GUWAHATI: Uttar Pradesh has the largest representation in the Lok Sabha with 80 seats. The main contest is between the ruling NDA and the opposition INDIA bloc.
The BJP fielded candidates in 75 seats, leaving five for its smaller allies. Within the INDIA bloc, the Samajwadi Party contested 62 seats, Congress 17 seats, and the Trinamool Congress one seat.
The INDIA bloc was represented by the Samajwadi Party and Congress.
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INDIA bloc has surged ahead of NDA in Uttar Pradesh. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was briefly trailing behind Congress candidate Ajay Rai in Varanasi, before regaining lead. Smriti Irani is trailing in Amethi, while Rahul Gandhi is leading in Rae Bareli.
Rahul Gandhi is leading by 2, 11,185 votes from Rae Bareli seat.
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is contesting from Rae Bareli and faces competition from BJP's Dinesh Pratap Singh.
Congress’ Imran Masood leading in Saharanpur.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi congratulated party candidate Imran Masood over phone. Imran Masood is leading by more than 87,000 votes in Saharanpur.
After 19th round at Varanasi, BJP ahead by total 1,12,161 votes.
Narendra Modi, BJP at 4,31587, and Ajay Rai, Congress at 3,19426.
In Ghazipur, gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari's brother Afzal is leading by more than 51,000 votes.
Samajwadi Party candidate took a lead of 21,105 votes in the Meerut constituency, ahead of BJP's Arun Govil.
BJP’s Smriti Irani is trailing by 78,863 seats against Congress's Kishori Lal.
At Azamgarh Dharmendra Yadav of Samajwadi Party has taken a decisive lead of 8,1325 votes.
BJP's Atul Garg leading in Ghaziabad by 1.14 lakh votes
Atul Garg, who succeeded former Union Minister V K Singh as the Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate for the Ghaziabad Lok Sabha constituency, is currently leading by a substantial margin of over 1.14 lakh votes, as per Election Commission reports.
BJP leader Maneka Gandhi trails from Sultanpur Lok Sabha
Bharatiya Janata Party MP and Sultanpur candidate, Maneka Gandhi, is currently behind by 20,524 votes.
Samajwadi Party's Rambhual Nishad is leading, while Bahujan Samaj Party's Udraj Verma has garnered approximately 66,213 votes.
Arun Govil going for a big lead in Meerut
Arun Govil, renowned for his portrayal of Lord Rama in the television series 'Ramayan', is currently leading in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut Lok Sabha constituency by a significant margin of over 45,000 votes.
BJP's Kaushal Kishore trailing by around 55,000 votes against SP's RK Chowdhary in Mohanlalganj.
INDIA bloc candidate Harendra Malik leading by more than 11,186 votes in Muzaffarnagar against Union minister Sanjeev Baliyan.
BJP’s Bhola Singh leading in Bulandshahar
Bhola Singh of BJP leading by more than 1.15 lakh votes in Bulandshahar. He also won 2014, 2019 elections.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi surpasses 2019 victory margin of Sonia Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi surpasses 2019 victory margin of Sonia Gandhi in Rae Bareli seat, leads by over votes, according to Election Commission. The Congress fielded Rahul from Rae Bareli, a seat vacated by his mother Sonia Gandhi, who opted out of electoral politics and is now a member of Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan. There was anticipation that a member of the Gandhi family would be fielded to take forward Sonia’s legacy in Rae Bareli, which she represented for 20 long years.
11 Union Ministers are contesting from Uttar Pradesh.
Currently leading are PM Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, Minister of State for Law and Justice SP Singh Baghel, and Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti.
Those currently trailing include Smriti Irani, Mahendra Nath Pandey, Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, Anupriya Patel, Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma, Kaushal Kishore, and Ajay Mishra Teni.
Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha election for 80 constituencies were held in all seven phases, with big players like Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the fray.
The BJP contested in Uttar Pradesh in alliance with regional parties like Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, Rashtriya Lok Dal, Apna Dal (Sonelal), and NISHAD party.
Uttar Pradesh General Elections 2019
The 2019 Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh was held between 11 April and 19 May 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha. The election results saw the BJP led alliance winning majority of seats. In the backdrop of the 2019 elections, where the BJP secured 62 seats and its ally Apna Dal(S) clinched two, against the SP-BSP alliance, the upcoming results hold immense significance. With BSP securing ten seats and SP winning five in the previous election, the electoral landscape awaits its next shift.
