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Uttar Pradesh (UP) Exit Poll 2022 Results LIVE: Can BJP win back UP?
Premium- Uttar Pradesh (UP) Election Exit Poll Results 2022 LIVE Updates: Elections for 403 seats were held in seven phases
Uttar Pradesh (UP) Election Exit Poll LIVE: Exit poll results for Uttar Pradesh, which went to polls in seven phases with last one being held today, will be released by pollsters shortly. In Uttar Pradesh, the contest is expected to be bipolar between the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) of Akhilesh Yadav, who served the state as chief miniister from from 2012 to 2017. In the last assembly polls, the BJP had swept the state by winning 312 of 403 seats, restricting the SP to just 70. The SP had suffered loss of 170 seats from 2012 when it had got 224. Mayawati's BSP and the Congress are too in the contest but possibility of them making any significant gain is slim as they are perceived to be not in a position to challenge the BJP government of Yogi Adityanath.
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Elections for 403 assembly seats were held in seven phases from February 10.
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07 Mar 2022, 06:35:58 PM IST
Matrize Exit Polls: BJP to return to power in UP
Matrize Exit Polls have predicted the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh.
BJP- 262-272 seats with 45.4% vote share
SP- 119-134 seats
BSP- 7-15 seats
Congress- 3-8 seats
07 Mar 2022, 06:28:56 PM IST
UP Exit Polls shortly: 54% turnout in last phase
UP Polling: Over 54% voter turnout was recorded till 5 pm in the last phase for 54 seats on Monday. The districts where polls were held in this phase were Azamgarh, Mau, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Bhadohi and Sonbhadra.
07 Mar 2022, 06:02:32 PM IST
UP Exit Polls: Akhilesh says will get over 300 seats
Uttar Pradesh Exit Poll Results: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has claimed that his party will win over 300 seats and the BJP will be wiped out from UP. "After the seventh and final phase of polling, the BJP will be wiped off from the state. The SP alliance is forming a majority government after March 10 with over 300 seats," Akhilesh told PTI.
07 Mar 2022, 05:55:44 PM IST
UP Exit Polls shortly: SP ally OP Rajbhar says will win 45 seats in Purvanchal
UP Exit Polls 2022: Ahead of exit poll results, Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party chief OP Rajbhar said his alliance would win over 45 seats in the Purvanchal region. "We'll win 45-47 seats in the Purvanchal region. We are winning on five of eight seats in Varanasi, three of four seats in Chandauli, seven of nine seats in Jaunpur," Rajbhar said while speaking to ANI.
07 Mar 2022, 05:48:09 PM IST
Who is contesting with whom?
Exit Polls 2022: The BJP is contesting this assembly polls with Nishad Party and Apna Dal (Sonelal). The BJP is fighting on 370 seats, while Nishad Party on 10 and Apna Dal on 17.
Samajwadi Party has allied with Apna Dal (Kamerawadi), Rashtriya Lok Dal, Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, and National Conggress party (NCP).
07 Mar 2022, 05:17:36 PM IST
UP Exit Polls 2022: How parties fared in the last assembly elections?
The BJP emerged as the largest political party in the state by cornering 312 of 403 seats with nearly 40% vote share. The SP managed to win only 47 of 311 seats it contested with nearly 22% vote share and the BSP got just 19 seats but is vote share was over 23%. The Congress won 7 of 114 seats with over 5% vote share. The SP and Congress had contested the polls together.
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