Counting of votes has begun across Uttar Pradesh for Lok Sabha Results 2024. As Uttar Pradesh goes, so goes India has been the political truth of India’s electoral democracy. As India awaits the 2024 Lok Sabha poll results, all eyes will be on Uttar Pradesh that sends 80 lawmakers to Parliament. The most-watched contest will be in Varanasi, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a third straight term. Other prominent leaders will be Rahul Gandhi from Rae Bareli, and Akhilesh Yadav from Kannauj. While multiple exit polls have given as many as 67 seats to the BJP, many feel that the party may better its 2014 tally of 71 seats.

Early trends show, BJP’s Rajnath Singh takes on Ravidas Mehrotra, INDIA bloc candidate and SP leader, and BSP’s Sarvar Malik from Lucknow Constituency in Uttar Pradesh.

PM Modi is also leading in Varanasi, according to TimesNow.

The Gorakhpur constituency is also one of UP's key seats. Key candidates in the fight are actor and BJP candidate Ravi Kishan, who is already a Member of Parliament, and Kajal Nishad who has also worked in the Bhojpuri film industry and is now the Opposition INDIA bloc’s joint candidate, given the seat-sharing pact between the SP and the Congress.

BJP‘s Mahendra Nath Pandey is leading from Chandauli, show early trends.

Latest reports say that there has been news of a tiff between policemen and local officials outside Bareilly counting centre. Counting of postal ballots is underway.