UP MLC Election Result 2026: Counting of votes started on Tuesday after voting took place on 28 Legislative Council seats in four states. The counting of votes for graduate and teacher constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and Karnataka is being conducted amid tight security. All political parties have their eyes fixed on these results because this election directly reflects the mood of the educated class and the teacher class.
Among the four states, the maximum contest has taken place in Uttar Pradesh on 11 seats, while counting of votes is going on on eight seats in Bihar, five in Maharashtra and four in Karnataka. The fate of a total of 152 candidates is to be decided in Uttar Pradesh, where ballot papers are being counted under strict surveillance of videography and CCTV cameras at seven centres.
BJP created history in Meerut
A very good news has emerged for BJP from Meerut division of Uttar Pradesh. BJP has hoisted the flag for the second consecutive time in both the teacher and graduate constituencies of the Legislative Council. The party had placed its bet on its current MLC and both the candidates have won by huge margins. On the teacher seat, BJP candidate Srichand Sharma defeated Samajwadi Party candidate Nitin Tomar by a huge margin of 13 thousand 241 votes. Srichand Sharma got a total of 18 thousand 99 votes, while the SP candidate had to be satisfied with only 4 thousand 858 votes.
At the same time, BJP's dominance continued in Meerut graduate seat also. BJP candidate Dinesh Goyal defeated SP's Pramendra Bhati by a huge margin of 12 thousand 855 votes. Dinesh Goyal got 24 thousand 928 votes, while the SP candidate could get only 12 thousand 73 votes. The performance of teachers unions and independent candidates was very weak on both the seats. As soon as the news of victory was received, the workers started celebrating and sweets started being distributed.
BJP's strong hold in Bareilly and Lucknow
BJP candidate has also taken a one-sided lead in Bareilly Moradabad Block Teacher Constituency. By the end of the third round of counting, BJP's Hari Singh Dhillon had established a huge lead. Hari Singh Dhillon got 14 thousand 990 votes, while SP candidate Danish Akhtar could collect only 2 thousand 742 votes. The BJP candidate has taken a huge lead of 12 thousand 248 votes, due to which his victory is considered almost certain.
Talking about the capital Lucknow, BJP's Umesh Dwivedi has put pressure on his nearest rival on the Lucknow block teacher election seat. In the results of the first round, Umesh Dwivedi got 7 thousand 189 votes, while SP's Sushil Kumar stood second with 3 thousand 537 votes. Umesh Dwivedi took a good lead in the first round itself, however, the Lucknow section graduates kept waiting till late night for the counting of votes to begin.
Tough competition on Agra and other seats
BJP candidate Dr. Manvendra Pratap Singh Guru ji gained lead in the initial round on Agra block graduate seat. In the first round of counting, Dr. Manvendra Pratap Singh got 5 thousand 848 votes, while his main rival Shashank Yadav alias Situ got 5 thousand 134 votes. A tough contest is being seen here between the two candidates.
On the other hand, there was a relief news for Samajwadi Party on Agra Teachers seat. In the second phase of counting, SP candidate Dr. Akash Aggarwal took a big lead over BJP candidate Hari Kishore Tiwari.
Equations of Allahabad, Jhansi and Gorakhpur Faizabad
In the first round of Allahabad Jhansi Block Teacher Constituency, Ashok Kumar Rathore is leading with 3 thousand 291 votes. Behind him, Dr. Mansingh Yadav is at second place with 2 thousand 307 votes.
The contest on Gorakhpur Faizabad section teacher seat has also become very interesting. In the first round of counting, Dhruv stood first with 3 thousand 812 votes, while Rajiv was very close to him with 3 thousand 703 votes. Whereas Sanjayan has got 2 thousand 744 votes.
Political scenario of other states
Apart from Uttar Pradesh, political turmoil is also intense on eight seats of Bihar. There, counting is going on in Patna, Darbhanga, Tirhut and Kosi graduate seats along with Patna, Darbhanga, Tirhut and Saran teacher seats. There is a direct contest between the ruling Congress and the BJP JDS alliance on four seats in Karnataka. At the same time, political turmoil is going on on five seats of Maharashtra, where the results of graduate and teacher seats of Pune, Aurangabad and Nagpur divisions will decide the new political equation.
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