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People's decision paramount, hope govts work for farmers: Rakesh Tikait

Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait said the decision of people is paramount as he hoped the new governments in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand will work for farmers and labourers. The remark of the national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) came late on Thursday after the BJP won majority seats in four states, including Uttar Pradesh, while the Aam Aadmi Party stormed to power in Punjab. In the great festival of democracy, the decision of the people is paramount. The farmers' movement showed its effect. We hope that all the governments that have been formed will work for to uplift farmers and labourers in their respective states. Congratulations to all on the victory, Tikait tweeted in Hindi. Tikait's BKU was part of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of farmers unions which had spearheaded the 13-month-long protest in Delhi in 2020-21 against three contentious farm laws, which now stand repealed. In the aftermath of the iconic protests, th

UP Polls: Mayawati terms BJP's victory 'success of negative campaigns'

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Friday admitted that her party's rout in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election was a "lesson".

Akhilesh thanks people after massive increase in seats, vote share in UP

Samajwadi Party Akhilesh Yadav on Friday expressed gratitude to the people for building faith in the party which led to the increase in the number of their seats and vote share.

Yogi Adityanath's 'bulldozer' could not dislodge these 'Robinhoods'

Five out of eight mafias in the fray have managed to win elections.

Voters send 36 Muslim candidates to 18th UP Assembly, 2 more than earlier

Voters have sent 36 Muslim candidates to the 18th Uttar Pradesh Assembly, two more than the previous Assembly.

Time to reform Congress' organisational leadership: Tharoor on poll results

Shashi Tharoor said it is time to reaffirm the idea of India that Congress stands for and reform the party's organisational leadership in a manner that will reignite those ideas and inspire the people

Cong relegated to margins in UP; seat tally down to 2, vote share at 2.35%

The Congress, which has been out of power for three decades, plunged into further wilderness in the state, winning just two seats.

BSP ends UP Assembly polls 2022 with 1 seat, and about 13% vote share

The Bahujan Samaj Party managed to win only one of the 403 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, far from party president Mayawati's pre-poll claims that they would spring a surprise. However, the BSP has managed to secure the third-highest vote share by bagging 12.9 per cent of the total votes polled in the state elections, according to the Election Commission figures. The assembly elections were swept by the BJP for a straight second term after it got the highest 41.3 per cent vote share, followed by the Samajwadi Party with 32 per cent votes, according to the Election Commission. In the 2017 assembly polls, the BSP had contested all 403 seats and won only 19 of them while its deposit was forfeited on 81 seats. The party had polled over 22 per cent of the total votes cast in 2017. The BSP, a national party fighting all constituencies in the state like it did in 2017, won the Rasara seat in Ballia district where its sitting MLA Umashankar Singh got 87,887 (or 43.82 per cent) of the tot

11 UP ministers of Adityanath govt fail to win their seats in 2022 polls

As many as 11 ministers in the Yogi Adityanath government failed to win in the 2022 assembly elections, despite the BJP registering an impressive victory.

Akhilesh keeps eye on results from party office, no comment from him yet

Yadav won from the Karhal assembly seat by a margin of 67,504 votes

Respect public opinion: RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary on UP poll results

Rashtriya Lok Dal president Jayant Chaudhary on Thursday said he respected the public opinion after his alliance with the Samajwadi Party lost the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls.

UP spent Rs 300 cr per month to deliver free ration ahead of state polls

The distribution of soybean oil, salt and chana, was in addition to the free foodgrains distributed through PDS under the Centre's NFSA and also the PMGKAY

UP Assembly polls: BJP increases vote share despite losing over 50 seats

All set to form a majority government for the second time in a row in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP has managed to increase its vote share despite a loss of over 50 seats from its tally of 2017.

UP: Akhilesh wins poll contest from Karhal by over 67,000 votes

Karhal is considered to be a stronghold of the SP

Asaduddin Owaisi terms UP results as victory of '80-20'

Owaisi said though the results were not to the party's expectations, it would continue to work in the state

Shiv Sena bags less votes than NOTA in Goa, UP, Manipur

The Sena, which is in power in Maharashtra in alliance with the NCP and Congress, had contested Assembly elections in these three states but drew a blank

4-1 for BJP, retains UP, U'khand, Goa, Manipur; 'Mann ki baat' in Punjab

The outcome of the Assembly polls held over February and March and seen as a barometer of people's mood also saw the Congress' epitaph written on the electoral battlefield

Mayawati: Dalit leader, four-time chief minister fails UP test

In the run-up to the Uttar Pradesh elections, her critics accused Mayawati of missing from the campaign scene, a charge she repeatedly denied

People buried politics of caste, religion: Yogi Adityanath on BJP's victory

Adityanath greeted PM Modi, union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president J P Nadda and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh for ensuring the return of the BJP for a second consecutive term in Uttar Pradesh

BJP's vote share increases in four states, declines in Uttarakhand

The vote share of the Congress declined in all the states barring Uttarakhand