Samajwadi Party is emerging as the single largest party leading in 173 of the total 403 seats in Uttar Pradesh Assembly.
BSP, which had won an absolute majority with 206 seats in the 2007 polls, is leading in 98 seats, whereas BJP and Congress are ahead in 56 seats each.
Other political parties including independents are leading in 14 seats.
Among prominent candidates BJP vice-president Kalraj Mishra in Lucknow East, Uma Bharati in Charkhari, Shivpal Singh Yadav in Jaswantnagar, Gopal Tandon in Lucknow North are leading, whereas cabinet minister Nakul Dubey is trailing in Bakshi ka Talab seat, BJP state president Surya Pratap Shahi in Pathardeva, and UPPCC president Rita Bahuguna Joshi in Lucknow Cantt.
Wife of Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid, Louis Khurshid is trailing and was placed fourth after four rounds of counting. Renu Jaiswal, wife of sitting BSP MLA Ram Prasad Chaudhary arrested by CBI along with Babu Singh Kushwaha in connection with NRHM scam, is leading.
In bastion of Nehru-Gandhi family Amethi, Congress is trailing in two of the five seats, whereas in Rae Bareli the party is trailing in all five seats.
In the SP stronghold Etawah, the party is leading in all three seats.
We accept people's verdict in UP: Cong
With the party relegated to the fourth position in Uttar Pradesh, Congress today accepted the verdict of the people which was "against our expectations".
Party spokesman Rashid Alvi said "whatever verdict has been given by the people, we have accepted....It was against our expectations and we will find out where we have gone wrong".
He sidestepped questions on the party's future course of action in the state, saying the high command will take a decision. "Let the complete results come, the high command will take a decision".
Congress General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi had said yesterday that so far the party's stand was to sit in the opposition, if it failed to get majority in the state.
