Assembly election results 2017: Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav submits resignation

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav submitted his resignation to Governor Ram Naik, after his Samajwadi Party and Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party were defeated by the BJP in the Assembly polls.

 

The BJP won as many as 325 out of the 403 seats in the UP Assembly. Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah called the BJP victory in UP a "tsunami" and predicted that the party is not only in a position to win the 2019 general election, but also in 2024.

 

The BJP hasn't yet announced its CM face.