So the day is finally here when the fortunes of many will be decided. Exit polls say that it is the end of road for Mayawati in Uttar Pradesh, but some parties have rejected the exit poll results as whimsical and unreal.
Today’s result will also determine BJP’s identity as a national party as in last year’s assembly poll they fared pretty badly. We will also come to know if Rahul Gandhi’s magic works for the congress and if his yatras in UP will pay off.
To know all this and more stay tuned for our live coverage on the results:
Uttar Pradesh
| Party | Won | Leading | Total |
| SP | 19 | 199 | 218 |
| BJP+ | 2 | 43 | 45 |
| Congress+ | 0 | 27 | 27 |
| BSP | 5 | 81 | 86 |
| Others | 2 | 25 | 27 |
| Awaited | 0 | 0 |
Punjab
| Party | Won | Leading | Total |
| SAD+ | 44 | 12 | 56 |
| Congress+ | 44 | 2 | 44 |
| IBJP | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Others | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Awaited |
Uttarakhand
| Party | Won | Leading | Total |
| BJP | 7 | 25 | 32 |
| Congress | 8 | 23 | 31 |
| Others | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Manipur
| Party | Won | Leading | Total |
| Congress+ | 24 | 5 | 29 |
| All India Trinamool Congress | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Others | 6 | 4 | 10 |
Goa
| Party | Won | Leading | Total |
| Congress+ | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| BJP+ | 15 | 4 | 19 |
| NCP | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Others | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| Awaited | 0 | 0 | 20 |
2:50 pm: On Delhi's edge, BSP is king
The Bahujan Samaj Party may have lost power in Uttar Pradesh but it reigned supreme in areas which border the national capital.
By Tuesday afternoon, BSP candidates had won from three of the five seats in Ghaziabad district: Loni, Muradnagar and Ghaziabad City.
The winners were Suresh Bansal (Ghaziabad), Wahab Chaudhary (Muradnagar) and Zakir Hussain (Loni).
2:40 pm: Congress humiliated in Rae Bareli
The Congress suffered a disastrous defeat losing all five seats in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli constituency, represented by party president Sonia Gandhi in the Lok Sabha.
Four of the seats were bagged by the Samajwadi Party while the fifth went to the Peace Party, Election Commission sources said.
2:35 pm: Manpreet Badal loses both Punjab seats
Former finance minister and People's Party of Punjab (PPP) president Manpreet Singh Badal lost both from Maur and Gidderbaha constituencies.
2:30 pm: Our rebels hurt the numbers. We were able to bring some back but the SAD kept the rest afloat. The numbers dropped because of those rebels: Amarinder Singh
2:20 pm: We will decide on alliances once we know the numbers: Akhilesh
The Bahujan Samaj Party may have lost power in Uttar Pradesh but it reigned supreme in areas which border the national capital.
By Tuesday afternoon, BSP candidates had won from three of the five seats in Ghaziabad district: Loni, Muradnagar and Ghaziabad City.
The winners were Suresh Bansal (Ghaziabad), Wahab Chaudhary (Muradnagar) and Zakir Hussain (Loni).
2:40 pm: Congress humiliated in Rae Bareli
The Congress suffered a disastrous defeat losing all five seats in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli constituency, represented by party president Sonia Gandhi in the Lok Sabha.
Four of the seats were bagged by the Samajwadi Party while the fifth went to the Peace Party, Election Commission sources said.
2:35 pm: Manpreet Badal loses both Punjab seats
Former finance minister and People's Party of Punjab (PPP) president Manpreet Singh Badal lost both from Maur and Gidderbaha constituencies.
2:30 pm: Our rebels hurt the numbers. We were able to bring some back but the SAD kept the rest afloat. The numbers dropped because of those rebels: Amarinder Singh
2:20 pm: We will decide on alliances once we know the numbers: Akhilesh
2:15 pm: Mulayam heartland celebrates
The traditional Yadav bastions of Mainpuri, Etawah and Firozabad celebrated wildly Tuesday as the Samajwadi Party seemed set to return to power in Uttar Pradesh.
Groups of party workers took to the streets in Shikohabad with party flags. The mood turned festive, with many smearing one another with Holi colours - two days before the festival.
In Firozabad, home to India's glass and bangle industry, a bulk of Muslim votes appeared to swing decisively towards the SP.
2:10 pm: Results a mixed bag for BJP: Sushma
With the party poised for a win in Goa and the SAD-BJP alliance leading in Punjab, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj Tuesday described its performance in the assembly elections as a "mixed bag".
"It's a mixed bag for BJP," Swaraj told reporters outside the party office.
"We have won Punjab, we are winning Goa, we are nearing the majority in Uttarakhand also," she added.
2:00 pm: Mayawati to resign as UP chief minister
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati was expected to reach Raj Bhavan at 3.30 p.m. to submit her resignation to Governor B.L. Joshi, official sources said.
This follows her Bahujan Samaj Party's defeat in the assembly elections.
1:45 pm: In Lucknow, Akhilesh Yadav, who attempted a successful image makeover for the SP, is the man of the moment. Underplaying his role, he said the entire SP had won the day together. He thanked the people for "believing in the SP...people across caste and community voted for the SP," he said. NDTV has the story
1:35 pm: The Bharatiya Janata Party said the Uttar Pradesh election results would cast a shadow on the Congress-led central government as the Samajwadi Party (SP) had emerged strongly in the state.
"The people in Uttar Pradesh wanted change, that change came in the form of SP," BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy told.
"SP emerging independently in Uttar Pradesh is a bad sign for the Congress, it will spell a shadow on the central government," Rudy said.
1:28 pm: Winds of change are blowing across the political landscape in Goa and the Congress is quivering from stem to stern.
The Bharatiya Janata Party is all set to oust Congress from power in Goa having already won 14 seats and with leads in seven more.
The Congress on Tuesday faced a huge setback in Goa as many of its stalwarts, including current state chief Subhas Shirodkar and minister Joaquim Aleamo, lost to relatively new candidates fielded by the BJP in the Assembly elections.
1:24 pm: Mulayam Singh Yadav credits Akhilesh Yadav for Samajwadi Party's revival in UP.
1:20 pm: SP winning in UP a cause of worry: Uma Bharti
"As of now, the picture is not very clear. But it is clear that the SP is rising as the number one party in the state. It is a cause of worry as crime will increase in the state and I am worried about safety of people," Uma Bharti said.
1:13 pm: The Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party combine is all set to retain power - a first in the history of the state -- as per early trends in Punjab Assembly polls, dealing a body blow to the Congress.
The combine is leading in 61 seats, as opposed to the Congress which is ahead in 53 constituencies in the 117-seat House. Independents are leading in 3 seats.
The Congress got a shock in Punjab with the Akali Dal-BJP combine seems set to retain power in Punjab, a first in the history of the state, by leading in 60 of the 117-member House. Congress, which was expected to wrest power, was leading in 54 seats.
1:05 pm: Agra, the Dalit capital of northern India, dominantly stood by Chief Minister Mayawati even as her Bahujan Samaj Party suffered blows elsewhere in Uttar Pradesh.
As counting of the millions of votes cast in the seven-phase elections continued, BSP candidates gave a good fight all across the region.
1:02 pm: BJP confident of forming Government in Uttarakhand
Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on expressed confidence of forming the government in the state.
"The trends that are coming are in front of you. We are moving quickly in Uttar Pradesh also. A few of our seats are already clear and we are in the line for forming the government in Uttarakhand. I am hoping that we will form the government in Uttarakhand," said Nishank.
12:57 pm: The Bharatiya Janata Party will stake its claim to form the next government in Goa and would welcome the support of all independent candidates, state party president Laxmikant Parsenkar said.
12:53 pm: Goa: BJP makes big gains, routs Congress
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