9 years ago
After a month-long fiercely fought election campaign, voting has wrapped up in five states - Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand. Results will be declared on Saturday, March 11. In Uttar Pradesh, which voted in seven phases, there's an intense three-way battle between the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance, the BJP and Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party. Punjab too will see a tough fight as the Congress and the debutant Aam Aadmi Party will try to wrest control from the Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP alliance. In Manipur, the BJP is trying hard to end the 15-year-long rule of Congress's Okram Ibobi Singh and in Uttarakhand it is hoping to unseat the ruling Congress government of Chief Minister Harish Rawat. In Goa, where the BJP is in power, the party is engaged in a fight with the opposition Congress, AAP and an alliance of MGP, Shiv Sena and Goa Suraksha Manch for the 40-member House.
