The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has lost the teachers’ constituency seat in PM Modi’s parliamentary constituency VaranasiThe BJP has taken a lead in CM Yogi’s Gorakhpur seat.
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UP MLC Result 2026 Winners List
New Delhi: The counting is currently underway for 11 seats in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (UP MLC), comprising five graduate constituencies and six teachers’ constituenciesIt is important to note that the counting process began at 8 am on Tuesday at seven centresThe counting is being conducted under tight security, with CCTV cameras and videography in place to monitor the process.
Voting for the 11 seats was held on October 23, with a total of 152 candidates in the frayTheir electoral fate will be decided by 1.481 million votersA voter turnout of 55 percemt was recorded on polling dayThe counting is taking place at seven locations: Lucknow, Varanasi, Agra, Meerut, Jhansi, Bareilly and Gorakhpur.
The BJP has won both seats in the Meerut Legislative Council elections for the Teachers’ and Graduates’ constituencies for the second consecutive time, securing victories by substantial marginsNotably, the party had fielded the sitting MLCs from both constituenciesOn the Teachers’ seat, BJP candidate Shrichand Sharma defeated Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Nitin Tomar by a margin of 13,241 votesOn the Graduates’ seat, Dinesh Goyal defeated SP candidate Premendra Bhati by 12,855 votes.
The contest on both seats was primarily between the BJP and the SPCandidates backed by teachers’ associations failed to make any significant impact in the electionsThe administration announced the results late at night, although the winning candidates had begun celebrating their victories as early as 7 pm.
Teachers’ MLC Seat
- BJP candidate Shrichand Sharma: 18,099 votes
- SP candidate Nitin Tomar: 4,858 votes
Graduates’ MLC Seat
- BJP candidate Dinesh Goyal: 24,928 votes
- SP candidate Premendra Bhati: 12,073 votes
UP MLC Result 2026 Winners List:
Full list will be updated soon
In the much-talked-about teachers’ constituency MLC election for Agra division, counting of a total of 29,865 votes concluded with SP candidate Aakash Agarwal leading with 13,087 votes against BJP candidate Hari Kishore Tiwari, who secured 9,389 votesThe SP candidate was ahead by 3,698 votes.
JDU Patna graduates’ constituency candidate leads in first-preference vote counting
JDU leader and Patna graduates’ constituency candidate Neeraj Kumar said he was leading in the first-preference vote count and expressed confidence in maintaining his lead as counting of second-preference votes gets underway.
Talking to ANI, he said, “According to the information, I have taken the lead in the first-preference vote count as the NDA-supported JDU candidate for the Patna Graduates’ constituencyNow, the second-preference votes are to be counted… We believe that since we are ahead in the first-preference count, we will maintain that lead in the second-preference count as well.”
