Yogi Adityanath-led BJP won UP elections with 255 seats out of 403

• BJP won assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh with 255 seats out of 403.
• Samajwadi Party is second in line with 111 seats in the UP election.
• BJP’s election run in UP is an important factor that analyses how the saffron party will approach the general elections due in 2024.

The latest trend shows that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is going to sweep assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh (UP). The saffron party is ahead in Uttarakhand and Goa, too. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is heading for a landslide majority in Punjab.

According to the Election Commission of India, the BJP is clearly ahead in four states -- UP, Uttrakhand, Goa and Manipur -- from five states that went to polls. AAP is ahead in the state of Punjab.

BJP’s election run in UP is an important factor that analyses how the saffron party will approach the general elections due in 2024.
(Source: Election Commission of India)

Besides, the initial counting of votes cast in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections revealed that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is leading from the Gorakhpur Urban constituency, as per Election Commission sources, as reported by news agency IANS.

This is Yogi Adityanath's first full-fledged contest for an assembly seat from his home turf, from where he had contested and won the Lok Sabha seat for multiple terms.

(With inputs from IANS)