The Election Commission had earlier announced elections to 28 MCL seats in four states: 11 in UP, 8 In Bihar, 5 in Maharashtra and 4 in Karnataka
BJP names 10 candidates for UP, Bihar MLC polls: The Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) on Tuesday announced candidates for the Legislative Council elections in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Several sitting MLC’s are fielded once again for graduate and teacher constituencies. The major nominees include Naval Kishore Yadav and Dr NK Yadav for Bihar, along with Kedar Nath Singh and Hari Kishore Tiwari among six key candidates selected for Uttar Pradesh.
Polling for Legislative Council seats scheduled for October 23, 2026. BJP fielded 10 candidates, 6 from UP and 4 from Bihar,for 11 seats in Uttar Pradesh and 8 seats in Bihar. The Election Commission had earlier announced elections to 28 MCL seats in four states: 11 in UP, 8 In Bihar, 5 in Maharashtra and 4 in Karnataka.
The party has named Kedar Nath Singh for Varanasi, Dinesh Goel for Meerut, Ashok Kumar Rathore for Allahabad-Jhansi, Dr Pramod Mishra for Varanasi teachers, Engineer Hari Kishore Tiwari for Agra Teachers, and Dhruv Tripathi for Gorakhpur-Faizabad teachers.
The other candidates named in the Bihar contest include JD(U)’s Neeraj Kumar from Patna Graduates, Abhishek Jha from Tirhut Graduates, Anand Pushkar from Saran Teachers and Ghanshyam Rai from Darbhanga Teachers.
In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP has fielded Kedar Nath Singh from Varanasi Graduates, Dinesh Goel from Meerut Graduates, Ashok Kumar Rathore from Allahabad-Jhansi Graduates and Dr Pramod Mishra from Varanasi Teachers. The last date for filing nominations is October 6, 2026.
