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Uttar Pradesh election results: Counting starts, EC sends special officers to Varanasi and Meerut

Counting of votes for the 403 seats in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections began at 8 am on Thursday. Early trends showed that the BJP was leading. Votes received through postal ballots will be counted in the initial hours.

Exit polls have unanimously predicted that the BJP will get a clear majority. The poll of polls an average of all exit poll predictions showed that the saffron party was likely to get 242 seats, while Samajwadi Party was slated to win in 143 constituencies.