UP election result LIVE: Yogi thanks people as BJP leads in 273 seats

UP election result 2022 LIVE updates: Yogi Adityanath is set for a second term as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh with BJP leading in 273 seats. Stay tuned for LIVE updates on UP election result

2:04 PM

UP election result 2022 LIVE: A child dresses up as CM Yogi Adityanath, carries a bulldozer

1:45 PM

UP election result 2022 LIVE: BJP set to retain power in UP

The Bharatiya Janata Party as of 1.30 pm maintained its lead in 267 seats. The Samajwadi Party, meanwhile, was leading in 131 seats.

 

The Congress party was leading in just one seat and BSP in two. 

1:25 PM

UP election result 2022 LIVE: BJP turncoat Swami Prasad Maurya trailing by 11,000 votes

OBC face Swami Prasad Maurya, who was the first BJP MLA to leave the party and join SP ahead of polls, is trailing by over 11,000 votes in Fazilnagar.

1:25 PM

UP election result 2022 LIVE: BJP ahead in 272 seats

Parties	Leading	Won	Total
BJP	272
SP	123
Congress	02
BSP	03
Others	03

1:00 PM

UP election result 2022 LIVE: BJP in lead in Jewar

BJP MLA Dhirendra Singh is in the lead in Jewar, according to data shared by the Election Commission after Round 13 of counting.

 

12:44 PM

UP election result 2022 LIVE: SP's Azam Khan leads from Suar

UP election result 2022 LIVE: SP's Azam Khan leads from Suar

12:42 PM

UP Election result 2022 LIVE: Keshav Prasad Maurya trails

UP Election result 2022 LIVE: Keshav Prasad Maurya trails

12:15 PM

UP election result 2022 LIVE: BJP leads in Varanasi Cantt and North, trails in South

In Varanasi, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi led a roadshow in support of the BJP candidates, the party nominee is leading on two seats of Varanasi Cantonment and Varanasi North, but the party is trailing in Varanasi South.

11:39 AM

UP election result 2022 LIVE: BJP leads in 274 seats

11:30 AM

UP election result 2022 LIVE: SP candidates leading in 5 seats of Saharanpur

In five seats of the Saharanpur district, SP candidates are leading. In one of the seats, Saharanpur Nagar, the SP candidate Sanjay is leading with more than 34,000 votes.

 

Meanwhile, BJP is leading in Deoband.

11:15 AM

UP election result 2022 LIVE updates: Latest numbers

Parties	Leading	Won	Total
BJP	263
SP	124
Congress	3
BSP	06
Others	03

11:08 AM

UP election result 2022 LIVE: CM Yogi Adityanath leading in Gorakhpur Urban

With over 10,000 votes after round 2 of counting, according to figures shared by the Election Commission, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has maintained a comfortable lead in Gorakhpur Urban. 

10:57 AM

UP election result 2022 LIVE: RLD leads in Aligarh's Iglas reserved seat

In Aligarh's Iglas reserved seat, RLD's Birpal Singh is leading with more than 1,500 votes.

 

BJP's Mukta Raja, meanwhile, is leading from Aligarh's Sadar seat. She is the wife of BJP leader Sanjeev Raja who was disqualified from fighting after he was convicted.

 

Former AMU student and SP candidate Shaaz Ishaq is leading with 5,000 votes in Aligarh's Koil.

10:32 AM

UP election result 2022 LIVE: In Kairana, SP's Nahid Hasan leads over BJP's Mriganka Singh

In Kairana, SP's Nahid Hasan is leading over BJP's Mriganka Singh. Hasan was arrested under the Gangster Act a day after filing his nomination papers. Singh is trying to wrest her father's seat for the third time. Her father Hukum Singh first raised the issue of "Hindu exodus" in Kairana back in 2013.

 

10:12 AM

UP election result 2022 LIVE: BJP candidate Aditi Singh leads in Congress bastion Rae Bareli after round 1

Sitting MLA  Aditi Singh, who switched over from the Congress party to BJP ahead of the polls, is leading in Rae Bareli, considered as a Congress bastion, figures provided by the Election Commission in round 1 show.