Voting ends in Uttar Pradesh MLC elections across 11 seats

Voting concluded October 23 in elections for 11 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council seats, covering five graduate and six teachers’ constituencies across 72 districts. Counting is scheduled for October 27, 2026, and no results had been reported by Saturday, October 24. The Chief Electoral Officer’s figures put turnout at 55.24% by 4 p.m. on polling day. That is a polling-day update, not a final turnout total or an indication of which candidates will win. The contest involved 152 candidates, according to election information published before voting. Among teachers’ constituencies, the Gorakhpur-Faizabad seat recorded 79.01% turnout, the highest reported in the 4 p.m. figures. Bareilly-Moradabad recorded 73.69%, Varanasi 68.21%, Agra 63.84%, Meerut 60.80% and Lucknow 50.92%. In the graduate constituencies, turnout was highest in Agra at 51%; Allahabad-Jhansi recorded 41.40%, Varanasi 41.01%, Meerut 39.81% and Lucknow 38.02%. Party workers confronted one another at DAV Degree College in Gorakhpur, where both Bharatiya Janata Party and Samajwadi Party supporters accused the other side of trying to influence voting. The exchange took place in front of Samajwadi Party candidate Dr...