Uttar Pradesh election results: UP ke Ladke's cycle loses race against marathoner Modi
BJP has already crossed the majority mark in Uttar Pradesh and moving closer to an absolute 2/3rd majority in the state Assembly after over two decades.
The elections were widely seen as a virtual referendum on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's demonetisation decision and was a test for Akhilesh Yadav, who recently took charge as the national president of the Samajwadi Party.
Here is a tally of all 403 seats in the state assembly: BJP+ leading on 306 seats, SP-Congress 72 seats, BSP 17 and Others leading on 8 till now.
► It is a victory of BJP's ideology and PM Narendra Modi's pro-poor and development policies: BJP chief Amit Shah.
►This is a big victory. BJP has reached new heights in Uttarkhand and UP and changed the political picture of the country: Rajnath Singh
► "It is a monumental setback. We are disappointed with Uttar Pradesh," Congress spokesman Sanjay Jha said.
►"The UP win is a tectonic shift in Indian politics and it is bigger than our 2014 victory (Lok Sabha polls)," Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
►"BJP is set to take power in UP and the credit for this goes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi," party spokesperson Sambit Patra said.
►Today nation is standing with PM Modi. This is the victory of people of UP and Uttarakhand: Union Minister Piyush Goyal.
► BJP candidates were ahead of their rivals in all five assembly constituencies of Ghaziabad district.
► Nand Kishore Gurjar was leading by over 6,000 votes over his rival Zakir Ali of BSP
►In Sahibabad, Sunil Sharma was leading by over 2,000 votes over Congress-SP alliance's Amar Pal Sharma. In Muradnagar, BJP's Ajit Pal Tyagi leading with 2,500 votes over Congress-SP's Surendra Prakash Goel.
►In Ghaziabad city, Atul Garg leading with 8,000 votes over BSP's Suresh Bansal. In Modinagar, Manju Sivach leading with 3,000 votes over BSP's Wahab Chaudhary.
► Independent candidate Aman Mani Tripathi is ahead of his nearest rival SP's Kunwar Kaushal Kishore Singh alias Munna Singh by over 12,000 votes in Nautanwa seat.
►BJP's lead increases to 8,000 at Rohania in Varanasi.
►BJP candidate takes lead of over 9,000 votes at Pindra in Varanasi.
►BJP leading in Ramnagar (Barabanki) and Ayodhya seats.
►Ministers Arvind Singh Gope and Tej Narain alias Pawan Pandey trailing.
►Siddhartha Nath Singh of BJP leads by 11,072 votes in Allahabad west.
►BJP's firebrand leader Suresh Rana trailing BSP's Abdul Waris Khan in Thana Bhawan seat in Shamli by over 5000 votes.
►Home Minister Rajnath Singh's son Pankaj Singh leading in Noida.
►Trends show BJP's Sangeet Singh Som is ahead of his nearest SP rival Atul Pradhan by a margin of 8,359 votes in Sardhana seat.
►SP leader Shivpal Yadav leading by 5,742 votes in Jaswant Nagar (Etawah) over his nearest rival Manish Yadav Batre of BJP.
►Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav trails Rita Joshi (BJP) in Lucknow Cant seat.
►Tainted minister Gayatri Prajapati, who is absconding after the UP Police booked him in an alleged gangrape case and attempt to rape a minor, was leading in Amethi.
►Minister Yasir Shah was trailing in Matera (Bahraich), while minister Rahguraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya was ahead in Kunda.
►Jitin Prasada (Congress) was trailing in Tilhar (Shahjahanpur).
►Samajwadi Party's Naresh Agarwal concedes defeat in assembly polls in UP, says "we respect people's mandate".
The elections were widely seen as a virtual referendum on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's demonetisation decision and was a test for Akhilesh Yadav, who recently took charge as the national president of the Samajwadi Party.
Here is a tally of all 403 seats in the state assembly: BJP+ leading on 306 seats, SP-Congress 72 seats, BSP 17 and Others leading on 8 till now.
► It is a victory of BJP's ideology and PM Narendra Modi's pro-poor and development policies: BJP chief Amit Shah.
►This is a big victory. BJP has reached new heights in Uttarkhand and UP and changed the political picture of the country: Rajnath Singh
► "It is a monumental setback. We are disappointed with Uttar Pradesh," Congress spokesman Sanjay Jha said.
►"The UP win is a tectonic shift in Indian politics and it is bigger than our 2014 victory (Lok Sabha polls)," Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said.
►"BJP is set to take power in UP and the credit for this goes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi," party spokesperson Sambit Patra said.
►Today nation is standing with PM Modi. This is the victory of people of UP and Uttarakhand: Union Minister Piyush Goyal.
► BJP candidates were ahead of their rivals in all five assembly constituencies of Ghaziabad district.
► Nand Kishore Gurjar was leading by over 6,000 votes over his rival Zakir Ali of BSP
►In Sahibabad, Sunil Sharma was leading by over 2,000 votes over Congress-SP alliance's Amar Pal Sharma. In Muradnagar, BJP's Ajit Pal Tyagi leading with 2,500 votes over Congress-SP's Surendra Prakash Goel.
►In Ghaziabad city, Atul Garg leading with 8,000 votes over BSP's Suresh Bansal. In Modinagar, Manju Sivach leading with 3,000 votes over BSP's Wahab Chaudhary.
► Independent candidate Aman Mani Tripathi is ahead of his nearest rival SP's Kunwar Kaushal Kishore Singh alias Munna Singh by over 12,000 votes in Nautanwa seat.
►BJP's lead increases to 8,000 at Rohania in Varanasi.
►BJP candidate takes lead of over 9,000 votes at Pindra in Varanasi.
►BJP leading in Ramnagar (Barabanki) and Ayodhya seats.
►Ministers Arvind Singh Gope and Tej Narain alias Pawan Pandey trailing.
►Siddhartha Nath Singh of BJP leads by 11,072 votes in Allahabad west.
►BJP's firebrand leader Suresh Rana trailing BSP's Abdul Waris Khan in Thana Bhawan seat in Shamli by over 5000 votes.
►Home Minister Rajnath Singh's son Pankaj Singh leading in Noida.
►Trends show BJP's Sangeet Singh Som is ahead of his nearest SP rival Atul Pradhan by a margin of 8,359 votes in Sardhana seat.
►SP leader Shivpal Yadav leading by 5,742 votes in Jaswant Nagar (Etawah) over his nearest rival Manish Yadav Batre of BJP.
►Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav trails Rita Joshi (BJP) in Lucknow Cant seat.
►Tainted minister Gayatri Prajapati, who is absconding after the UP Police booked him in an alleged gangrape case and attempt to rape a minor, was leading in Amethi.
►Minister Yasir Shah was trailing in Matera (Bahraich), while minister Rahguraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya was ahead in Kunda.
►Jitin Prasada (Congress) was trailing in Tilhar (Shahjahanpur).
►Samajwadi Party's Naresh Agarwal concedes defeat in assembly polls in UP, says "we respect people's mandate".
| Alliance | BJP+ | SP+ Cong | BSP | Others |
| Leads | 306 | 72 | 17 | 8 |
| Wins | ||||
| Total | 306 | 72 | 17 | 8 |
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What's in it for BJP
11 Mar, 2017
Uttar Pradesh is every party's favourite place when it comes to election. But this time, BJP fought big for its share from the state. Here's a break down of why winning in UP is so crucial for BJP.
