UP Exit Poll Results Live: As voting in the 18th Lok Sabha elections comes to an end, all eyes are now on the exit poll results. Uttar Pradesh, which sends 80 representatives to the Lok Sabha, is considered one of the most decisive factors in deciding which party or coalition will form the government at the Centre. The exit polls will give an indication about how people voted in the election. The results are arrived at on the basis of interviews with voters right after they exit the polling stations, and other calculations related to voter data.
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Uttar Pradesh was one of the three states that voted in all seven phases of the general elections, the other two being Bihar and West Bengal. Major leaders of every party campaigned in the state, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi contesting from the Varanasi constituency for the third consecutive time, and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi contesting from his family bastion of Rae Bareli for the first time. Samajwadi Party (SP) chief and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav is contesting from Kannauj, while his wife Dimple has been fielded from the family bastion of Mainpuri, which was earlier represented by SP founder Mulayam Singh Yadav.
What happened in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept away Uttar Pradesh in the previous general elections, winning 62 out of 80 seats in the state. Among the major upsets was the loss of traditional Congress stronghold Amethi to BJP, where Union Minister Smriti Irani defeated Rahul (however, Rahul managed to retain his presence in the Lok Sabha by winning from the Wayanad constituency in Kerala).
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