BJP set to sweep Uttar Pradesh

State unit president Laxmikant Bajpayi told IANS the results were on expected lines. He credited party workers and Modi for the astounding results.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi led in Rae Bareli and her son, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi maintained a margin of over 12,000 votes over his nearest rival, BJP's Smriti Irani, in Amethi.

The Congress led in only two seats in the state and it was pushed to a poor third in all other seats. The party won 22 seats in the 2009 polls.

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) have been thrown off the political radar by the voters of the state. The ruling SP led in just seven seats, down by 15 seats as compared to its 2009 tally.

The major constituencies where it is leading are Allahabad, Mainpuri, Azamgarh and Kannauj.