Lucknow, Read. Voting for 11 Legislative Council seats in Uttar Pradesh and eight seats in Bihar started at 8 am on Friday amid tight security. Voting will continue till 4 pm. The Election Commission has completed preparations for the elections. This election is considered important for BJP and Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh. Both the parties have put in organizational strength for the victory of their candidates. Before the 2027 assembly elections, these results are being considered important in terms of the political influence of both the parties and their hold among teacher-graduate voters.
BJP-SP eyeing Gorakhpur-Faizabad teacher seat
There is special attention on the seat of Gorakhpur-Faizabad teachers constituency in Uttar Pradesh. There is talk about the contest between BJP and SP in Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's home turf and the area of political influence. Along with activating their organizations, both the parties have entrusted the responsibility of election campaigning and contacting the voters to the MPs and MLAs. SP President Akhilesh Yadav is also keeping an eye on this seat, while Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has also shown activeness in the elections. SP has made a strategy to break into the areas of influence of the ruling party with the help of BJP rebels.
Voting on 11 seats of Uttar Pradesh
Voting is being held on the seats of five graduate and six teacher constituencies of the Legislative Council in Uttar Pradesh. The graduate constituencies include Agra, Meerut, Allahabad-Jhansi, Lucknow and Varanasi. At the same time, teacher constituencies include seats of Agra, Meerut, Bareilly-Moradabad, Lucknow, Kashi and Gorakhpur-Faizabad.
The scope of these 11 seats includes five seats in Western Uttar Pradesh, two in Lucknow region, one in Bundelkhand and three in Purvanchal. In such a situation, this election is also being considered as a test of the organizational influence of political parties in different parts of the state and their hold among teacher-graduate voters.
Strict security arrangements at polling stations
The Election Commission has made security arrangements at the polling stations in the respective constituencies. Observers have been deployed in the election areas and polling parties have been sent to the centers for voting. Voters will exercise their franchise through ballot paper. Mobile phones, cameras and other electronic devices will not be allowed inside the polling stations. Counting of votes will be done on October 27.
Elections on eight seats in Bihar also
Along with Uttar Pradesh, voting is also being held on eight seats of Bihar Legislative Council on Friday. These include teacher and graduate constituencies of Patna, Darbhanga, Tirhut and Saran. Before the elections in Bihar, differences have come to light within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) regarding two seats. In Saran teachers constituency, RLM leader Rampukar Sinha has decided to contest as an independent against NDA's official candidate Anand Pushkar.
At the same time, JDU has made Neeraj Kumar its official candidate in Patna Graduate constituency. However, JDU MLA from Mokama Anant Singh has supported Jan Suraj's candidate Anuj Kumar Singh instead of the party candidate. Political parties will keep an eye on the results of the Legislative Council elections in both the states. Before the 2027 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, the contest for these 11 seats is being considered an important opportunity for BJP and SP to test their political strength.
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