Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Elections Results 2019: Winners and leading candidates @ 9 pm

The results/trends of the Lok Sabha Elections are in and it is clear that the BJP is coming back to power with Narendra Modi leading the NDA for second term. This is first time in independent India that a non-Congress government has returned to power. Last time it was Indiara Gandhi who manged this feat. Incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi won Varanasi by more than 4.40 lakh votes. The BJP is leading on more than 60 constituencies.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has retained the Lucknow seat by defeating his nearest rival Poonam Sinha by over 3.4 lakh votes. Singh defeated SP candidate Sinha by a margin of 3,47,302 votes, official sources said. Rajnath had defeated Congress candidate Rita Bahuguna Joshi by a margin of 27,2749 votes in 2014. While Rajnath got 6,33,026 votes, Sinha got 2,85,724 votes. Congress candidate Pramod Krishnam got 1,80,011 votes only. Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has won from Raebareli Lok Sabha seat, defeating her nearest rival, BJP candidate Dinesh Pratap Singh. Gandhi has won by a margin of 1,67,178 votes, the Election Commission's website said. While Gandhi got 5,34,918 votes, Singh secured 3,67,740 votes. The SP and the BSP had supported her on this seat.

In 2014, she had won by a margin of 3,52,713 votes by defeating BJP's Ajay Agarwal.

Here’s the final status of the leading/winning candidates by the Election Commission of India by 9 pm.

Harish Chandra