BJP may retain power in UP, show early trends
By Shobhit Gupta
Greater Noida: The Bharatiya Janata party (BJP ) has crossed the simple majority mark after the completion of the first round of vote count in Uttar Pradesh, which is the biggest of the five states that went to polls in February 2022.
The exit polls on Monday predicted a second term for Yogi’s BJP government with a clear majority while SP has been projected as the first runner-up with noticeable gains.
Out of 381 seats in the 403-member assembly, BJP is leading with 246 seats while the Samajwadi Party- led alliance is leading at 119 seats. The Congress is leading on five seats while Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party is leading on seven seats, as per Times Now.
SP chiefAkhilesh Yadav tweeted, “'Sepoys of democracy' return only with a certificate of victory!”
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As per the early trends, all the cabinet ministers of the state are leading in their respective constituencies. Chief ministerYogi Adityanath , who is contesting his first assembly election, is leading on Gorakhpur Urban seat. SP chief Akhilesh Yadav is leading on Karhal though his BJP counterpart SP Singh Baghel is giving a tough fight.
Deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya is leading on Sirathu. Aditi Singh, who switched over from the Congress to BJP ahead of the polls, is leading in the Congress bastion, Rae Bareli. Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief Om Prakash Rajbhar, contesting the elections in alliance with the Samajwadi Party, is leading in Zahoorabad.
Counting for 403 assembly seats began at 8 am on Thursday across Uttar Pradesh, which is India’s largest state in terms of electoral numbers. About 15 crore voters of UP decided the political fate of 4441 candidates.
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The exit polls on Monday predicted a second term for Yogi’s BJP government with a clear majority while SP has been projected as the first runner-up with noticeable gains.
Out of 381 seats in the 403-member assembly, BJP is leading with 246 seats while the Samajwadi Party- led alliance is leading at 119 seats. The Congress is leading on five seats while Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party is leading on seven seats, as per Times Now.
SP chief
Photo courtesy: Times Now
As per the early trends, all the cabinet ministers of the state are leading in their respective constituencies. Chief minister
Deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya is leading on Sirathu. Aditi Singh, who switched over from the Congress to BJP ahead of the polls, is leading in the Congress bastion, Rae Bareli. Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief Om Prakash Rajbhar, contesting the elections in alliance with the Samajwadi Party, is leading in Zahoorabad.
Counting for 403 assembly seats began at 8 am on Thursday across Uttar Pradesh, which is India’s largest state in terms of electoral numbers. About 15 crore voters of UP decided the political fate of 4441 candidates.
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