Counting of votes started in Uttar Pradesh at 8 am on Saturday. As reflected in most of the exit polls, BJP is leading by huge margin with the SP-Congress alliance trailing behind it. Here are the live updates.
Uttar Pradesh election results 2017:
| Parties | Leads | Won |
| BJP | 305 | 0 |
| SP+Congress | 70 | 0 |
| BSP | 17 | 0 |
| Others | 9 | 0 |
| RLD | 0 | 0 |
11.25 am: Massive celebrations at BJP's head office in Delhi. Party workers chant BJP, Modi slogans.
11.10 am: BJP crosses 300 mark. Leaders hail historic win.
11.00 am: BJP's Suresh Rana trailing BSP's Abdul Waris Khan in Thana Bhawan seat in Shamli by over 5000 votes.
10.25 am: SP leader Shivpal Yadav leading by 5,742 votes in Jaswant Nagar (Etawah) over his nearest rival Manish Yadav Batre of BJP.
10.15 am: BJP's Garima Singh leads in Amethi (UP). The demonetisation drive may not have damaged the voters' confidence on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
9.46 am: BJP crosses the half mark with 203 seats. The party is leading in western UP.