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.…
Counting of votes started in Uttar Pradesh at 8 am on Saturday. As reflected in most of the exit polls, BJP is leading by huge margin with the SP-Congress alliance trailing behind it. Here are the live updates.
Uttar Pradesh election results 2017:
| Parties | Leads | Won |
| BJP | 305 | 0 |
| SP+Congress | 70 | 0 |
| BSP | 17 | 0 |
| Others | 9 | 0 |
| RLD | 0 | 0 |
11.25 am: Massive celebrations at BJP's head office in Delhi. Party workers chant BJP, Modi slogans.
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11.10 am: BJP crosses 300 mark. Leaders hail historic win.
11.00 am: BJP's Suresh Rana trailing BSP's Abdul Waris Khan in Thana Bhawan seat in Shamli by over 5000 votes.
10.25 am: SP leader Shivpal Yadav leading by 5,742 votes in Jaswant Nagar (Etawah) over his nearest rival Manish Yadav Batre of BJP.
10.15 am: BJP's Garima Singh leads in Amethi (UP). The demonetisation drive may not have damaged the voters' confidence on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
9.46 am: BJP crosses the half mark with 203 seats. The party is leading in western UP.
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