Kanpur, Lucknow seats highlights: BJP candidate ahead in Bakshi Kaa Talab

Uttar Pradesh assembly elections 2022: UP law minister Brajesh Pathak defeated his rival, SP's Raju Gandhi by nearly 40,000 votes, from the Lucknow Cantt seat.

The counting of votes for assembly elections in 5 states is being held today (Representative Image)

The counting of votes for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections began at 8am on Thursday and is currently underway, with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) comfortably ahead of the opposition Samajwadi Party (SP). There are total 403 assembly constituencies in the state, of which its two largest cities--Kanpur and capital Lucknow--have 10 and nine assembly constituencies respectively....Read More

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• 10 Mar 2022, 08:06:13 PM IST

  BJP's Mohit Sonkar leads in Kanpur's Bilhaur

  BJP candidate Mohit Sonkar establishes lead of 34,427 votes over SP rival Rachna Singh from Kanpur's Bilhaur.

• 10 Mar 2022, 07:50:05 PM IST

  BJP ahead in Lucknow's Bakshi Kaa Talab

  BJP candidate Yogesh Shuka leads SP's Gomti Yadav by 15,828 votes in Lucknow's Bakshi Kaa Talab constituency.

• 10 Mar 2022, 06:03:35 PM IST

  UP CM Yogi Adityanath addresses BJP workers

  Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath addresses BJP workers at party headquarters after winning from his constituency and leading it to a second straight term in office.

• 10 Mar 2022, 04:29:09 PM IST

  UP voted in 7 phases from Feb 10-March 7

  Uttar Pradesh voted in seven phases, beginning February 10 and concluding on March 7. Other dates on which votes were polled were February 14, 20, 23, 27 and March 3.

• 10 Mar 2022, 02:19:43 PM IST

  BJP's Brajesh Pathak wins Lucknow Cantt

  BJP leader and UP law minister Brajesh Pathak wins from Lucknow Cantt against SP candidate Raju Gandhi by around 40,000 votes.

• 10 Mar 2022, 02:13:33 PM IST

  SP candidates from Kanpur

  Rachna Singh (Bilhaur), Munindra Shukla (Bithoor), Satish Nigam (Kalyanpur), Vikas Nigam (Govindnagar), Irfan Solanki (Sishamau), Amitabh Bajpai (Aryanagar), Abhimanyu (Kidwai Nagar), Hasan Roomi (Kanpur Cantt), Fateh Bahadur Singh (Maharajpur) and Bhagwati Prasad (Ghatampur).

• 10 Mar 2022, 02:07:23 PM IST

  BJP candidates from Kanpur

  Rahul Sonkar (Bilhaur), Abhijeet Sanga (Bithoor), Nilima Katiyar (Kalyanpur), Surendra Maithani (Govindnagar), Salil Vishnoi (Sishamau), Suresh Awasthi (Aryanagar), Mahesh Trivedi (Kidwai Nagar), Rahunandan Bhadauria (Kanpur Cantt), Satish Mathana (Maharajpur) and  Saroj Kureel (from BJP ally Apna Dal, Ghatampur).

• 10 Mar 2022, 01:24:36 PM IST

  SP candidates from Lucknow

  Gomti Yadav (Bakshi Kaa Talab), Raju Gandhi (Lucknow Cantt), Ravidas Mehrotra (Lucknow Central), Pooja Shukla (Lucknow North), Anurag Bhadauria (Lucknow East), Armaan (Lucknow West), Sonu Kanaujia (Malihabad), Ambrish Pushkar (Mohanlalganj) and Abhishek Mishra (Sarojini Nagar).

• 10 Mar 2022, 01:12:24 PM IST

  BJP candidates in Lucknow

   Yogesh Shukla; 10,676 votes thus far), Lucknow Cantt (Brijesh Pathak, 13,604 votes), Lucknow Central (Rajneesh Gupta, 9078 votes), Lucknow East (Ashutosh Tandon, 9424 votes), Lucknow North (Dr Neeraj Bora, 8530 votes), Lucknow West (Anjani Shrivastav, 4415 votes), Malihabad (Jaya Devi, 3251 votes), Mohanlalganj (Amaresh Kumar, 2920 votes) and Sarojini Nagar (Rajeshwar Singh, 2208 votes).

• 10 Mar 2022, 12:41:08 PM IST

  In Lucknow's 9 seats, BJP ahead on 6 while SP leads on 3

  BJP candidates ahead on Bakshi ka Talab, Lucknow Cantt, Lucknow Central, Lucknow East, Lucknow West and Malihabad. SP candidates leading on Lucknow North, Mohanlalganj and Sarojini Nagar.

• 10 Mar 2022, 12:28:59 PM IST

  Counting of votes underway in Uttar Pradesh

  Counting of votes for assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, held across seven phases from February 10 to March 7, began at 8am today and is currently underway.