Trends have started emerging after the counting of votes for the Legislative Council elections in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and Karnataka. BJP's Dr. Narendra Prasad Singh has won the Tirhut teachers constituency seat of Bihar by 594 votes, while the counting of votes is going on on other seats.
Tezzbuzz Desk – Counting of votes is underway for the recently concluded Legislative Council (MLC) elections in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and Karnataka. According to the Election Commission, elections were held on a total of 28 graduate and teacher constituency seats in these four states. The result of one of these seats has been declared, while counting of votes is going on for 27 seats.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Dr. Narendra Prasad Singh has won the Tirhut teacher constituency seat of Bihar Legislative Council by 594 votes. With this victory, BJP has opened its account on this seat of teachers constituency in Bihar.
BJP candidate Naval Kishore took the lead in the first round of counting of teachers constituency in Patna, the capital of Bihar. After the first round of counting, Naval Kishore got 1,273 votes, while the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate got 1,271 votes. There was a difference of only two votes between the two candidates.
NDA candidate AP Ranganath is leading after the third round of counting of votes in Bengaluru Teachers MLC seat in Karnataka. He has maintained his lead in the third round also.
Voting was held for four seats in Karnataka on 23 October. These include South-East Graduates, West Graduates, North-East Teachers and Bengaluru Teachers constituencies. BJP has fielded candidates on South-East Graduates, West Graduates and North-East Teachers seats, while its ally Janata Dal (Secular) i.e. JD(S) is contesting on Bengaluru Teachers seat.
Congress's Shashi Hulikunte Math is contesting against BJP's KM Suresh on the South-East graduates seat. At the same time, there is a contest between Congress candidate Mohan Limbikai and sitting BJP MLC SV Sankanur on the West Graduates seat.
The news of altercation between agents of BJP and independent candidate Rajeev Yadav came to light in the Gorakhpur-Faizabad teachers MLC elections of Uttar Pradesh. However, the matter calmed down after police intervention.
As the counting of votes continues in the four states, the position of the candidates on different seats is awaited. At present, the result of Tirhut teacher seat has been declared, while the results for the remaining 27 seats will be revealed after counting of votes.