BJP supporters holding cutouts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, celebrate with colours, as the party heads to a landslide victory in UP Assembly elections, at the party office, in Lucknow, on Thursday, March 10, 2022. PTI
Lucknow, March 10
The BJP stormed back to power in the crucial state of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, trouncing its main rival Samajwadi Party, with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath asserting that people have buried the politics of caste and religion.
The saffron party with its allies was winning or leading in 274 seats out of 403, becoming the first party in over three decades to form a government for a second consecutive time in the state.
The Samajwadi Party led by Akhilesh Yadav and its allies lost after a spirited bid to dislodge the BJP, winning or leading in 124 seats, while national parties like the Congress (two two seats) and the BSP (one seat) were reduced to insignificance in the race.
As counting of votes continued late into the night, Adityanath had established a lead of 1.3 lakh votes over his nearest rival Subhawati Shukla of the SP in the Gorakhpur Urban constituency.
However, his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya lost in Sirathu by 7,337 votes to SP’s Pallavi Patel.
Influential OBC leader Swami Prasad Maurya, who quit the BJP and the Adityanath cabinet to join the SP ahead of the assembly elections, lost in Fazilnagar by more than 45,000 votes.
The BJP was winning or leading in 256 seats, Apna Dal (Sonelal) and the NISHAD party, the two allies of the BJP, are winning or leading in 12 seats and six seats respectively, according to the Election Commission (EC) website.
In the opposition camp, the SP was winning or leading in 110 seats and its allies Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) has eight seats and the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party had won or was ahead in six seats.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed Adityanath’s feat and suggested that the victory in Uttar Pradesh will pave the wave for the BJP’s win in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Lauding BJP workers for ensuring an early Holi by making the party victorious in four states, Modi said its vote share has increased in Manipur, Uttar Pradesh and Goa even though it was in power in the states. The party has also retained power in Uttarkhand.
In Lucknow, addressing joyous BJP workers at the party’s state headquarters, Adityanath said the “misleading” campaign run by the Opposition over the past 2-3 days has been set aside by the people who reposed faith in the good governance of the BJP.
He was apparently targeting Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav over EVM tampering allegations.
“The false propaganda regarding EVMs and election material over the last few days have been rejected,” Adityanath said.
“The People of UP have buried the dynastic politics and also politics of caste and religion by ensuring victory to the BJP and its allies,” Adityanath, who was the BJP’s face in Uttar Pradesh polls, said. According to the EC website at 10.30 PM, results had been declared on 369 seats, while counting was going on 34 seats.
Dara Singh Chauhan, another minister who had quit the cabinet along with Maurya and Dharam Singh Saini to join the SP, has won the Ghosi seat by 22,216.
Saini lost the elections to BJP’s Mukesh Choudhary by 315 votes.
State Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu was languishing at the third spot in the Tamukhi Raj assembly constituency, according to the EC website.
Amid the rout of the party, Congress legislature party leader Aradhana Mishra won from her family’s traditional Rampur Khas constituency in Pratapgarh district.
According to the EC, the BJP’s vote share stands at 41.3 percent, while that of the SP stood at 32 percent. The vote share of the BSP is 12.9 percent and that of the RLD is 2.93 percent. The vote share of the Congress is 2.37 percent while that of AAP and AIMIM was less than .5 percent each.
Though it registered a landslide victory in Punjab, Aam Aadmi Party filed to open its account in Uttar Pradesh where it contested on all 403 seats.
Similar was the fate of Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi headed AIMIM which had fielded candidates in 100 seats.
Excited BJP supporters smeared colour (gulal) on each other and rolled out bulldozers in Lucknow, Gorakhpur and Varanasi among other places to celebrate the victory.
Adityanath, who is generally referred to as “Maharaj ji”, earned this new sobriquet of “bulldozer baba” during the current elections due to his frequent reference of the heavy machine that authorities deployed to raze the ill-gotten property of criminals and mafias in the state under his rule. PTI
22:06 10 Mar
UP Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya loses poll battle to SP's Pallavi Patel by 7,337 votes from Sirathu Assembly constituency. PTI
21:27 10 Mar
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav defeats Union minister SP Singh Baghel of BJP by 67,504 votes from Karhal constituency in UP Assembly polls. PTI
20:57 10 Mar
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday attributed BJP's victory in Uttar Pradesh assembly election to development works carried out by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
उत्तर प्रदेश की गुंडाराज और एक पिछड़े प्रदेश की पुरानी पहचान को मिटाकर एक सुशासित और संपन्न राज्य बनाने में योगी सरकार सफल रही है और इसके लिए निरंतर प्रयासरत है।
— Nitin Gadkari (@nitin_gadkari) March 10, 2022
20:52 10 Mar
The year-long farmers’ protest and alleged mowing down of agitators in Tikunia appeared to have no impact on the outcome of the assembly elections, as all the eight assembly segments falling in Lakhimpu Kheri Parliamentary constituency have gone to the ruling BJP. Read more
20:27 10 Mar
Crediting Narendra Modi for the BJP's victory in four assembly elections, BJP chief J P Nadda on Thursday said the people's massive support to the party shows their stamp of approval for the prime minister's schemes and policies.
20:25 10 Mar
Lauding BJP workers for ensuring an early Holi by making BJP victorious in four states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the election results highlight people’s stamp of strong approval for the party’s pro-poor and pro-active governance model.
19:17 10 Mar
Union minister Jitendra Singh Thursday said that Uttar Pradesh Assembly election result heralds a new political culture under Prime Minister Narendra Modi which is in tune with the aspirational democracy of a new India.
18:35 10 Mar
According to the EC, the BJP's vote share stands at 41.8 per cent, while that of the SP stood at 31.9 per cent. The vote share of the BSP is 12.7 per cent and that of the RLD is 3.17 per cent. The vote share of the Congress is 2.40 per cent
18:23 10 Mar
Most of the candidates of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen have not been able to cross the 5,000-mark in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, according to poll trends on Thursday.
18:22 10 Mar
People have buried politics of caste and religion by ensuring victory of BJP in Uttar Pradesh, says CM Yogi Adityanath
18:16 10 Mar
People have put their stamp of approval on UP CM Yogi Adityanath's good governance, which is free from corruption and fear: Amit Shah
18:03 10 Mar
BJP's grand win in UP is victory of unshakable faith of poor and farmers in PM Modi's welfare programmes, says Shah
उत्तरप्रदेश में भाजपा की भव्य जीत प्रदेश के गाँव, गरीब और किसानों की @narendramodi जी के गरीब कल्याण में अडिग विश्वास की जीत है।
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) March 10, 2022
जनता ने @myogiadityanath जी के भय और भ्रष्टाचार मुक्त सुशासन पर अपनी मुहर लगाई है।
इस प्रचंड जीत के लिए यूपी की जनता का हृदय से आभार व्यक्त करता हूँ।
17:03 10 Mar
Tweeting about BJP’s poll performance, party general secretary B L Santhosh said Modi's schemes assisted CM's who pushed the elections through. Read more
If there is one factor that defines the convincing victory of @BJP4India in 4 state assembly elections, then it’s the way with which PM @narendramodi has delivered schemes & implemented policies ably assisted the respective CMs .
— B L Santhosh (@blsanthosh) March 10, 2022
16:41 10 Mar
Singh, the son of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, was leading over his nearest rival Samajwadi Party’s Sunil Chaudhary by a margin of 1.30 lakh votes at 3.30 PM, the Election Commission website showed. Read more
16:28 10 Mar
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has strengthened his lead over his nearest rival in the Gorakhpur Urban assembly constituency, while his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya is trailing in Sirathu. Read more
16:14 10 Mar
Singh has got 42,284 votes while Abhishek Mishra of SP has 28,371 votes, according to updates on the Election Commission website at 3 pm. Read full
14:11 10 Mar
BJP 261
SP 137
Cong 3
BSP 1
Others 1
14:08 10 Mar
BJP candidate from Nighasan, where the Lakhimpur Kheri violence had taken place in October, is leading in the elections, counting of which is underway.
13:12 10 Mar
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was heading for a landslide victory and leading by around 15,000 votes from Gorakhpur Urban seat
13:01 10 Mar
Despite Mayawati's pre-poll claims that her Bahujan Samaj Party would spring a surprise in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, the party was leading in only three of the 403 seats in the state, trends showed Thursday.
The BSP, a national party fighting all constituencies in the state like it did in 2017, was trailing even in areas like Agra and Ambedkarnagar, which were considered its strong-hold.
12:16 10 Mar
With the BJP leaving its rivals comfortably behind in states like Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand in the initial rounds of vote counting, its leaders credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi's governance model for the expected win and said "new history" is being created in UP.
12:15 10 Mar
The BJP parliamentary board, its apex organisational body, is likely to meet later on Thursday to review the party's performance in assembly polls in five states as initial trends projected a thumping victory for the party in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to address party workers at the BJP headquarters in the evening, sources said.
11:34 10 Mar
BJP 262
SP 131
BSP 4
Cong 3
Others 2
11:28 10 Mar
BJP 262
SP 130
BSP 4
Cong 3
Others 2
11:26 10 Mar
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh seems to be ahead in enough seats to hold onto power. This means that the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, is set to keep control of the country’s most populous state with a big majority, clues stating the national mood before a 2024 General Election.
11:23 10 Mar
Former minister in the Yogi Adityanath government Swami Prasad Maurya, who switched over to the Samajwadi party, is trailing from Fazil Nagar seat against his BJP rival Surendra Kumar Kushwaha by over 4,000 votes.
11:14 10 Mar
BJP 263
SP 128
BSP 4
Cong 3
Others 2
10:38 10 Mar
BJP 256
SP 117
BSP 3
Cong 3
Others 2
10:30 10 Mar
BJP 251
SP 111
BSP 3
Cong 3
Others 1
10:23 10 Mar
BJP 240
SP 113
BSP 4
Cong 4
Others 9
10:16 10 Mar
BJP 229
SP 114
BSP 6
Cong 5
Others 2
10:08 10 Mar
BJP 224
SP 108
BSP 7
Cong 5
Others 2
09:47 10 Mar
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath leading from Gorakhpur, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav from Karhal, Shivpal Yadav from Jaswant Nagar, and Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya from Sirathu.
09:44 10 Mar
BJP 197
SP 81
BSP 6
Cong 5
Others 1
09:25 10 Mar
Jai Pratap Singh: BJP, Bansi
Swami Omvesh : SP, Chandpur
Ajay Kumar: RLD, Chhaprauli
Ramratan Kushwaha: BJP, Lalitpur
09:18 10 Mar
BJP 134
SP 56
BSP 4
Cong 4
Others 1
09:12 10 Mar
In early trends, BJP's Alka Singh leading in Sandila Assembly constituency, as per Election Commission
09:10 10 Mar
BJP 112
SP 45
BSP 5
Cong 4
Others 1
09:07 10 Mar
Akhilesh's uncle Shivpal Yadav trails; Cong, BSP in single digits
09:05 10 Mar
BJP 98
SP 39
BSP 4
Cong 4
Others 1
08:57 10 Mar
BJP 83
SP 38
BSP 4
Cong 4
Others 1
08:49 10 Mar
BJP 67
SP 37
BSP 4
Cong 4
Others 1
08:42 10 Mar
BJP 49
SP 34
BSP 4
Cong 4
Others 1
08:39 10 Mar
BJP 45
SP 31
BSP 4
Cong 4
Others 2
08:31 10 Mar
BJP 29
SP 19
BSP 3
Cong 1
Others 1
08:23 10 Mar
BJP 8
SP 2
BSP 0
Cong 0
Others 0
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