Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur Election Results 2022 Live Updates: The BJP trounced the Samajwadi Party to storm back to power in Uttar Pradesh with chief minister Yogi Adityanath asserting that people have buried the politics of caste and religion. 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.
According to latest poll figures, the BJP-led NDA led on 275 seats, with the BJP along 255 seats, 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. The SP-RLD alliance led on 124 seats.
I have given my resignation to the Governor. He told me and the cabinet to continue until the new Government is sworn in. I accept the people's mandate: Outgoing Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi in Chandigarh#PunjabElections2022 pic.twitter.com/mZ4UHPEAzm
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#WATCH | PM Modi greets people with victory sign during a roadshow in Ahmedabad, after BJP's win in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa. pic.twitter.com/bHOLCJK8Q4
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#WATCH | 'Jai Shree Ram, Bharat Mata Ki Jai' being chanted at PM Modi's roadshow in Ahmedabad, post BJP's win in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa. pic.twitter.com/aq2SbqbjnZ
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Poll strategist Prashant Kishor on Friday cautioned the opposition against the “false narrative” being set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that the “battle for India will be fought and decided in 2024”, and not in state elections. Read More
#WATCH | PM Modi shows victory sign as he greets the crowd during roadshow in Ahmedabad, post BJP's win in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa. pic.twitter.com/ITcaNnXF4g
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#WATCH | "Negative campaigns succeeded in misleading… that BSP is BJP's B-team… while the truth is opposite, BJP vs BSP war was not only political but principled & electoral as well," says BSP chief Mayawati pic.twitter.com/SE9Jc6e0UU
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UP election results are opposed to BSP's expectations. We should not be discouraged by it. Instead we should learn form it, introspect and carry forward our party movement, and come back to power: BSP chief Mayawati
BJP achieved a great victory. UP was their state, still, Akhilesh Yadav's seats have increased 3 times, from 42 to over 125. Mayawati & Owaisi have contributed to BJP's win, so they must be given Padma Vibhushan, Bharat Ratna: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut#ElectionResults2022 pic.twitter.com/1p8LLiluG7
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Sena means 'BJP Sena' not Shiv Sena…Their (Shiv Sena) fight is with NOTA, not BJP…(In Goa), NCP and Sena's votes are even less than NOTA…Those who claimed to topple Pramod Sawant have themselves lost: BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis pic.twitter.com/jfZtXDHkrb
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AAP candidate from Bhadaur Assembly seat Labh Singh Ugoke on Thursday defeated his Congress rival and Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi by a comprehensive margin of 37,558 votes. Read More
Ugoke, 35, comes from a humble background. His father is a driver, his mother works as a sweeper and he ran a mobile repair shop before he joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as a volunteer in 2013. Read More
Bhagwant Mann, AAP's CM candidate for Punjab leaves for Delhi. "I am going to meet party convener Arvind Kejriwal, will give you date by today evening…Will meet the Governor tomorrow, followed by oath-taking in Bhagat Singh's village Khatkar Kalan…," he says pic.twitter.com/Wo1Si5rpPe
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SP chief Akhilesh Yadav thanks voters for increasing party's seats by 2.5 times and vote percentage by 1.5 times. Will continue decreasing BJP's seats, he tweets.#UttarPradeshElections2022 pic.twitter.com/usuqDQ3meX
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Adityanath defeated his nearest rival Subhawati Shukla of the SP in the Gorakhpur Urban constituency by a whopping margin of 1.03 lakh votes. However, his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya lost in Sirathu by 7,337 votes to SP’s Pallavi Patel. SP chief Akhilesh Yadav won from the Karhal assembly seat by a margin of 67,504 votes, defeating Union minister SP Singh Baghel of the BJP.