UP Assembly Election Results 2017: After his Samajwadi Party's poll drubbing, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday met Governor Ram Naik and submitted his resignation.

Terming the Uttar Pradesh election results as "very surprising", Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Saturday alleged that voting machines had been "managed" to favour the BJP and that her party has asked the Election Commission to cancel the results in the state and in Uttarakhand.

Uttar Pradesh and four other states' legislative assembly results are out and the Bharatiya Janata Party has wiped out the two northern states, UP and Uttarakhand, while the Congress has grabbed the Punjab scalp.

The BJP on Saturday took winning leads in both Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand while the Congress raced ahead of the AAP in Punjab as officials counted votes polled in assembly elections.

Over sixty per cent polling was reported across seven districts of Uttar Pradesh for 40 assembly seats in the final phase of state assembly elections, while 86 per cent votes were cast in the second and final phase of the Manipur Assembly polls on Wednesday.

UP Assembly Elections 2017: A total of 535 candidates, including 51 women, are in fray for these assembly seats spread across seven districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh, known as Poorvanchal.

UP Assembly Elections 2017: Over 57 per cent voting was recorded during the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh elections on Monday, the Election Commission said.

Millions voted on Monday in the fifth phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls spread across 51 constituencies in 11 districts, officials said. An estimated 60 per cent of the 1.8 crore electorate exercised their franchise between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. in the country's most populous state, the Election Commission said.

Over 61 per cent voters exercised their franchise on Thursday across 53 seats in the fourth phase elections to the Uttar Pradesh assembly. The voting percentage is likely to go up.

Voting in 53 assembly constituencies in the fourth phase of Uttar Pradesh elections began at 7 a.m on Thursday amid tight security, officials said.