Addressing the MLAs, Adityanath said he wants to thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party's central observers Shah and Raghubar Das that after getting absolute majority under the PM's leadership, he was elected the BJP legislature party leader.
The BJP's vote share stood at 41.6 per cent, while that of the Samajwadi Party (SP) at 32 per cent. The vote share of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is 12.8 per cent and that of the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) 3.02 per cent.
The three namesakes of the SP president are now waiting to see whether their luck matches Akhilesh Yadav's luck when counting is held on March 10.
Meanwhile, nearly 50,000 paramilitary personnel from 412 companies of central paramilitary forces have been deployed at different locations to maintain law and order in the poll-bound state.
Earlier in the day, Shah also addressed a workers' meeting and said that the BJP was all set to repeat the history of 2014, 2017 and 2019 when it had walked home with an overwhelming majority.
Elections in Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases between February 10 and March 7. The results will be out on March 10.
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