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UP Lok Sabha election results 2019 Highlights: Looking forward to serving Varanasi's people, says PM Modi

THE TIMES OF INDIA | May 24, 2019, 13:15:05 IST

UP Lok Sabha election results 2019 Highlights: Looking forward to serving Varanasi's people, says PM Modi

A saffron wave had swept Uttar Pradesh in 2014 when the BJP and allies won an unprecedented 73 out of the 80 seats in the state. However, the contest seems more evenly poised this time with rivals SP, BSP and RLD joining hands to defy the Modi juggernaut. Can a united fight by the Mahagathbandhan translate into rich electoral dividends or will the BJP come close to, or even breach, its 2014 tally? Stay tuned for TOI's counting day coverage to find out.

16:57 (IST) May 23

Rahul Gandhi reduces deficit by 9,000 votes in Amethi

16:41 (IST) May 23

Union Minister General VK Singh leading by over 4.29 lakh votes from Ghaziabad

16:40 (IST) May 23

BJP candidate from Kannauj Subrat Pathak leading with 340985 votes while SP leader Dimple Yadav is behind him with 340985 votes

16:27 (IST) May 23

Rahul Gandhi trails in Amethi, Smriti Irani leads by 19K votes

16:26 (IST) May 23

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav in Azamgarh takes lead of 127100 over BJP's Dinesh Lal Yadav Nirahua

16:26 (IST) May 23

Sakshi Maharaj of BJP wins by a record margin of over 4 lakh votes

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16:26 (IST) May 23

PM Narendra Modi's lead over SP's Shalini Yadav reaches to 436,831

16:18 (IST) May 23

PM Narendra Modi leading with 622477 from Varanasi

16:11 (IST) May 23

Mahagathbandhan candidate Akshay Yadav leading with 290598 votes. His main opponent and Pragatishil Samajwadi Party candidate Shivpal Yadav is far behind with 56127 votes.

16:07 (IST) May 23

Alert voters have rejected mahagathbandhan's opportunistic politics: Uttar Pradesh CM Adityanath

15:51 (IST) May 23

BJP candidate from Kairana Pradeep Kumar leading with 439540 votes. Followed by Samajwadi Party's Tabassum Begum with 354866 votes

15:48 (IST) May 23

BJP candidate from Mathura Hema Malini leading with 484193 votes

15:47 (IST) May 23

BJP candidate from Pilibhit Varun Gandhi leading with 539232 votes

15:40 (IST) May 23

BJP's Gorakhpur candidate Ravi Kishan leading with 708219 votes.

15:23 (IST) May 23

UP CM Yogi Adityanath: I want to congratulate Prime Minister Modi for this victory. BJP is touching 300 mark for the first time and NDA is touching 350. I also congratulate the party president Amit Shah.

15:16 (IST) May 23

Priyanka Gandhi fails to make impact in UP

Priyanka Gandhi campaigned aggressively for Congress in 26 out of a total of 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh but has failed to make an impact. She addressed 33 public meetings while campaigning in parliamentary constituencies including Amethi, Raebareli, Varanasi, Saharanpur, Bijnor, Ghaziabad, Fatehpur Sikri, Bahraich, Dhaurahra, Barabanki, Kanpur, Jalaun, Jhansi, Mirzapur, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Domariyaganj, Maharajganj, and Fatehpur. Her brother and Congress president Rahul Gandhi is trailing behind BJP nominee Smriti Irani in Amethi by over 11,000 votes.

15:14 (IST) May 23

Varanasi: Among 972 electors voted through postal ballots PM Narendra Modi bagged 521, SP's Shalini Yadav 275 and Congress's Ajay Rai 39 while 117 votes were rejected

15:07 (IST) May 23

BJP, ally maintain lead over rivals in UP

The BJP and its ally Apna Dal (Sonelal) continued to march ahead of their rivals, leading in 59 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, according to the Election Commission trends at 1 pm. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is leading in Varanasi by a huge margin of more than 2.19 lakh votes against Samajwadi Party's (SP) Shalini Yadav -- his nearest rival, the data showed. The BJP was ahead in 58 seats and the Apna Dal (S) in one. The opposition alliance of the Bahujan Samaj Party and the SP appeared to be doing well in 19 seats.

14:53 (IST) May 23

Varanasi: PM Narendra Modi's lead over SP's Ahalini Yadav increases to 3,18,878

14:17 (IST) May 23

Varanasi PM Narendra Modi leads by 276009 votes