BJP workers celebrate in Lucknow as party crosses halfway mark in UP

Uttar Pradesh has 403 assembly seats and 202 seats are needed to form a majority government.

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By hindustantimes.com
Updated on Mar 10, 2022 01:06 pm IST 9 Photos
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers and supporters have started with the celebrations in Lucknow as trends favour the party. If the early leads sustain, the BJP may be on the way to retaining power in the state.(HT Photo/Deepak Gupta)
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was leading on 250 out of 403 seats at 10.30 pm and top party leaders were expected to hold a press conference later in the day.(HT Photo/Deepak Gupta)
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers dance and celebrate with saffron-coloured gulal.(HT Photo/Deepak Gupta)

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The Samajwadi Party on Thursday said initial trends in Uttar Pradesh were "not authentic" and asked its workers to stay put at local assembly election offices till the counting of votes ends.(HT Photo/Deepak Gupta)
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"These trends are not authentic, a perception is being made that BJP is winning so that the morale of the workers can be broken and results manipulated dishonestly after 3 PM. It is an appeal to the workers to stay put at the spot till the last results!” the Samajwadi Party's media cell tweeted in Hindi.(HT Photo/Deepak Gupta)

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