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| India elections: Samajwadi Party leads in Uttar Pradesh | India elections: Samajwadi Party leads in Uttar Pradesh |
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| The regional Samajwadi Party has inched ahead in India's politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh as votes are being counted in five states where assembly elections have been held. | The regional Samajwadi Party has inched ahead in India's politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh as votes are being counted in five states where assembly elections have been held. |
| The party is leading in 86 of 182 seats for which leads are available. The state has 403 seats. | |
| The state polls are seen as a litmus test ahead of national elections, due in 2014. | The state polls are seen as a litmus test ahead of national elections, due in 2014. |
| They are also seen as a test for the Congress party-led central government. | They are also seen as a test for the Congress party-led central government. |
| The government's credibility has been eroded in the past few months due to a series of corruption allegations. | The government's credibility has been eroded in the past few months due to a series of corruption allegations. |
| Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa are the other states where counting is going on. | |
| Next PM? | Next PM? |
| The most crucial of the state elections has been in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. | The most crucial of the state elections has been in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. |
| The state, with more than 200 million people, is governed by Chief Minister Mayawati, a low-caste Dalit from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). | The state, with more than 200 million people, is governed by Chief Minister Mayawati, a low-caste Dalit from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). |
| The main opposition Samajwadi Party was leading in 86 of 182 seats for which leads are available, while the ruling BSP was leading in 44 seats. | |
| The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress party were leading in 20 and 21 seats respectively. | |
| Correspondents say the leads in Uttar Pradesh will come as a blow to the Congress party, which is trailing in the third place. | |
| In Punjab, the incumbent regional Shrimoni Akali Dal-BJP alliance is leading in 68 of the 107 seats for which the leads are available. Punjab has 117 seats. | |
| The Congress party is leading in 37 seats. | |
| Uttarakhand is seeing a neck-and-neck contest with the ruling BJP and Congress party leading in 14 seats each. Uttarakhand has 70 seats. | |
| In Goa, the BJP is leading in four of the nine seats for which the leads are available. Goa has 40 seats. | |
| The Congress party is leading in two seats, while other candidates are leading in the remaining three seats. | |
| The Congress was doing well in the north-eastern Manipur state, leading in eight of the 11 seats for which leads were available. The state has 60 seats. | |
| The month-long elections were held in a total of 690 assembly seats. | The month-long elections were held in a total of 690 assembly seats. |