As it happened: How SP swept UP

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Counting will be done in 72 locations in Uttar Pradesh, 52 in Punjab, 16 in Uttarakhand and 12 in Manipur and 3 in Goa.

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Trying to insulate Rahul Gandhi from being targetted for any poll debacle in Uttar Pradesh, state party chief Rita Bahuguna Joshi on Tuesday said she will take responsibility for such eventuality if the party fails to convert Gandhi's presence into votes.

Early leads indicate SP, BJP is leading in Uttar Pradesh.

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Early leads for Congress in Manipur

BJP gets early leads in West UP and Awadh region.

Congress, SAD in neck to neck battle in Punjab.

Surprise gains for BJP in UP.

Mayawati's BSP trailing behind SP and BJP in UP.

Surprise gains for BJP in UP. The party says leads in UP are on expected lines.

SP gets early leads in Paschim Pradesh.

Early leads in Punjab show SAD is leading.
 

SP leading in Amethi.

We will form a government on our own, says SP.

Akalis are surging ahead in Punjab.

Congress and Akali Dal-BJP combine appeared to be in a neck and neck race in the Punjab Assembly polls with both the parties leading in 18 seats each. According to early trends available for 39 seats in Punjab, both the parties were leading in 18 seats each with others leading in three seats.

Uma Bharti leading in Charkhuri in UP.

As per the trend on 236 seats, BJP sprang a surprise by leading in 60 seats, whereas ruling BSP was leading in 42 seats. Congress-RLD alliance was trailing on the fourth place by leading in 21 seats.

Stakes are high for all the major political parties including BJP, BSP, SP and Congress-RLD alliance as there was multi-cornered contest on a number of seats.

SP forming government in UP.

No anti-incumbency in Punjab. SAD surges in the state. Akalis are headed to form government in Punjab.

Uttarakhand headed for photo finish. Khanduri could surprise in Uttarakhand.

BJP is leading in seven seats in Goa while ruling Congress is ahead in two in the 40-member Assembly at 9.30am.

Of the seven seats where BJP is leading, six are in south Goa and one in north Goa.

BJP leading in 27 seats in Uttarakhand.

 The BJP was leading in Uttarakhand in 27 seats in the 70-member assembly at 10am.

Uttar Pradesh is heading towards a hung assembly with no party appearing to get a clear cut majority, according to the latest trends available.

While SP is emerging as the single largest party leading in 150 of the total 403 seats, ruling BSP is leading in 94 seats followed by BJP and Congress, which are leading in 67 and 53 seats respectively.

With early trends putting BJP in number two position in Uttar Pradesh, the party today said it took up issues which were not "sensational" even as it gave credit to Nitin Gadkari for the performance.

Trends show SP leading in Amethi-Bareily belt.

Congress appeared to be retaining power in Manipur with the party leading in 17 seats and winning in one seat in the 60-member Assembly. The Congress candidate in Tipaimukh constituency Dr Chaltonlien Amo won defeating TMC's Lalumkhum Fimate.

BJP-MGP combine was leading in nine seats in Goa while ruling Congress bagged one seat and was leading in another in the 40-member Assembly.

BJP was leading in eight seats while its alliance partner MGP was ahead in one.

Congress candidate Mauvin Godinho won the Dabolim seat defeating his nearest rival Premanand Nasnodkar of MGP by a margin of 944 votes.

BJP has made it clear that it will not support BJP or BSP.  BJP admits verdict is for SP in UP.

The SAD-BJP alliance was set to retain power in Punjab as it was leading in 71 out of the total 117 assembly constituencies

The Congress was leading in 38 assembly constituencies while Independents were leading in two constituencies of Mukerian and Amargarh, according to trends available so far.

The SAD was leading in 60 constituencies and its alliance partner BJP in 11 constituencies.
 

The first result in Uttarakhand went in favour of BJP when its candidate Kiran Chand Mandal defeated BSP's Narayan Pal in Sitarganj seat.

Congress candidate Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu wins Talwandi Sabo seat by defeating his nearest rival Amarjeet Singh Sidhu of SAD by a margin of 8524 votes.

From Amritsar Central, OP Soni of Congress defeated his nearest rival Tarun Chugh of BJP by a margin of 12,797 votes.

Congress and BJP are vying for third place in Up, 48 leads each.

SAD's Nand Lal beats Tarsem Singh of the Congress by a margin of 4983 votes from Balachaur constituency.

From Rajpura, Hardial Singh of Congress beats BJP's Raj Khurana by a margin of 31,510 votes.

Gulzar Singh Ranike of SAD defeated Tarsem Singh of Congress by a margin of 4983 votes in Attari (SC) seat.

Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh retains Patiala constituency by defeating ruling SAD's Surjit Singh Kohli by a margin of 42,318 votes.

SP's Akhilesh Yadav says, "I am very happy. Let's hope for a majority".

BJP candidate Navjot Kaur, wife of Amritsar MP Navjot Singh Sidhu, wins Amritsar (East) constituency by defeating an independent candidate by a margin of 7099 votes.

Former BJP President Rajnath Singh ruled out alliance with any party for forming government in Uttar Pradesh.

Uttarakhand witnessed a neck-and-neck fight between BJP and Congress with the ruling party taking an early lead in 29 seats in the 70-member Uttarakhand assembly.

According to early trends with the Election Commission here for 66 seats, Congress was closely following BJP by establishing a lead in 25 seats.

Samajwadi Party is leading in 196 seats in Uttar Pradesh but is still short of the majority magic figure to form the government in the 403-member House.

The party needs a figure of 202 seats in the House to form the government.

UP results: Tejpal Singh of RLD defeated Agriculture Minister and BSP candidate Chaudhary Laxmi Narain from Chhata assembly seat by a margin of 14,392 votes.

Samajwadi Party leader Mahendra Pratap Singh alias Jheen Babu defeated his nearest rival congress candidate Ammar Rizvi by margin of 2,446 votes from Sevta seat.

In Sitpur seat, sitting SP MLA Radhey Shyam retained his seat while in Mehmoodabad seat Narendra Verma of SP defeated Ahmad Ansari of BSP by 19,618 votes.

In Biswan seat Rampal Yadav of SP defeated sitting BSP MLA Nirmal verma by 7,387 votes.

Former Assembly Speaker Mata Prasad Pandey wins from Etwa seat by the margin of 9,000 votes from Congress candidate Mohammad Mukeem.

Former Indian Hockey captain and SAD candidate Pargat Singh wins from Jalandhar Cantt by defeating Congress rival Jagbir Singh Brar by a margin of 6,798 votes.

Sitting Congress MLA Amita Sinh defeated by SP candidate Gyatri Prasad Prajapati by a margin of over 7000 votes in Amethi.

Punjab BJP President Ashwani Sharma wins from Pathankot defeating his nearest Congress rival Raman Bhalla by a margin of 17,586 votes.

Leader of Opposition in the UP Assembly and SP nominee Shivpal Yadav retained Jaswantnagar seat by defeating BSP's Manish Yadav by a margin of 81,084 votes.

Louis Khurshid, wife of Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid, loses from Farukkhabad Assembly seat where independent candidate Major Sunil Dutt Dwiwedi defeats BJP's Vijay Singh by a slender margin of 147 votes.

Heavyweight DP Yadav loses from Sahaswan Assembly seat where Onkar Singh Yadav of SP won defeating BSP's Babar Miyan by 7,062 votes.

Yadav had contested as a candidate of his own party Rashtriya Parivartan Dal.

UP Vidhan Sabha Speaker and BSP candidate Sukhdeo Rajbhar defeated by SP nominee Adil Beg by a margin of 2,536 votes in Deedarganj seat.

From Moga, Congress' sitting MLA Joginder Pal Jain defeated former Punjab DGP and Shiromani Akali Dal candidate P S Gill by a margin of over 4,000 votes.

Senior SAD leader Parminder Singh Dhindsa emerged victorious from Sunam defeating his nearest Congress rival Aman Arora by over 4,000 votes.

Kuljit Singh Nagra of the Congress upset SAD General Secretary Prem Singh Chandumajra's applecart from Fatehgarh Sahib, winning by a margin of over 3,000 votes.

UP BJP president Surya Pratap Shahi was defeated in Pathardeva constituency by a margin of 4,800 by SP's Shakir Ali.

BJP national president and Rajya Sabha member Kalraj Mishra won from Lucknow east seat by a margin of 20,188 votes.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister BC Khanduri lost to Surendra Singh Negi of Congress from Kotdwar by a margin of 4,632 votes.