UP MLC Election 2026 Live: BJP has won 5 out of 12 Graduate and Teachers' seats that went to the polls but suffered a major setback in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Parliamentary constituency Varanasi as Samajwadi Party's candidate Lal Bihari Yadav emerged victorious from the Teachers' Constituency. BJP's Pramod Mishra was defeated on the seat by over 4,800 votes. Samajwadi Party has won three seats in the legislative council polls. The BJP has so far won Meerut Teacher, Meerut Graduate, Bareilly Teacher, Lucknow Teacher and Agra Graduate seats.

Samajwadi Party, on the other hand, has won Varanasi Teacher, Jhansi Graduate and Agra Teachers. In Uttar Pradesh, a complaint was also filed against the Gorakhpur Returning Officer (RO), who was accused of supporting the BJP. The complaint has reportedly been filed by Unaided Teachers' Association-backed candidate Ajay Singh. The vote counting is currently underway in Varanasi Graduate, Lucknow Graduate and Gorakhpur.

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- Samajwadi Party's Kanti Singh ahead in Lucknow Graduate seat. She has maintained the lead since the first round. After the completion of the fourth round, she was ahead by 7,600 votes.

- Samajwadi Party has won its third seat in the MLC election as Mansingh Yadav, party candidate on Jhansi Graduate constituency, has defeated BJP's Ashok Kumar

- SP candidate from Allahabad-Jhansi division graduate seat, Mansingh Yadav, is leading by over 15,000 votes. Six rounds of vote counting have been completed so far. BJP candidate Ashok Kumar Rathore is trailing in second place with nearly 22,000 votes. 

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- Samajwadi Party is leading in Varanasi Graduate, Lucknow Graduate and Jhansi Graduate constituencies.

- The results for the Graduate MLC seat in Agra have also been announced. BJP's Manvendra has won the seat again, defeating Samajwadi Party's Shashank Yadav.

- BJP is leading in CM Yogi's bastion, Gorakhpur Teachers constituency. The counting of votes is taking place at Gorakhpur University. After the midnight chaos, Samajwadi Party and independent candidates have boycotted the counting. The process is underway with only the BJP candidate, Dhruv Tripathi and his agent at the centre.


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