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The Samajwadi Party has won five seats in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (MLC) elections, while the BJP secured six of the 11 graduate and teachers' constituency seats. Results for nine seats have been declared, with the SP leading in Varanasi Graduates' constituency by approximately 17,000 votes, though the final result is pending. SP president Akhilesh Yadav urged party workers to remain at counting centres until victory certificates are obtained and to support each other with food, water and morale-boosting activities.
The SP claimed victories in both Varanasi Teachers' and Graduates' seats, as well as in Lucknow Graduates', Agra Teachers' and Allahabad-Jhansi Graduates' constituencies. Yadav attributed the performance to the PDA alliance—Pichhda, Dalit, Alpsankhyak—and called the results a rejection of BJP's governance. The elections are seen as a precursor to the 2027 UP Assembly polls.
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