Akhilesh's Samajwadi Party scores a win in PM Modi’s Varanasi in UP MLC polls

Lal Bihari Yadav secured the Varanasi Teachers' seat

LUCKNOW: BJP retained four Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council seats, including both constituencies in Meerut, the Bareilly-Moradabad Teachers’ seat and the Lucknow Teachers’ seat, while the Samajwadi Party secured victories in the Varanasi and Agra Teachers’ constituencies as counting for 11 MLC seats continued.In the Meerut-Saharanpur Graduates’ constituency, BJP’s sitting MLC Dinesh Goyal retained his seat, defeating SP candidate Pramod Singh Bhati by 12,855 votes. BJP’s Shrichand Sharma also retained the Meerut Teachers’ constituency, defeating SP candidate Nitin Tomar by 13,241 votes.BJP’s Hari Singh Dhillon retained the Bareilly-Moradabad Teachers’ constituency, defeating SP candidate Haji Mohammad Danish Akhtar.In another victory for the BJP, sitting MLC Umesh Dwivedi retained the Lucknow Teachers’ constituency, defeating SP candidate Sushil Kumar (Baba). UP BJP president Pankaj Chaudhary congratulated Dwivedi on his victory in a post on X on Wednesday morning, expressing confidence that he would continue working for the development of the education sector.Meanwhile, SP’s sitting MLC Lal Bihari Yadav retained the Varanasi Teachers’ constituency, defeating BJP candidate Pramod Mishra by approximately 4,900 votes.

In the Agra Teachers’ constituency, SP candidate Akash Agrawal emerged victorious, defeating BJP candidate Hari Kishore Tiwari. Agrawal had won the same seat as an Independent in 2020. His latest victory means he has retained the constituency, this time as an SP candidate.In the Gorakhpur-Faizabad Teachers’ constituency, BJP’s Dhruv Tripathi was leading by a narrow margin of 110 votes in the last available update, with Independent candidate Rajeev Yadav and SP candidate Sanjayan also in contention.Polling for five Graduates’ and six Teachers’ constituencies was held on October 23, with 152 candidates in the fray. Repolling at three polling stations in the Agra Teachers’ constituency took place on Monday following orders from the Election Commission.

Final results from the remaining constituencies were awaited.