Lucknow, Oct 28 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday congratulated the winners of the state Legislative Council elections from graduate and teachers’ constituencies, as counting continued in the Lucknow and Varanasi graduates’ seats.
In a post on X around 9 pm, Adityanath expressed hope that the newly elected members would represent the aspirations of teachers and graduates, protect their interests, contribute to the improvement of education and support the state’s progress.
“Heartiest congratulations to all the victorious candidates in the biennial elections of the Graduate and Teacher Constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council – 2026. I am confident that you all will give a strong voice to the aspirations of all teachers and graduates, contribute significantly to the protection of their interests, the enhancement of education, and the progress of the state,” he posted.
The UP chief electoral officer’s (CEO’s) office said candidates in nine of the 11 constituencies had been declared elected by 8 pm on Wednesday, while counting was underway in the Lucknow and Varanasi graduates’ constituencies.
The BJP won six of the declared seats, while the Samajwadi Party secured three.
Among the graduates’ constituencies, BJP’s Dinesh Kumar Goyal won the Meerut seat with 24,929 votes, while party candidate Manvendra Pratap Singh (Guruji) secured the Agra seat with 42,743 votes. SP candidate Mansingh Yadav won the Allahabad-Jhansi seat with 60,358 votes.
In the teachers’ constituencies, the BJP’s Umesh Dwivedi won Lucknow with 13,179 votes, Shri Chand Sharma won Meerut with 18,099 votes, Hari Singh Dhillon won Bareilly-Moradabad with 21,672 votes and Dhruv Kumar Tripathi won Gorakhpur-Faizabad with 16,790 votes.
The SP’s Lal Bihari Yadav won the Varanasi teachers’ seat with 11,612 votes, while Akash Agrawal secured the Agra teachers’ constituency with 14,046 votes, according to the CEO’s statement.
The biennial elections were held for five graduates’ and six teachers’ constituencies of the UP Legislative Council.
(PTI News)
