Verdict 2012
Sonia Gandhi: On corruption who worked the hardest? Who brought in the Lok Pal bill? Who passed it in Lok Sabha? Who defeated it in RS?
Sonia Gandhi: (correcting) On Uttar Khand: Yes, we have the numbers, so clearly we should be called to form the govt
Sonia Gandhi: Did various statements given by various ministers (against EC etc) make a diff? It has come to my notice, but they explained
Sonia Gandhi: Amethi and Rae Bareli we have lost before. Clearly people weren't happy with sitting candidates. New candidates won
Sonia Gandhi: Lack of leadership in the state? I would in fact say that we have too many leaders, that is the problem
Sonia Gandhi: Will talk to my colleagues and even the opposition
Sonia Gandhi: Those in-charge of the UP worked very hard
Sonia Gandhi says inflation can indeed be one of the reasons
Sonia Gandhi speaking extempore in a press conference - many firsts after this latest poll debacle
Sonia Gandhi: Uttar Pradesh me sangathan kamzor hai. The people were very upset with BSP and the altrnative they saw in the SP
Sonia Gandhi: We will sit down and discuss in detail every state and go over all the mistakes we have made
Sonia Gandhi: In Punjab, the PPP damaged us in about 23 seats
Sonia Gandhi: One of the reasons is wrong choice of candidates
In the most stunning defeat of the day, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Maj Gen (Retd) Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri AVSM of the BJP lost to Surendra Singh Negi of the Congress from Kotdwar by a margin of 4623 votes
Congress leader and leader of the opposition Harak Singh Rawat wins Rudraprayag seat, defeating education minister Matbar Singh Kandari (BJP) by 1,326 votes in Uttarakhand.
Samajworthy Party?
BJP says it should be invited to form the government in Uttarakhand.
BJP national president and Rajya Sabha member Kalraj Mishra wins from Lucknow east seat by a margin of 20,188 votes.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister B C Khanduri lost to Surendra Singh Negi of Congress from Kotdwar by a margin of 4,632 votes.
UP BJP president Surya Pratap Shahi defeated in Pathardeva constituency by a margin of 4,800 by SP's Shakir Ali.
BJP set to emerge as the single largest party in Uttarakhand
Goa CM Digambar Kamat resigns following Congress' humiliating defeat in the state assembly elections.
Parkash Singh Badal will again be Punjab Chief Minister: Sukhbir Singh Badal.
UP Vidhan Sabha Speaker and BSP candidate Sukhdeo Rajbhar defeated by SP nominee Adil Beg by a margin of 2,536 votes in Deedarganj seat.
UP Cabinet Minister Jagdish Narain Rai defeated by SP candidate Sachindranath Tripathi by a margin of 5,417 votes in Jafrabad seat.
BJP-MGP combine gets majority in Goa.
Mulayam Singh Yadav to be next UP Chief Minister: Samajwadi Party
Manipur: Congress secures 33 out of 49 seats in 60-member assembly.
Congress gets majority in Manipur.
Akhilesh Yadav: We have mentioned that we would implement the reccos of Sachar and Ranganathan Comm and promote Urdu as well
People's Party of Punjab chief and four-time MLA Manpreet Singh Badal loses from Gidderbaha and Maur assembly seats.
Akhilesh Yadav: We have mentioned that we would implement the reccos of Sachar and Ranganathan Comm and promote Urdu as well
Akhilesh Yadav: All criminal acts would be prosecuted.
Akhilesh Yadav: The statues will not be removed
Former Punjab Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Rajinder Kaur Bhattal retains Lehra Assembly seat by a margin of 3,355 votes defeating her nearest rival Sukhwant Singh of Shiromani Akali Dal.
Akhilesh Yadav: I thank the media as well as the people without whose support we could not have won. Parliamentary board to meet tomorrow
Akhilesh Yadav: I thank the people of UP for their support to the Samajwadi party
SAD-BJP alliance attains majority in Punjab. The combine wins 62 out of total 117 Assembly seats.
It is my responsibility: Rahul Gandhi on UP Assembly poll results.
Rahul Gandhi: I had told the people of UP that I will remain visible in UP's towns, villages and roads. My work will continue there.
Rahul Gandhi: I view my work as working for people of the country and improving political conditions. I will take this loss in my stride.
Rahul Gandhi: It's too early to go into reasons for this loss. Generally there was a mood for the SP. Fundamentals of Congress in UP weak
Rahul Gandhi: Of course I take responsibility for the fact that we did not perform as well as expected. We have improved over 2007 but not as well as expected.
Rahul Gandhi: I congratulate Samajwadi Party, Mulayam Singh Yadavji and Akhilesh Yadav for their victory
UP Assembly results not as per our expectations; we will examine weaknesses: BJP President Nitin Gadkari.
Uttarakhand: BJP state president Bishan Singh Chufal won from Didihaat seat defeating Rewati Joshi of Congress by 10,617 votes.
Sitting independent MLA Mukhtar Ansari, who fought elections under the 'Quami Ekta Dal', wins from Mau Sadar seat by defeating his rival Bhim Rajbhar of BSP by a margin of about 5,000 votes.
Punjab's Deputy Chief Minister and SAD President Sukhbir Singh Badal wins from Jalalabad seat by a margin of 50,289 votes.
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal retains his Lambi seat defeating his nearest Congress rival and cousin, Mahesh Inder Singh Badal, by a margin of 24,739 votes.
Punjab: From Bolath seat, former SGPC President, Bibi Jagir Kaur of SAD beat Congress' Sukhpal Singh Khaira by a margin of 7005 votes.
Uttarakhand: Manoj Tiwari of Congress won from Almora seat defeating Raghunath Singh Chauhan of BJP by over 1,000 votes.
Prakash Singh Badal: Not one, but hundreds of reasons for Congress's defeat. Congress is the most corrupt party.
Uttarakhand Congress chief Yashpal Arya wins from Baajpur seat defeating Rajkumar of BJP by 15,075 votes.
Leader of Opposition in the UP Assembly and SP nominee Shivpal Yadav retained Jaswantnagar seat by defeating BSP's Manish Yadav by a margin of 81,084 votes.
Louis Khurshid, wife of Salman Khurshid, loses from Farukkhabad Assembly seat where independent candidate Major Sunil Dutt Dwiwedi defeats BJP's Vijay Singh by a slender margin of 147 votes.
Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh's son Raninder Singh loses by 6,930 votes from Samana seat.
Punjab BJP President Ashwani Sharma wins from Pathankot defeating his Congress rival Raman Bhalla by a margin of 17,586 votes.
Punjab: Former Indian Hockey captain and SAD candidate Pargat Singh wins from Jalandhar Cantt by defeating Congress rival Jagbir Singh Brar by a margin of 6,798 votes.
Prakash Javadekar of the BJP: UP has become like the Tamil Nadu of the North with the two regional parties dominating in electoral politics
UP: Sitting Congress MLA Amita Sinh defeated by SP candidate Gyatri Prasad Prajapati by a margin of over 7000 votes in Amethi.
UP: In Biswan seat Rampal Yadav of SP defeated sitting BSP MLA Nirmal verma by 7,387 votes.
UP: In Mehmoodabad seat Narendra Verma of SP defeated Ahmad Ansari of BSP by 19,618 votes.
UP: SP leader Mahendra Pratap Singh defeated his nearest rival Cong's Ammar Rizvi by a margin of 2,446 votes from Sevta seat.
UP: Former Assembly Speaker Mata Prasad Pandey wins from Etwa seat by the margin of 9,000 votes against Congress candidate Mohammad Mukeem.
Uttarakhand: Surendra Singh Jeena of BJP defeats sitting Congress candidate Ranjit Singh from Salt seat in Kumaon region.
Goa: Manohar Parrikar of the BJP says Congress would end in single digits and that corruption and family raj were the main issues
Manipur: Chief Minister O. Ibobi Singh defeats his nearest rival O Indira of BJP in Thoubal assembly constituency by over 10,000 votes.
Punjab: Raninder Singh, Captain Amarinder Singh's son, loses from Samana
Uttarakhand: Tejpal Singh of RLD defeats Agriculture Minister and BSP candidate Chaudhary Laxmi Narain from Chhata assembly seat by a margin of 14,392 votes.
Anna Hazare: Corruption has had an effect on the election results. If Congress had brought the Lokpal, people would have supported it
Punjab Congress President Amarinder Singh retains Patiala constituency by defeating ruling SAD's Surjit Singh Kohli by a margin of 42,318 votes.
Arnab Goswami to Tarun Vijay: Who's your youth leader?
Silence.
Vinod Mehta: BJP's youth leader is Atal Behari Vajpayee
BJP candidate Navjot Kaur, wife of Amritsar MP Navjot Singh Sidhu, wins Amritsar (East) constituency by defeating an independent candidate by a margin of 7099 votes.
Ambika Soni: Well, Manipur is there, but others can't yet be ruled out except for Uttar Pradesh
Ambika Soni: Well, it hurts if a state where you thought you were going to form a govt slips out of your hand.
UP: Peace Party with 6 leads declares its support for the SP
Uttarakhand: It's advantage Congress, as the party has gained 10 seats which were held by the BJP
Goa: BJP ahead in 9, Congress in 3
Uttarakhand: Despite the goodwill for Gen Khanduri, the BJP would need the help of the BSP MLAs to stay in the reckoning in a hung house
SAD, despite BJP's bad showing seems headed for victory in Punjab -- a historic verdict as never before has an incumbent party retruned back to power.
Goa: BJP leading in 7 seats while Congress is ahead in 2 in the 40-member Assembly
UP: SP 139, BJP 64, BSP 62, Cong+ 42
Goa: Cong 4 (-1), BJP 3 (+1), others 1
Punjab: Congress 36 (+2), SAD+ 60 (-1), others 3 (-1): This could be historic as the incumbent has never before returned to power
SP leading in 122 seats in Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand: BJP 27 (-4), Cong 22 (+3), BSP 6 (0), Others 6 (+1)
UP: SP 124 (+54), BJP 59 (+18), BSP 54 (-81), Cong 32 (+3), Others 13 (+4)
Punjab: Cong 33, SAD 55 (SAD 44 + BJP 11), Others 4
SP is leading in 95 seats of 403 in Uttar Pradesh.
Goa: BJP 2 (+2), Cong 2 (-2), Others 1 (0)
Punjab: SAD 35 (-7), Cong 25 (+40, Manpreet Badal's PPP 1 (+1), Others 4 (+2)
UP: SP 76 (+30), BJP 49 (+22), BSP 28 (-53), Cong 22 (0)
Sp 60 (+22), BJP 43 (+20), BSP 25 (-40). Cong 17 (-1), Others 8 (+1)
Manipur: Congress leading in 9 (gaining 3), Others 3 (-2)
Uttarakhand: Cong 18 (+9), BJP 11 (-8)
Punjab: SAD 27 (-4), Cong 20 (+3)
UP: SP 44 (+18), BJP 32 (+14), Cong 17 (+1), BSP 19 (-34), Others 7 (+1)
Uttarakhand: BJP trailing, while Congress leads in the trends available
Manipur: Congress leading in 8 (+3) out of the 11 leads available
UP Leads: SP 31 (+13), BJP 26 (+11), BSP 12 (-25), Cong 11 (0)
UP leads suggest the BJP emerging as the second largest party, with its seats tally more than BSP + Congress combined
UP leads: SP 27 (+12), BJP 23 (+11), Cong 9 (+1), BSP 8 (-24)
UP: SP leading in 21 (gaining 10), BJP 20 (gaining 10), Congress 8 (gaining 1), BSP 5 (losing 22)
UP: Out of 52, BJP leading in 20 (gain of 10) and SP in 18 (gain of 7) and Congress in 7 (gain of 1)
Punjab: Congress leading and seems set to restore the old pattern of replacing the incumbent, based on the early leads
Uttar Pradesh early leads: BJP and SP gaining 7 seats each out of the 14 being lost by BSP
UP: Of the 33 leads available, BSP losing 11, BJP and SP gaining 5
Punjab: Congress leads in 7, SAD in 2 out of the 11 available
As per most exit polls, Uttarakhand seems poised to go to Congress, as does Manipur, with BJP taking Goa.
The CSDS exit poll also shows Punjab bucking the trend and the SAD+BJP alliance slightly ahead in the neck-and-neck race with the Congress.
The biggest surprise is the CSDS exit poll which gives a clear majority, indeed a landslide victory of 232-250 seats to the Samajwadi party out of 403 for UP. Other prominent exit polls (other than Headliens Today which also forecast 195 -210 seats) while showing SP to be the single largest party, stop just short of providing a majority.
The variou exit polls are here
Assembly elections 2012 results are expected from 8 AM
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