UP MLC Results 2026: BJP Wins Six Seats, Samajwadi Party Five

The BJP won six seats and the Samajwadi Party secured five in Uttar Pradesh’s elections to 11 Legislative Council constituencies, according to updated reports from Jagran and The Indian Express. The final outcome emerged after an extended count in the Varanasi Graduates’ constituency, where the SP’s Ashutosh Sinha defeated the BJP’s Kedar Nath Singh.

The elections covered five graduates’ and six teachers’ constituencies. The Indian Express reported that voting took place on October 23 using ballot papers and counting began on October 27. Its updated report on October 29 put the final party tally at six seats for the BJP and five for the SP.

Among the BJP’s graduates’ constituency winners, Dinesh Kumar Goyal retained Meerut and Manvendra Pratap Singh retained Agra. Jagran reported that Goyal defeated the SP’s Pramendra Bhati, while Singh defeated Shashank Yadav. Those victories accounted for the BJP’s two wins among the five graduates’ seats.

The BJP also won four teachers’ constituencies. Umesh Dwivedi retained Lucknow, Shrichand Sharma retained Meerut and Hari Singh Dhillon retained Bareilly-Moradabad. Dhruv Kumar Tripathi won Gorakhpur-Faizabad, a constituency he had won as an Independent in the previous election, according to The Indian Express.

The SP’s five winners were Kanti Singh in Lucknow Graduates’, Ashutosh Sinha in Varanasi Graduates’, Man Singh Yadav in Allahabad-Jhansi Graduates’, Lal Bihari Yadav in Varanasi Teachers’ and Akash Agrawal in Agra Teachers’. Jagran identified their defeated BJP opponents as Avaneesh Kumar Singh, Kedar Nath Singh, Ashok Kumar Rathore, Pramod Mishra and Hari Kishore Tiwari, respectively.

Lucknow Graduates’ was a notable change of hands, with Kanti Singh defeating the sitting BJP member. Agrawal retained the Agra teachers’ seat after winning it as an Independent in 2020. Together, these results helped lift the SP’s tally from three seats in the previous election to five, while the BJP’s total remained six.

Earlier updates should be distinguished from the completed results. The supplied Jagran Josh article, last updated on October 28, still listed several candidates as leading rather than elected. Its introductory tally also differed from its constituency table, making the later, completed reports a clearer basis for the full winners’ list.

The outcome gives both parties results to highlight before the 2027 Assembly elections. However, these contests involved graduates’ and teachers’ constituencies rather than the Assembly electorate. The Indian Express cautioned that their results cannot be directly extrapolated into an Assembly election forecast.

With all 11 outcomes reported, attention turns to the elected members’ work representing teachers and graduates. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath congratulated the winners and expressed hope that they would advance those groups’ interests and contribute to education, according to The Indian Express.