Assembly Elections 2017: Akhilesh Yadav resigns as UP CM after SP defeat
Assembly Elections 2017: Akhilesh Yadav resigns as UP CM after SP defeat
Read all the LIVE updates on Assembly election results of five states: Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur, and Uttarakhand.
The counting of the Assembly Elections 2017 began at 8 am on Saturday. The results will be out by late evening.
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Akhilesh Yadav resigns as UP CM after SP defeat, Governor Ram Naik accepts resignation.
I have decided to quit politics: Irom Sharmila says after her defeat.
Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar resigns.
BJP and allies get two-thirds majority in 403-member UP Assembly; BJP bags 262, Apna Dal(S) 8 and SBSP 4.
I hope the next government will work better than SP government, says outgoing UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. He said, "I accept the verdict of the people, I will do analysis at booth level."
If questions have been raised on EVMs, the government should probe it, said Akhilesh on Mayawati's allegation of tampering.
Rahul Gandhi congratulates PM Narendra Modi and the BJP on their victory in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
I thank everyone in Punjab for their immense faith and support. This is a mandate for a brighter future for Punjab and its youth, tweets Rahul Gandhi.
Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav loses to BJP's Rita Bahuguna Joshi by margin of 33,796 votes in Lucknow Cantt seat.
It is a victory of BJP's ideology and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pro-poor and development policies, BJP chief Amit Shah on assembly poll results. He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emerged as the tallest leader in the country and even BJP's political rivals have to admit it, as reported by PTI.
"The outcome of five assembly polls is very encouraging. Despite defeat in Punjab, our alliance has got over 30% votes," Shah said. On BJP's strong showing in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Shah said, "It is the biggest electoral victory in independent India."
"I can understand her state of mind", Shah said on BSP leader's Mayawati's allegations on EVM rigging.
BJP Parliamentary Board to meet tomorrow evening, to be preceded by felicitation of Prime Minister Modi, Shah confirmed, the report added.
The BJP is set to form governments in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur, party president Amit Shah announced on Saturday.
Congress gets majority in 117-member Punjab Assembly, wins 59 seats, leading in 18 other seats.
Punjab Assembly: Congress candidate and former Indian hockey captain Pargat Singh retained his Jalandhar Cantt seat by defeating Akali candidate Sarabjit Singh Makkar by 29,124 votes. Pargat, an Olympian, polled 59,349 votes while SAD candidate got 30,225 votes. AAP candidate Harkrishan Singh Walia got 25,912 votes, a PTI report said.
Uttar Pradesh Party Position at 2 PM
Total number of seats : 403
Results declared: 22
Trends: 380Party Won Leading Bharatiya Janata Party 19 281 Samajwadi Party 1 52 Indian National Congress 1 8 Bahujan Samaj Party 0 19 Apna Dal (Soneylal) 1 9 Rashtriya Lok Dal 0 2 Independent 0 3 Others 0 6 Total 22 380 UP results surprising, seems EVMs did not accept any vote other than that of BJP's, says BSP supremo Mayawati. Press any button, vote goes to BJP, charges Mayawati after trends show her party finishing a poor third.
Mayawati dares PM Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah to ask EC to hold polls in UP using traditional ballot papers if they are "honest". She wrote to EC demanding immediate stoppage of counting and declaration of results in UP and holding of fresh polls using paper ballots.
Following is the tally in the election to 117-member Punjab Assembly at 1300 hrs.
Party Won Leading Total INC 16 60 76 AAP 6 16 22 SAD 1 13 14 BJP 0 3 3 Others 0 2 2 The BJP has gained comfortable leads in eight seats of Allahabad district, which has the highest number of 12 assembly segments in Uttar Pradesh, PTI reported.
Going by the counting of votes till noon, the party has established comfortable leads in eight of the nine seats contested by it and is locked in a neck-and-neck fight with the Samajwadi Party in another. Its ally, the Apna Dal (Soney Lal), has contested three seats and is leading in one while trailing in the rest.
The BSP is leading in two seats. The SP-Congress alliance has a slender lead in just one seat, the report added.
We accept people's mandate. All volunteers worked hard. Our struggle will continue: Arvind Kejriwal on AAP's performance, PTI reported.
UP Assembly: Trends show SP's Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Azam leading in Rampur and Suar seats.
The AAP today said it is disappointed with its performance in Punjab and Goa and will introspect on the reasons behind it, PTI report said.
As per the counting trends, the party was not doing well in Punjab, where it was seen as an alternative to the Akalis and the Congress, and Goa, where it hoped to put up a spirited fight.
"We are disappointed with the results. We will introspect on the reasons behind the (poor) performance," senior AAP leader Ashutosh said.AAP leader and Delhi minister Kapil Mishra said the party had not expected such results in Punjab and Goa.
Punjab Assembly: SAD to discuss reasons for defeat in the Punjab Assembly elections, said Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal. Badal to resign tomorrow. He congratulated Amarinder Singh, extends support to him
Manipur Assembly: Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh won Thoubal seat, defeating BJP's Leitanthem Basanta Singh by 10,400 votes and rights activist Irom Sharmila even as the Congress and the BJP were locked in a close contest in the state, as reported by PTI.
The Congress has won three seats and is leading in eight, while the BJP has wrested two seats and is ahead in 10 other constituencies, as per results and trends till 11:30 am.
In a setback to BJP, Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar was today humbled in his sitting seat Mandrem by Congress candidate Dayanand Sopte, as the ruling and opposition parties appeared locked in a close fight, going by results and trends from all the 40 segments, PTI reported.
Parsekar lost by a margin of 7,219 votes. Of the 15 results declared so far, BJP bagged 6, Congress 4, Goa Forward 2, MGP, independent and NCP one each.
UP Assembly: BJP, allies ahead in 305 constituencies as per trends from 403 UP Assembly seats.
Uttarakhand Assembly: Chief Minister Harish Rawat loses Haridwar (Rural) seat to BJP's Yatishwaranand by over 12,000 votes.
Congress candidate Kanwarpal Singh won Anandpur Sahib seat by defeating his nearest BJP rival Parminder Sharma with a margin of 23,881 votes. The seat was earlier held by cabinet minister Madan Mohan Mittal of BJP.
Goa Assembly: Goa Forward candidate Vinod Palyekar defeats BJP candidate and State minister Dayanand Mandrekar in Siolim constituency.
Proving wrong fears of a hung assembly, the BJP was set to sweep back to power in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday after 15 long years, giving Prime Minister Narendra Modi his biggest victory after the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, as reported by IANS.
Powered by an aggressive campaign spearheaded by Modi, BJP candidates were on the road to victory in a whopping 306 of the 403 constituencies as officials counted the millions of votes polled in the staggered election. The imminent victory triggered widespread celebrations all across the country`s most populous state as well as at the BJP headquarters in Delhi.
UP Assembly: Trends show BJP's Suresh Rana leading over BSP's Abdul Waris Khan in Thana Bhawan seat in Shamli by more than 1,000 votes.
UP Assembly: Trends show 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.
Manipur Assembly: Sapam Ranjan Singh of BJP wins from Konthoujam seat over his Congress rival Konthoujam Sharat Singh by a margin of 2,772 votes.
Manipur Polls: Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh wins Thoubal Assembly constituency by over 8,000 votes.
Goa Assembly: Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar (BJP) trails Congress candidate Dayanand Sopte by 3,826 votes in Mandrem constituency.
UP Assembly: 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.
BJP leaders today credited 'Modi wave' for the party's stong showing in the high stakes Uttar Pradesh elections, PTI reported.
On the next chief minister in the state, they said the decision will be taken by the BJP parliamentary board and the legislature party in the state soon.
Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh of the Congress party won in Thoubal constituency, defeating rights activist Irom Sharmila, who got fewer than 100 votes, as reported by IANS.
The three-time Chief Minister, who had established an insurmountable lead over Sharmila of the PRJA party, won comfortably with over 15,000 votes. Leitanthem Basanta Singh of BJP came second in the votes.
The opposition BJP is leading in 44 seats in the 70-member Uttarakhand Assembly. As per the latest trends available for 57 seats, the BJP has taken the lead in 44, the ruling Congress is ahead in 10 and Independents in three, state election office here said.
Goa Assembly: MGP's Dipak Pawaskar defeats Ganesh Gaonkar of BJP by 1,169 votes in Sanvordem constituency.
Punjab Assembly: The opposition Congress was surging ahead in 50 seats in the 117-member Punjab Assembly, followed by the SAD-BJP in 28 and AAP in 22 seats, as per early trends.
Manipur Assembly: BJP leading in eight seats in the 60-member Assembly, followed by ruling Congress in four seats, as per early trends.
UP Assembly: SP leader Shivpal Yadav leading by 5,742 votes in Jaswant Nagar (Etawah) over his nearest rival Manish Yadav Batre of BJP. Trends show BJP's Suresh Rana leading in Thana Bhawan seat in Shamli. BJP, allies ahead in 230 constituencies as per trends from 313 of 403 Assembly seats.
Punjab Assembly: Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal leading over nearest rival Ravneet Singh Bittu of Congress by a margin of 2144 votes from Jalalabad.
Congress leading on 13 seats in the 117-member Punjab Assembly, followed by ruling SAD and AAP on four seats each, as per early trends.
Congress leading on four seats followed by SAD on three seats. AAP ahead on one seat in Punjab, as per early trends.
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal is leading in Lambi assembly constituency, as per early trends. The 89-year-old is locked in a triangular contest with Punjab Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh and journalist-turned-politician Jarnail Singh of the AAP in his pocket borough of Lambi.
Goa Assembly: Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar (BJP) trails Congress candidate Dayanand Sopte by 1,700 votes in Mandrem constituency.
Goa poll trends: Congress leads on three seats, BJP on one, MGP-one and Goa Forward Party on two, as per early trends.
Goa poll trends: Congress leads on three seats, BJP on one, MGP-one and Goa Forward Party on two, as per early trends
The BJP has stolen an early march over its rivals forging ahead in 200 constituencies, leaving rivals SP-Congress combine and the BSP far behind going by trends available during the first two hours of counting.
UP Assembly: Trends show SP leader Shivpal Yadav trailing behind Manish Yadav Batre of BJP in Jaswant Nagar (Etawah) by 65 votes. SP-Cong combine ahead in 50 seats and BSP in 30, trends from 300 out of 403 UP Assembly seats show.
Rape accused UP minister Gayatri Prajapati leading in Amethi. Rahguraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya ahead in Kunda.
UP Assembly: Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav trails Rita Joshi (BJP) in Lucknow Cant seat.
UP Assembly: Trends show minister Azam Khan leading in Rampur, Aditi Singh of Congress leading in Raebareli. Trends show Home Minister Rajnath Singh's son Pankaj Singh leading in Noida, as alerted by PTI.
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