Election Results 2019 Live Uttar Pradesh: Smriti Irani extends lead, Rahul Gandhi trails by nearly 15,000 votes in Amethi

With the results to the crucial Uttar Pradesh 2019 Lok Sabha elections to be announced today, exit polls have already predicted the BJP-led NDA will bag maximum Parliamentary seats here. However the real contest will be the Amethi seat, where Congress chief Rahul Gandhi was pitted against Union Minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani. All eyes are also set on Raebareli and Varanasi, where Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are contesting from respectively. While the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party fielded candidates in 37 seats, the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party is contesting from 38. While exit polls have suggested 62-68 seats for the BJP-led NDA in Uttar Pradesh, pollsters have given the SP-BSP-RLD mahagathbandhan 10-16 seats. The Congress has only been limited to 1-2 seats.