In the initial trends for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, the ruling party BJP seems to be moving towards a big victory. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading in 269 seats, according to the initial trends of elections for 403 seats in UP. The opposition Samajwadi Party is leading in 125 seats. At the same time, Swami Prasad Maurya, who left the BJP and joined the Samajwadi Party, has lost the election from Fazilnagar. While Dara Singh Chauhan managed to register victory. At the same time, Dharam Singh Saini had to face a near defeat.
Former cabinet minister Swami Prasad Maurya has lost the election from Fazilnagar seat. BJP’s Surendra Kumar Kushwaha defeated SP candidate Swami Prasad Maurya in this seat. Swami Prasad Maurya had joined Akhilesh Yadav’s party after resigning from the post of minister and was the candidate from Fazilnagar.
At the same time, Dara Singh Chauhan has defeated BJP candidate in Ghosi assembly seat. Dara Singh Chouhan got 107347 votes while Vijay Kumar Rajbhar of BJP got 85894 votes. At the same time, former minister Dharam Singh Saini lost the election from Nakur seat by a margin of just 315 votes. BJP’s Mukesh Chaudhary got 103771 votes, while Dharam Singh Saini, who contested on SP ticket, got 103616 votes.
CM Yogi Adityanath is leading by 30 thousand votes from Gorakhpur city seat. Whereas, SP leader and former CM Akhilesh is leading from Karhal seat. At the same time, Azam Khan is also leading from Rampur seat. Among other leaders, Shalabhmani Tripathi is leading from Deoria seat.
The performance of BSP and Congress has been disappointing so far in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, where Mayawati’s party is leading in only 3 seats while Congress is also leading in 3 seats. At the same time, other candidates are leading in 3 seats.