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 two 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 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 has boycotted Gorakhpur-Faizabad Tecahers' Constituency counting process over alleged irregularities. Outgoing district president of the party, Brijesh Gautam accused the administration fo favouring the BJP. The Uttar Pradesh CEO has instructed the Returning Office to quickly respond to the recent X posts alleging anomalies and boycotts by some candidates.

- The road from Chitra Square to Bundelkhand Degree College in Jhansi has been closed due to security concerns during the counting of votes for the Allahabad-Jhansi Division Graduate Election 2026. Police have been deployed to maintain security around the counting site.

- Current status 

Teachers' Constituency

  • Varanasi: SP’s Lal Bihari won; BJP’s Pramod Mishra lost.
  • Meerut: BJP’s Shrichand Agrawal won; SP’s Nitin Kumar Tomar lost.
  • Bareilly: BJP’s Hari Singh Dhillon won; SP’s Danish Akhtar lost.
  • Lucknow: BJP’s Umesh Dwivedi won; SP’s Prateek Kumar lost.
  • Agra: SP’s Akash Agrawal won; BJP’s Harikishor lost.
  • Gorakhpur: BJP’s Dhruv Tripathi is leading; independent candidate Rajiv Yadav and SP’s Sanjayn Tripathi are trailing.

Graduates' Constituency

  • Meerut: BJP’s Dinesh Goyal won; SP’s Pramendra Bhati lost.
  • Agra: BJP’s Manvendra won; SP’s Shashank Yadav lost.
  • Jhansi: SP’s Man Singh won; BJP’s Ashok Rathore lost.
  • Lucknow: SP’s Kanti Singh is leading; BJP’s Avnish Singh is trailing.
  • Varanasi: SP’s Ashutosh Sinha is leading; BJP’s Kedarnath is trailing.

- The fourth round of vote counting for the Gorakhpur-Faizabad Block Teachers' Constituency has concluded. As of the fourth round, the total number of valid votes is 40,811. 2,800 votes were counted as invalid. A total of 43,611 votes were found to be valid.

- Samajwadi Party's Kanti Singh is ahead in the 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.

- 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. 

- 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.