UP MLC Final Result: BJP wins 6 seats, SP bags 5: In a significant outcome the Samajwadi Party(SP) won 5 seats in Uttar Pradesh Legislative council elections, including two seats in Varanasi. The results of two pending seats were officially declared Thursday afternoon. Both the seats went to the SP.
Ashutosh Sinha of the Samajwadi Party has been declared elected from the Varanasi Graduates’ Constituency. Kanti Singh won the Lucknow Graduates’ constituency and has been issued the certificate of election. Poll officials in a brief statement said Ashutosh Sinha has won the Varanasi Graduates’ constituency seat by a total of 55,046 votes. He defeated BJP rival Kedarnath Singh by a margin of 19, 932 votes.
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav described the BJP’s performance as a ‘double defeat’ and claimed that the results have laid the groundwork for his party’s victory in the 2027 assembly polls.
Final results for Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council biennial elections-2026 for five graduates’ and six teachers’ constituencies have been declared. BJP won 6 and SP won 5 seats. Polling for the 11 legislative council seats was held on October 23 and the counting of votes began on October 27.
The BJP had won Agra Graduates’ constituency, Bareilly-Moradabad Teachers’ constituency, Lucknow Teachers’ constituency, Meerut Teachers’ and Graduates’ constituencies, and Gorakhpur-Faizabad Teachers’ constituency.
The SP had won Allahabad-Jhansi Graduates’ constituency, and Varanasi and Agra-Aligarh Teachers’ constituencies.
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