Curtains on a long, close, caustic election in Uttar Pradesh

Marked by caustic, high decibel campaigning, which saw the political discourse plumbing to low levels at times, the long-drawn polling process in the most populous and politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh came to an end on Wednesday.

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Caught in a bitter family feud and power struggle in the ruling Samajwadi Party, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav took over the party's reins by knocking out his father Mulayam Singh Yadav and uncle Shivpal Yadav and later aligning with Congress.

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The party contested on 298 seats. Akhilesh's wife Dimple, who is a lawmaker from Kannauj, actively campaigned while Mulayam Singh chose to campaign only for friend Parasnath Yadav, brother Shivpal Yadav and daughter-in-law Aparna.

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Akhilesh Yadav claims that they will form the next government with even a better mandate than last time, when it won 224 seats.

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The Congress, which took out a long 'kisan yatra' from Deoria to Delhi, which became infamous for locals taking away the cots during the 'khaat sabhaas', had slammed the SP, BSP and BJP government by saying "27 saal, UP behaal". The party came down from the high pedestal to enter into an alliance with the SP and they got 105 seats to contest after a hard bargain.

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