BJP crosses halfway mark, leads in 271 of 403 seats in UP
After the counting of votes began for all the 403 seats in Uttar Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party crossed the halfway mark with a lead in 271 seats. The incumbent Samajwadi Party and its alliance with Congress is leading only in 77 seats across the state whereas the Bahujan Samaj Party was leading in 28 seats.