Lucknow: Counting of votes in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2012 for 403 seats began at 8 am on Tuesday with the initial trend suggesting early gains for the Samajwadi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) being a close second.
At around 8.45 am, trends for 64 seats were available with the SP leading with 26 seats while the BJP was second at 20. The BSP was leading in 11 seats and the Congress remained at the fourth position with just six seats.
The polling in the state was held in seven phases from February 8 to March 3. Fate of more than 6500 candidates are in fray.
Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which had managed to get 206 seats in the previous assembly polls, is unlikely to repeat the good performance this year, thanks to the anti-incumbency factor in the state.
The Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, seen as the semi-final of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, witnessed a rigorous campaign in all the phases with top leaders from all the parties addressing rallies and gatherings across the state.
While Rahul Gandhi led the campaign for the Congress, Akhilesh Yadav made it sure that the Samajwadi Party left no stone unturned in ensuring a win. The BJP on the other hand roped in former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Uma Bharti to not just campaign, but even contest the elections.
However, Mayawati preferred to take on the parties single handedly as she addressed huge rallies at several places across Uttar Pradesh.
In the four-cornered battle for UP, trends suggest a clear majority for the Samajwadi Party, and a sharp decline in the vote share of the BSP. The rigorous campaign by Rahul Gandhi is likely to yield any benefit for the Congress, which is likely to stand fourth.
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