Pictured Above: A woman casts her vote during the UP Legislative Council elections. BJP and Samajwadi Party candidates are awaiting their results as counting continues across constituencies.
\n\nThe Samajwadi Party (SP) has wrested the Varanasi Teachers’ constituency seat from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council elections, while the ruling party has retained four of the total 11 seats. The BJP is leading in two others as counting for the remaining six seats continues.
\n\nSP candidate Lal Bihari Yadav won the Varanasi Teachers’ constituency for a second consecutive term, defeating BJP candidate Pramod Mishra. The result comes amid allegations of irregularities and delays in the counting process by opposition leaders.
\n\nThe BJP has retained the Meerut Graduates’, Meerut Teachers’ and Bareilly-Moradabad Teachers’ and Lucknow Teachers' seats. Its candidates Dinesh Kumar Goyal and Shrichand Sharma won the two Meerut constituencies, while Dr Hari Singh Dhillon secured victory in Bareilly-Moradabad.
\n\nCounting was underway for the remaining constituencies on Wednesday, with the BJP leading in the Gorakhpur-Faizabad Teachers’ and Agra Graduates’ seats.
\n\nThe SP was ahead in three constituencies, including the Agra Teachers’ constituency.
\n\nIn Gorakhpur, the counting process triggered a controversy after SP candidate Sanjayan Tripathi and independent…
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