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Final Numbers are in: Modi Wave Sweeps the State
BJP alone has won 312 seats in Uttar Pradesh, making it a historical victory for reasons more than one.
The Samajwadi Party-Congress combine has been relegated to a distant second with merely 54 seats.
BJP's Pankaj Singh Wins From Noida
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh's son Pankaj Singh won the Noida assembly seat for the BJP, defeating his nearest rival Samajwadi Party candidate Sunil Choudhary by a margin of 1,04,016 votes.
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Published: 11 Mar 2017, 12:17 AM IST