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Yogi Adityanath returns in U.P.; AAP drowns Congress in Punjab

The BJP has retained Uttar Pradesh after winning 208 seats and leading in 47 more at the time of publishing this newsletter. The Samajwadi Party has bagged 87 seats so far and maintains a lead in 38 constituencies. Former Chief Minister Mayawati-led BSP is currently leading in just one seat, down from 19 in 2017, as per the ECI website. The Congress has won two.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath created a record of sorts by not just breaking the pattern of alternation in the State that had set in three decades ago but also by becoming the first Chief Minister of the State from the BJP to complete a full five-year term.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath celebrated at the BJP office in Lucknow on March 10, 2022

In Punjab, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) swept the polls winning 92 of the 117 Assembly seats. Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, SAD patriarch Parkash Singh Badal and former CM Amarinder Singh are among the heavyweights who lost. AAP CM candidate Bhagwant Mann won Dhuri seat by a margin of 58,206 seats, beating his closest rival and Congress MLA Dalvir Singh Goldy.

In Uttarakhand, the ruling BJP secured a comfortable majority with its candidates winning in 45 Assembly seats and leading in two more. The main opposition Congress was way behind winning 17 seats and leading in two more.

In Manipur, the ruling BJP is all set to return to power, as it bagged 32 seats. The Congress has managed only five.

The BJP is also set to form the government in Goa. Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis who is BJP’s election in-charge for Goa, said that his party will take independents and regional parties along to form the next government in Goa. The BJP has won 20 seats in the State, just one short of the magic figure of 21 required to form a majority in the 40-member Assembly.