Goa CM Laxmikant Parsekar resigns from his position
Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar has resigned from his position following BJP’s poor show in the Goa Assembly election 2017.…
The counting of votes began for 403 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh at 8 a.m. on Saturday amid tight security. While vote counting has started. BJP has taken a slight lead with eight seats, while Congress has taken 5 seats. BJP is leading in western and Central UP with Congress trailing behind it.
Chief Electoral Officer T. Venkatesh said postal ballots would be counted first and then the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) would be taken up.
A total of 4,853 candidates contested the staggered election.
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The maximum number of 403 candidates were fielded by the Bahujan Samaj Party followed by Bharatiya Janata Party (384), Samajwadi Party (311) and the Congress (114). A total of 1,462 independents were in the fray.
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