UP Election Result 2017: It is a BJP tsunami all the way

After a fiercely fought battle in seven phases, the Uttar Pradesh assembly election results will be announced. The intense three-way battle between the BJP, the BSP and the SP-Congress alliance will draw to an end before the end of the day on Saturday. The Samajwadi party saw a massive victory in 2012 assembly polls winning 224 seats of the 403. Mayawati's BSP won 80 seats while the BJP managed to win 47 seats. The Congress was reduced to a mere 28 seats.

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All exit polls predicted that the BJP will emerge as the single largest party in Uttar Pradesh while some like Today's Chanakya and India today- Axis predicted a clear win for the BJP.

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[Exit Poll 2017 at a glance]

6.59 pm: No merit in allegations of EVM tampering in UP polls: Election commission tells Mayawati

6.20 pm: Ahilesh Yadav resigns as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister

Governor Ram Naik accepts resignation

5.13 pm: People may have not liked the express way and so voted for the bullet train: Akhilesh Yadav

5.12 Pm: Long live democracy tweets Narendra Modi

5.10 pm: Sometimes explaining doesn't win votes, convincing does: Akhilesh Yadav

I have met the poor of Uttar Pradesh and know how demonetisation was a burden on them: Akhilesh Yadav

5.07 pm: If a party is raising questions about EVMs, then the government should give it a thought: Akhilesh Yadav

Our alliance with the Congress will continue: Akhilesh Yadav
Two young leaders came together for the alliance and I we are glad about our alliance with the Congress: Yadav

5.05 pm: I would like to thanks all leaders and workers who worked for us in the polls: Akhilesh Yadav

I hope that the next government works better than us for the people: Akhilesh Yadav

I congratulate the people for their mandate and we accept the same: AkhileshYadav

4.56 pm: I congratulate Shri Narendra Modi and the BJP on their victory in Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand: Rahul Gandhi

4.53 pm: BJP's Rita Bahuguna Joshi wins from Lucknow Cantt

Mulayam Singh's daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav loses by 33,000 votes.

Trends at 4.15 PM: BJP- 322, SP-Congress- 60, BSP- 18

3.45 PM: BJP to accord hero's welcome to Prime Minister Modi on Sunday at party headquarters: Shah

3.44 PM: I can understand Mayawati's situation: Shah on Mayawati's allegations of EVM rigging

3.41 pm: People have supported Modi's vision: Shah
People have voted on the basis of performance. People have appreciated politics of performance: Shah

3.40 pm:
This is the biggest victory for a party post-independence and this has happened under PM Modi's leadership: Shah

Everyone including our opposition should agree that this is the biggest victory since independence: Shah

3.39 pm: On behalf of BJP, I would like to give credit to the leadership of Prime minister Modi and the support of crores of supporters

3.36 pm: BJP has secured 3/4th majority in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand: Shah

3.34 pm: Results have been favourable for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa: Amit Shah

3.33 pm: Amit Shah holds press conference after BJP's victory in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand

3.32 pm:The credit goes to Prime Minister Modi, BJP workers and people of UP. Chief Minister will be decided by the Central Parliamentary Board: KP Maurya, BJP

Trends at 3.25 PM: BJP- 316, SP-Congress- 62, BSP- 21

Trends at 2.55 PM: BJP- 317, SP-Congress- 64, BSP- 18

2.38 pm: Independent candidate Raja Bhaiya wins from Kunda

Trends at 2.30 PM: BJP- 314, SP-Congress- 68, BSP- 17

2.19 pm:Amit Shah to address press conference at 3.30 PM

It is a victory for corruption-free governance: Amit Shah

2.18 pm: This is the wave of change. People realised that the biggest hindrance in development of poor is Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and the Congress: Shrikant Sharma, BJP

2.09 pm: I thank the people of Jaswant Nagar for my victory. Rest, we accept people's mandate : Shivpal Yadav, SP

2.00 pm: The Election commission receives Mayawati's letter on demand for re-election.

1.54 pm: Most votes in Muslim majority constituencies have gone to BJP, makes it evident that voting machines were manipulated: Mayawati,BSP

Trends at 12.55 PM: BJP- 311, SP-Congress- 68, BSP- 18

12.48 pm: This is a win of Modiji's leadership and Amit Shah ji's hard work. It has broken all barriers of religion,caste,creed etc: Smriti Irani

12.41 pm: Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to address the media at 5 PM today

12.39 pm: BJP's victory shows public's strong belief in PM Modi, his able leadership and governance: Rajnath Singh

12.36 pm: It's worrying that BJP managed to succeed with saffronisation of UP. It is their polarisation that has worked: Kapil Sibal

Trends at 12.35: BJP- 306, SP-Congress- 68, BSP- 22

12.34 pm: People of UP have rejected the politics of Muslim appeasement: BJP MP Yogi Adityanath

12.28 pm: BJP's wave will be there in 2019 too: Keshav Prasad Maurya

Trends at 12.16 PM: BJP- 308, SP-Congress- 71, BSP- 18

12.16 pm: Uttar Pradesh: BJP 292,Congress 11, SP 59,BSP 18

12.14 pm: UP has rejected SP-Congress alliance, voted for development: Yogi Adityanath

12.12 pm: "Even if Mayawati and Akhilesh were together, results would not have been very different. Maybe marginally different," Ravi Shankar Prasad

12.06 pm: Twitter users react to BJP victory

12.03 pm: This is Modi's magic. He rules the people's hearts: Shivraj Singh Chouhan,Madhya Pradesh CM

11.53 am: Congress' hands are tainted with sins and now people will never accept them: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, BJP

11.43 am: Today, the nation is standing with PM Modi. This is the victory of people of UP and Uttarakhand: Union Minister Piyush Goyal

11.32 am: We respect the mandate, but development has lost and votebank politics has won:Rajiv Shukla,Congress

11.00 am: BJP touches 300 mark

Trends at 10.50 AM: BJP- 296, SP-Congress- 78, BSP- 20

10.47 am: BJP leading in Uttar Pradesh: Party workers celebrate in Kanpur

10.40 am: Rajnath Singh's son Pankaj leading by 15766 votes from Noida seat

10.39 am: Akhilesh Yadav likely to go to Raj Bhavan to tender resignation at 2 PM

10.35 am: Rajnath Singh's son Pankaj Singh leading in Noida

Trends at 10.35 AM: BJP- 290 ,SP-Congress- 79, BSP- 25

Trends at 10.25 AM: BJP- 281 ,SP-Congress- 80, BSP- 28

10.18 am: People of UP have shunned SP-Congress.They want development without any discrimination and that is why have voted for BJP: Yogi Adityanath

Trends at 10.15 AM: BJP- 275 ,SP-Congress- 79, BSP- 29

Trends: BJP up by 212 seats, SP down by 156 seats, BSP down by 42

Trends at 10 AM: BJP-274, SP+ 79, BSP-25, Others-12

Trends at 9.55 AM: BJP- 250 ,SP-Congress- 69 ,BSP- 32

Trends at 9.45 AM: BJP- 230 ,SP-Congress- 70 ,BSP- 30

9.40 am: Rahul Gandhi dragged us down. Why did Alkhilesh Yadav ally with him?: Madhukar Jetley, SP

Trends at 9.35 AM: BJP- 202, SP-Congress- 65, BSP- 24

In line with most exit polls and their predictions, early trends in Uttar Pradesh showed that BJP was going to win an overwhelming majority. BJP lead all the way starting from postal ballot

Trends at 9.30 am: BJP- 185,SP-Congress- 61,BSP- 24

9.23 am: BJP leading in Uttar Pradesh: Party workers celebrate in Lucknow

9.22 am: Amit Shah is great strategist and has poise, stability and pateince like Chanakya: Sambit Patra

Trends at 9.20 am: BJP- 151 ,SP-Congress- 48 ,BSP-23

9.15 am: Aparna Yadav, Azam Khan leading, Shivpal Yadav trailing

Trends at 9.15 am: BJP- 138 ,SP-Congress- 41,BSP- 22

Trends at 9.10 am: BJP- 122 ,SP-Congress- 37 ,BSP-20

Trends at 9 am: BJP- 87, SP-Congress- 30, BSP- 12

Trends at 8:57 am: BJP- 75, SP-Congress - 29, BSP- 12

8.56 am: Aparna Yadav trailing in Lucknow Cantt

8.55 am: Samajwadi party candidate and absconding rape accused Gayatri Prajapati leading in Amethi

8.53 am: BJP leads in Dadri

Trends at 8:50 AM: BJP- 55, SP_congress: 28, BSP- 7

8.47 am: Azam Khan's son Abdullah trailing from Swar, Rampur

Leads at 8:40 AM: BJP 47, SP-Congress 15, BSP 9, Others 4

8.43 am: BJP leads in five seats in Lucknow, UP

Leads at 8.35 AM: BJP-35, Congress-SP- 18, BSP- 11, Others 4

8.35 am: BJP's Sidharth Nath Singh leads in Allahabad west

8.33 am: Counting has begun, we will have a massive victory: Shivpal Yadav, SP

8.30 am: BJP leads in 20, SP+ Cong 9, BSP 3

8.28 am: BJP leads in Sardhana
BJP leads in 8 seats in UP

8.24 am: Postal ballot counting: BJP leads in 7, Sp-Congress in 3 and BSP in 2 seats

8.22 am: BJP leads in 4 seats
Congress-SP leads in 3

8.21 am: Congress leads in two seats in UP
BJP leads in three seats

8.20 am: BJP leads in 2 seats in UP

Mukthar Ansari leads in Mau

8.17 am: Drone camera monitors activity at a counting centre in Lucknow

8.16 am: Counting underway in 78 centres across 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh

8.14 am: Counting has begun in all the 54 centres at 27 locations in Punjab for 117 assembly seats

8.02 am: Counting of postal ballots underway in Uttar Pradesh

8.00 am: BJP's Rita Bahuguna Joshi reaches a counting centre in Lucknow

7.41 am: Victory processions banned in Muzaffarnagar to maintain law and order: District Magistrate D K Singh

7.35 am: Security arrangements in place outside counting centres in Moradabad

7.31 am: Exit Polls have underestimate us. We will get over 300 seats: Keshav Prasad Maurya, State President, BJP, UP

7.19 am: UP fed up with the exploitative politics of SP, BSP: BJP's Rita Bahuguna Joshi

7.08 am: We are winning with 2/3rd majority, SP and BSP will be wiped out:Keshav Prasad Maurya,UP BJP Chief

7.06 am: Samajwadi Party workers offer special prayers in Lucknow ahead of counting

6.53 am: SP-Congress alliance will win today,and we will expose the people who were conspiring against CM: Rajendra Chaudhary,SP

6.34 am: Counting to be held in 75 places across Uttar Pradesh

6.24 am : BJP candidate from Lucknow Cantt Rita Bahuguna Joshi offers prayers at Hazratganj's Hanuman Temple