Photo : PTINew Delhi: TheBhartiya Janata Party delivered a splendid performance in the latest round of the Assembly elections as the saffron party registered a thumping victory in four of the five states that went to polls. The much-awaited results of the Assembly polls in five states – Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur were announced on Monday. While the saffron party retained power in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, and Manipur, the Congress could not even manage to register a victory in Punjab, one of the few states it held. The Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ousted the Congress from the state, marking its first big win outside its Delhi turf. In Uttarakhand, Manipur and Uttar Pradesh, the BJP stormed back to power for the second successive term, while the party got the support of people of Goa for the third consecutive term.Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the BJP’s emphatic win in four state polls underscore people’s stamp of strong approval for its government’s pro-poor and pro-active governance. He also said that such a grand and decisive victory for the party is a guarantee for India’s bright future.Addressing BJP workers at the party headquarters, PM Modi also referred to the next Lok Sabha polls, scheduled for 2024, saying he hopes that political experts will note that his party’s win in the four states has also made clear the verdict for the next general election as they had linked its win in 2019 to its victory in Uttar Pradesh elections in 2017.Check the election results in numbers: Uttar Pradesh – 403 seats BJP: 255 Apna Dal (Soneylal): 12 Samajwadi Party: 111 Rashtriya Lok Dal: 8 Congress: 2 BSP: 1 Jansatta Dal Loktantrik: 2 Nirbal Indian Shoshit Hamara Aam Dal: 6 Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party: 6 Punjab – 117 Aam Aadmi Party: 92 Bahujan Samaj Party: 1 Bharatiya Janata Party: 2 Independent: 1 Congress: 18 Shiromani Akali Dal: 3 Uttarakhand – 70Bharatiya Janata Party: 47Congress: 19Bahujan Samaj Party: 2 Independent: 2 Goa – 40 Aam Aadmi Party: 2 BJP: 20 Goa Forward Party: 1 Independent: 3 Congress: 11 Maharashtrawadi Gomantak: 2 Revolutionary Goans Party: 1 Manipur – 60 BJP: 32 Congress: 5 Independent: 3 Janata Dal (United): 6 Naga Peoples Front: 5 National People’s Party (NPP): 7 Kuki People’s Alliance: 2