New Delhi

With current trends of the Assembly election results showing that the Congress is faring badly in five states - Manipur, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Goa and Punjab, party leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that he accepts the people's verdict and would take lessons from it.

"Humbly accept the people's verdict. Best wishes to those who have won the mandate. My gratitude to all Congress workers and volunteers for their hard work and dedication. We will learn from this and keep working for the interests of the people of India," Gandhi tweeted.

Humbly accept the people’s verdict. Best wishes to those who have won the mandate.

My gratitude to all Congress workers and volunteers for their hard work and dedication.

We will learn from this and keep working for the interests of the people of India.

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) March 10, 2022

Of the five states that went into Assembly polls, Congress was the incumbent government only in Punjab. Congress went into the polls, battling factionalism and anti-incumbency in the state.

The election results came as another jolt to Congress which could not retain Punjab or come to power in Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur where it was the main rival of the BJP.

According to election trends at 4.58 pm, BJP has won 21 seats and is leading on 233 seats in the 403-member Uttar Pradesh assembly. Samajwadi Party is leading on 113 seats, BSP on one seat and Congress on two. The Apna Dal (Soneylal), an ally of BJP, is leading on 12 seats and its other ally NISHAD party on seven seats.

Samajwadi Party's ally RLD is leading on 7 seats and Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party in 5 seats.

In Punjab, Aam Aadmi Party is on course to three-fourths majority having won 73 seats and is leading on 19 seats in 117-member assembly. Congress has won 13 seats and is leading in 5, SAD has won 2 seats and is leading in one seats, BJP has won 2 seats and the BSP has won one seat.

In the 70-member Uttarakhand assembly, where exit polls had predicted a tight race, BJP has won 13 seats and is leading in 34 seats, Congress has 4 seats and is leading in 15, BSP is leading on two seats and independents in two seats. No party has retained power in Uttarakhand since the creation of the hill state.

In Goa, where predictions were for a hung assembly, BJP has won 19 seats and is leading in 1 seat, Congress has won 8 seats and is leading in 3 seats, Goa Forward Party has won one seat and Aam Aadmi Party has won 2 seats. Independents have won 3 seats. The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party won 2 seats and Revolutionary Goan Party won one seat in the 40-member state assembly.

In Manipur, where trends are available for 46 of 60 seats, BJP has won 14 seats and is leading in 19 seats, Congress has won 3 seats and is leading on one seat, JD-U won 5 seats and is leading in 2 seats, National People's Party won 2 seats and is leading in 5, Kuki People's Alliance wone one seat and is leading in another while the Naga Peoples Front has won 2 seats and is leading in 3 seats. Independents won two seats and are leading in one seat.