BJP wins four, SP two in UP MLC polls; counting continues in five seats

The BJP has won four of the 11 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council seats for which polling was held on Friday, while the Samajwadi Party has secured two, with counting underway in the remaining constituencies on Wednesday amid allegations of assault on an SP candidate in Agra and disputes over the counting process.

The BJP retained the Bareilly-Moradabad Teachers' constituency, with its candidate Hari Singh Dhillon defeating SP nominee Danish Akhtar by 17,676 votes. Dhillon secured 21,672 votes against Akhtar's 3,996 after all five rounds of counting, returning officer and Bareilly division commissioner Shambhu Kumar said. Kumar handed Dhillon his certificate of election late Tuesday night.

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The BJP also won the Lucknow Teachers' constituency, where its candidate Umesh Dwivedi defeated SP's Sushil Kumar by 6,992 votes. Dwivedi secured 13,179 votes against Kumar's 8,371, according to the declared results.

The BJP won both the Meerut Graduates' and Teachers' constituencies. Its candidates Dinesh Kumar Goyal and Shri Chand Sharma were declared elected, and their certificates of election were handed over to them, an official said.

Akhilesh alleges assault on Agra candidate

The SP won the Agra-Aligarh Teachers' constituency, where its candidate Akash Agrawal defeated BJP nominee Hari Kishore Tiwari. Agrawal received his certificate of election at the counting centre in Agra on Wednesday.

SP president Akhilesh Yadav had earlier claimed victory for Agrawal and shared a video on X showing the candidate in a torn kurta, with his supporters alleging that he had been assaulted.

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"Let the BJP explain how the treatment meted out by its people to SP MLC candidate, Dr. Akash Agrawal, who is winning from Agra, can be justified," Yadav said.

The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister urged the Election Commission, the Supreme Court and the President to take immediate cognisance of the matter.

Yadav said society was deeply outraged by what he described as "inhumane treatment" and "violence" against Agrawal.

"Even the Agrawal community has now realised that in truth, the BJP is no one's ally," he claimed.

SP leads in Allahabad-Jhansi; BJP ahead in Gorakhpur-Faizabad

In the Allahabad-Jhansi Graduates' constituency, SP's Mansingh Yadav had secured 27,157 votes against 7,648 for BJP candidate Ashok Rathore after the fifth round of counting.

In the Gorakhpur-Faizabad Teachers' constituency, BJP candidate Dhruv Kumar Tripathi was leading Independent candidate Rajiv Yadav by 466 votes after the final round of counting. Tripathi received 11,881 votes, compared with 11,415 for Rajiv Yadav. SP candidate Sanjayan Tripathi finished third with 8,301 votes.

The counting for the Gorakhpur-Faizabad seat saw disputes over procedures and vote margins. Candidates raised objections after a ballot box from a booth in Mau was found to contain 52 more votes than recorded in the official data.

Ajay Saini, Additional Commissioner of Ayodhya, was removed following a complaint from a candidate. The administration said the counting process was being conducted in accordance with the rules.

The Varanasi Teachers' constituency was won by SP's Lal Bihari Yadav. SP MP from Chandauli Virendra Singh questioned the district administration over an alleged delay of around six hours in announcing the result.

SP candidates were also leading in the Varanasi and Lucknow Graduates' constituencies, officials said.

Counting for the 11 Legislative Council seats — six Teachers' and five Graduates' constituencies — began at 8 am on Tuesday. The elections are being seen as a prestige battle between the BJP and the SP ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.