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Yogi Adityanath thanked the people of Uttar Pradesh for giving BJP another chance and choosing development over all.

Noida MLA Pankaj Singh, son of defence minister Rajnath Singh, has set a new record of winning margin

Brijesh Singh, the sitting BJP MLA at Deoband defeated SP's Kartikeya Rana by over 7100 votes.

Yogi Adityanath was subjected to all sorts of attacks from the usual suspects over the past 5 years. However, all those attacks came to nought as Yogi Adityanath returns to power with a thumping majority.

Nifty 50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) also soared 388.75 points (2.38%) and traded at 1634.10 at 11:17 am on Thursday.

As the trends trickled in, rent-a-cause activists like Yogendra Yadav on NDTV started having a meltdown already.

"Authorised polling agents of the political parties are allowed to come inside the counting centre, EVMs are locked in strong room in presence of party representatives. There is no question of EVM tampering," said CEC Sushil Chandra.

As Exit Polls show BJP sweeping UP, opposition leaders have started alleging EVMs tampering again

All the 12 leaders of the Congress party have recently contested the elections and they were joined by two other candidates of AAP in the dinner party, as per reports.

Ravish Kumar has said, "IT cell thinks of me even before it thinks about Modi. They start to imagine my reactions to the results."