Uttar Pradesh Exit Poll Full Results 2019: News18-IPSOS, India Today-Axis and Today’s Chanakya have predicted a clear majority for the NDA, with 54, 62 and 55 seats in their tally respectively. Meanwhile, the C-voter survey and ABP AC-Nielsen has predicted the SP-BSP-RLD gathbandhan will win in 40 and 56 seats respectively. The state, which has 80 Lok Sabha seats, voted all the phases on 11, 18, 23 and 29 April and 6, 12 and 19 May. During these elections in the state, the contest has been between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress and the mahagathbandhan, comprising of the Samajwadi Party (SP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD). In the last phase, 13 seats in Uttar Pradesh went to polls. Among the highlights in the polls this year in the state was Congress general secretary for Uttar Pradesh (East) Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s entry into politics with the charge of a region that comprises of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s bastions Varanasi and Gorakhpur respectively. Click here for LIVE updates on Exit polls The BJP, however, banked on star power, giving away Adityanath’s stronghold Gorakhpur to actor Ravi Kishan. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi are contesting from Amethi and Rae Bareli respectively, with the former facing union minister Smriti Irani. SP chief Akhilesh Yadav is contesting from Azamgarh, while party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav is seeking to get elected from Mainpuri. In the 2014 general elections, the BJP has won in 71 constituencies. The Samajwadi Party had won five seats with a vote share of 22.35 per cent. The BSP did not win any seat while securing 19.77 per cent votes. The Congress registered wins on two UP seats, bagging 7.53 per cent of the votes.
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