UP Civic Polls 2017: BJP sweeps 14 seats; BSP wins two

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Friday, credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah for the party's victory in the UP local body polls.

Addressing a press conference here, UP Chief Minister said, "I credit the victory to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision and BJP chief Amit Shah's strategy."

With declaration of the results, the Bharatiya Janata Party has swept the Mayoral elections of the state by winning at 14 municipal corporations.

The BSP also gave a tough fight to the saffron party and won in two municipal corporations.

In a disappointing news for the Congress, its candidates in Amethi, the parliamentary constituency of party Vice President Rahul Gandhi, trailed in all the Nagar Panchayat seats during vote count for the civic polls.

These polls are seen as the first real test of the Yogi Adityanath government in the state, who led the BJP’s campaign carrying out 40 election rallies across the state.

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The polls were conducted in three phases on November 22, 26 and 29. The counting is going on for 16 nagar nigam, 198 nagar palika parishad and 438 nagar panchayats.

Check out the party wise polling percentages and scores visit Uttar Pradesh Election Commission's website

Stay Tuned for the live updates:

• BSP wins Meerut.
• Sanyukta Bhatia elected as the Mayor of Lucknow.
• Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath congratulated Sanyukta Bhatia for being elected as Lucknow Mayor.
• Congress wins Muzaffarnagar.
• Congress loses Amethi.
• BJP wins in Lucknow, Kanpur, Allahabad.
• Bahujan Samaj party wins in Aligarh.
• BJP candidate Pramod Saini has been declared the winner of chairman's post in the Shahpur Nagar Panchayat.
• BJP's mayor candidates are leading in Saharanpur, Ghaziabad, Firozabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Varanasi, Allahabad, Bareilly.
• SP transgender candidate loses in Ayodhya.. BJP candidate Hrishikesh wins
• BJP wins in Moradabad, Ayodhya and Gorakhpur.
• Allahabad trends: BJP is leading 6922 with votes, SP is second with 2934 votes, BSP in third place with 999 votes.
• BJP wins Moradabad
• Amethi trends: SP leading in Gauriganj, BJP leading in Jais
• The State Election Commission (SEC) will not hold any press conference today evening.
• Muzaffarnagar Police opens Lathicharge on crowd gathered outside counting centre. Four people injured.
• Mathura Result: Mukesh Arya elected new Mayor of Mathura.
• Mathura result: Bharatiya Janata Party wins the Mayoral seat.
• Mathura Tie Breaker: BJP and Congress on same level with 874 votes in Ward number 56. Winner to now be decided by a lucky draw.
• Current Trends: BJP Surges Ahead in 13 Mayoral Seats, BSP in 3
• Meerut: Independent candidate Ahsan Ansari wins from ward 72, while BSP's Rajkumari Chandna, BSP wins from ward 11. BJP candidate Rajeev Kale wins in ward 39.
• "We fought alone and still doing well," says UP BJP chief Mahendra Nath pandey.
• BJP leading in Kanpur, Lucknow, Varanasi and Ghaziabad
• Current Trends: BJP is leading in 12 municipal corporations, BSP on 3 and Congress on 1.
• BSP emerging as a strong competitor to the BJP.
• The final results are expected by this evening.
• The BSP was leading in Meerut, Saharanpur, Agra and Jhansi.
• Current Trends: BJP is leading on 12 mayoral seats, BSP on 4.
• State Election Commission said: “The counting of ballots has started in all districts on a peaceful note. The results are likely by afternoon.”
• BJP Mayor candidates leading in Meerut, Saharanpur, Lucknow, Ghaziabad and Gorakhpur.
• Counting has been delayed in Farrukhabad and Fatehabad as officials are yet to report for duty.
• The counting has not yet begun in Deoria too due to the alleged unpreparedness of the authorities.
• The Samajwadi Party is now leading in Varanasi mayoral seat and Ferozabad.
• The BSP is leading in Saharanpur.
• Current trends: BJP leading in 11 mayoral seats, Samajwadi Party in 2 and the BSP in one.
• BJP Mayor candidate Sanyukta Bhatia offers prayers in a temple ahead of counting.