<p>Counting of votes began in Uttar Pradesh at 8 am on March 10, and early trends have brought good news for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which hopes to return to power in the Hindi heartland state.</p>.<p>Here are key takeaways from the state so far:</p>.<p>*As of 12.15 pm, the BJP is leading in 248 seats, comfortably over the magic number required to form the government in the state. The Samajwadi Party has put up a strong show this year with a lead in 112 seats.</p>.<p>*CM Yogi Adityanath is leading from Gorakhpur Urban. This is the first time that the chief minister is contesting an Assembly election.</p>.<p>*As of 12.10 pm, the BJP has a vote share of 42.3 per cent votes, followed by SP with 31.6 per cent and BSP with 12.9 per cent.</p>.<p>*OP Rajbhar of Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party is leading from Zahoorabad constituency, CM Yogi Adityanath is leading with a massive margin from Gorakhpur Urban, Akhilesh Yadav is leading from Karhal and Samajwadi Party's Swami Prasad Maurya is trailing by a margin of 11,179 in Fazilnagar.</p>.<p>*BSP and Congress have put up a dismal performance so far with leads in less than 10 seats each.</p>.<p>*Police said 250 CAPF companies have been deployed. A CAPF company usually has around 70-80 personnel. As many as 625 gazetted officers of the UP Police, 1,807 inspectors, 9,598 sub-inspectors, 11,627 head constables and 48,649 constables have also been deployed, the officials added.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos</strong></p>
<p>Counting of votes began in Uttar Pradesh at 8 am on March 10, and early trends have brought good news for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which hopes to return to power in the Hindi heartland state.</p>.<p>Here are key takeaways from the state so far:</p>.<p>*As of 12.15 pm, the BJP is leading in 248 seats, comfortably over the magic number required to form the government in the state. The Samajwadi Party has put up a strong show this year with a lead in 112 seats.</p>.<p>*CM Yogi Adityanath is leading from Gorakhpur Urban. This is the first time that the chief minister is contesting an Assembly election.</p>.<p>*As of 12.10 pm, the BJP has a vote share of 42.3 per cent votes, followed by SP with 31.6 per cent and BSP with 12.9 per cent.</p>.<p>*OP Rajbhar of Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party is leading from Zahoorabad constituency, CM Yogi Adityanath is leading with a massive margin from Gorakhpur Urban, Akhilesh Yadav is leading from Karhal and Samajwadi Party's Swami Prasad Maurya is trailing by a margin of 11,179 in Fazilnagar.</p>.<p>*BSP and Congress have put up a dismal performance so far with leads in less than 10 seats each.</p>.<p>*Police said 250 CAPF companies have been deployed. A CAPF company usually has around 70-80 personnel. As many as 625 gazetted officers of the UP Police, 1,807 inspectors, 9,598 sub-inspectors, 11,627 head constables and 48,649 constables have also been deployed, the officials added.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos</strong></p>
