August 16, 2026 10:35 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
After SC rebuke, BCI chief apologises to NALSAR students over enrolment freeze row | Independence Day: PM Modi’s big youth pitch— AI training, free coaching amid exam row and job concerns | ‘Shakti Ki Saptadhara’: Modi reveals 7 pillars to power India’s next leap in his I-Day speech from Red Fort | West Bengal STF arrests 3 more suspected Pakistani spies in Cooch Behar | Bengal man arrested in Bengaluru over terror links, Afghanistan travel plan | Ajit Doval breaks silence on Operation Sindoor in Discovery’s explosive new docuseries | Rahul Gandhi's 'mock hug' taunt sparks row; Centre stresses 'mutual respect' with Italy | Delhi on high alert: Bomb threat to High Court, airport and multiple locations ahead of I-Day | ‘Who are they to interfere?’: CJI Surya Kant slams Bar Council of India over NALSAR students’ enrolment row | 'Shows how low Congress has sunk': BJP slams Rahul Gandhi over Modi foreign policy jibe

BJP sweeps Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand; Cong to take Punjab

| | Mar 11, 2017, at 04:19 pm
Lucknow, Mar 11 (IBNS): As counting progressed it is a saffron surge in heartland India with the BJP crossing the halfway mark in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand in a massive show of mandate while Congress is taking over in Punjab where the Akalis are losing badly and AAP emerged as the second force.

In Uttar Pradesh so far, the result projects that BJP is nearing to win 300 seats leaving behind SP-CONG alliance by a big margin. The results are strong endorsement of PM Modi's popularity and charisma, said political pundits. 

The Samajwadi-Congress alliance are ahead in only 75 seats. BSP of Mayawait is leading in 20.

In Punjab, the Congress is leading in 69 seats, surging ahead of the halfway figure of 59.  AAP was projected as a winner too but it trailed much behind Congress.

Apart from Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, results of three other states like Goa, Uttarakhand and Manipur are coming out.

According to  trends, Congress is leading in Goa, BJP in a big way in Uttarakhand while BJP (13) and Congress (16) are having close fight in Manipur.

Elections of all states were held in phases and the last phase of election ended on March 8.

PARTY POSITIONS AT 1030:


UTTAR PRADESH:  BJP+300,  SP+74,  BSP 20,  OTH 9

PUNJAB: INC  69,  SAD+ 25,   AAP+23,  OTH  0

UTTARAKHAND: BJP 53,   INC 13,  OTH 4,  BSP 0

GOA:  INC 8,  BJP 6, OTH 6,  AAP 0

MANIPUR: BJP 13,  INC 11, OTH  9,  PRJA  0
 

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.