Elections 2014 Results: BJP sweeps Uttar Pradesh, Congress, SP, BSP heading for big defeat

LUCKNOW: The Congress is heading for a rout in Uttar Pradesh with all its seven ministers trailing in their respective constituencies. In fact, the party, which won 21 seats in 2009, out of total 80, this time is trailing everywhere in the state barring Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi who are leading in Rae Bareli and Amethi respectively.

BJP PM candidate Narendra Modi has won from Varanasi. AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal remained second.

The trends of all 80 seats showed BJP leading in 65, SP 10, BSP 3 and Congress 2. This means BJP is heading for its best ever performance in UP, while BSP and SP have been pushed back to 90s when they were in nascent stage.

While Congress candidate and union coal minister Sri Prakash was trailing in Kanpur behind BJP heavyweight Murli Manohar Joshi, rural development minister Pradeep Adita Jain is losing to BJP candidate and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Uma Bharti.

Union minister of state for HRD Jitin Prasad is behind BJP candidate in Dharauhra, another minister RPN Singh was losing in Kushinagar and union steel minister Beni Prasad Verma is trailing in Gonda.

Union minister for external affairs Salman Khursid is in fifth position in Farrukhabad. Chairperson, National Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe, which is equivalent to minister status, PL Punia is trailing in Baranaki.

RLD chief and UPA ally Ajit Singh lost to BJP candidate and former Mumbai police commissioner Satyapal Singh. In fact, Ajit, who won from Baghpat five times and was union minister for civil aviation, came third. He had lost only once in 1998 in his entire political career. Ajit Singh's son is losing in Mathura where actor-turned-politician Hema Malini has taken an unbeatable lead of over 50,000 votes.

BJP is heading for its best ever performance in UP. Varun Gandhi won from Sultanpur on BJP ticket claiming his share of legacy in Nehru-Gandhi Bastion. His mother Maneka, also contesting as BJP candidate, is leading in Pilibhit.

SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav is leading in Mainpuri.and his daughter-in-law is leading in Kannauj.