am
Counting begins for UP assembly election results 2017
#UttarPradeshElection2017 Security arrangements in place outside counting centres in Moradabad #ElectionResults pic.twitter.com/XlwpiN5Zec
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) March 11, 2017
#7:00am
We are winning with 2/3rd majority, SP and BSP will be wiped out:Keshav Prasad Maurya,UP BJP Chief
#6:45am
SP-Congress alliance will win today, and we will expose the people who were conspiring against CM: Rajendra Chaudhary,SP
#6:45am
Prayers for Election results begin: BJP candidate from Lucknow Cantt Rita Bahuguna Joshi offers prayers at Hazratganj's Hanuman Temple; Samajwadi Party workers perform Havan in Lucknow
#ElectionResults | Here's the #EXITPolls2017 for #UttarPradeshPolls2017 | Log on to https://t.co/fQ7X7sJm3L for quick update on counting day pic.twitter.com/ssY2QM33oc
— Pratyush Ranjan (@pratyush_ranjan) March 10, 2017
The fate of candidates from Uttar Pradesh's 403 assembly constituencies spanning across 75 districts will be out in few hours.
Top candidates to watch out for
It is no secret that fate of Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, senior leader Azam Khan, BSP chief Mayawati, BJP state president Keshav Prasad Maurya, Smriti Irani, Rajnath Singh's elder son Pankaj Singh and Congress' Sheila Dikshit will be on the line.
In addition to general observers, a micro-observer will be deputed at each and every counting table to keep an eye on counting.
Three-tier security arrangements have been made to ensure full proof security in and around the counting centres.
Only central para-military forces will be deployed inside the counting centres while local police will be deployed in the outer circle and armed forces from other states will be around the centres to prevent the entry of any unauthorised persons.
20,000 personnel of central forces were being deployed, police said.
A total of 78 counting centres have been set up in the state. In three districts of Amethi, Azamgarh and Kushinagar two counting centres each have been set up and in remaining all 72 district counting will be held at one place.
The Election Commission has issued strict guidelines on security arrangements for counting of votes. It has prohibited mobile phones inside the counting halls.
As part of the three-tier security arrangements, adequate local police force shall be stationed at first point of entry to check the identity of the persons seeking entry into the counting premises.
A senior magistrate will be posted at the entrance to control the crowd and regulate the entry. The Election commission has said the 100-metre area around a counting premise or campus should be demarcated as pedestrian zone and no vehicles should be allowed within this perimeter.
Additional CCTV cameras will be installed at such locations from where the carrying of EVMs from strong rooms to the counting hall can be recorded for effective monitoring.
Uttar Pradesh had seven-phase polling that started on February 11 and ended on March 8.
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