UP MLC Election 2023 Highlights: BJP Wins 4 Seats, 1 Seat Goes To Independent Candidate

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Background

Uttar Pradesh MLC Election 2023 Live Updates: The biennial election for five Legislative Council seats, consisting of three graduate constituencies and two teacher constituencies, took place on Monday. 44 candidates ran in the three graduate constituencies, while 19 ran in the two teacher constituencies. Polling occurred in 39 districts, including Prayagraj, Kaushambi, and Ambedkar Nagar.An Election Commission observer was stationed in each constituency, monitored by 594 sector magistrates and 234 zonal magistrates. Micro-observers were also present at all polling booths and videography was conducted. 4,941 polling personnel were deployed to carry out the election process.Ballot papers were used for voting and voters marked their preferences in numbers next to the candidate's name. The districts where polling took place are Prayagraj, Kaushambi, Fatehpur, Banda, Chitrakoot, Hamirpur, Mahoba, Jalaun, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Kanpur Nagar, Kanpur Dehat, Unnao, Bareilly, Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Badaun, Rampur, Moradabad, Amroha, Bijnor, Sambhal, Bahraich, Shravasti, Gonda, Balrampur, Basti, Siddharth Nagar, Sant Kabir Nagar, Gorakhpur, Maharajganj, Deoria, Kushinagar, Azamgarh, Mau, Sultanpur, Ayodhya, Amethi and Ambedkar Nagar.Additional Chief Electoral Officer Ratnesh Singh said that polling is being held as the tenure of elected members of three graduates constituencies- Devendra Pratap Singh from Gorakhpur-Faizabad, Arun Pathak from Kanpur and Dr. Jai Pal Singh from Bareilly-Moradabad and two from teachers’ constituencies Suresh Kumar Tripathi from Jhansi and Rajbahadur Singh Chandel from Kanpur block teacher is coming to an end on February 12, 2023.The contest on the Bareilly-Moradabad MLC seat will be one to watch out for. There are 10 candidates in the fray for the seat, but the contest is mainly between the BJP and the SP. However, experts feel BJP's victory is almost certain and the party's candidate Jaipal Singh is likely to bag a hat-trick with 50,000 to 65,000 votes.Counting will be done at Godown No.1 of the UP Warehousing Corporation, Parsakhera Industrial Area on the Bareilly-Rampurt Road.

03/02/2023 10:55:12

BJP Wins 4 Seats, 1 Seat Goes To Independent Candidate

Bharatiya Janata Party has won four out of five seats and an independent candidate has won one seat. The Samajwadi Party has faced defeat in all five seats.

BJP has managed to win the Bareilly-Moradabad block graduate seat, Gorakhpur-Faizabad graduate seat, Kanpur-Unnao graduate block, and Jhansi-Allahabad teacher block seat in the MLC elections. While the independent candidate has won the Kanpur teacher's block seat. BJP's Dr. Jai Pal Singh Busy has won the graduate seat in the Bareilly-Moradabad segment. He defeated the SP candidate by a margin of 51,257 votes. Dr. Jai Pal Singh Busy has won the seat for the third time in a row.

02/02/2023 12:23:20

UP MLC Election 2023: BJP Will Win All Five Seats, Says Brajesh Pathak

Amidst the counting of votes in the UP MLC elections, Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak has said that BJP will win the elections on all five seats.

02/02/2023 12:16:41

Watch: A Close Fight Between BJP And SP On 5 MLC Seats

A close fight between BJP and SP on 5 MLC seats.

02/02/2023 10:48:30

UP MLC Election 2023: Counting Continues On 2 Teacher And 3 Graduate Section Seats

The elections were held on the seats of two teachers and three graduate sections.

02/02/2023 10:38:45

UP MLC Election 2023: Tenure Of Five MLCs Will End On February 12

The five MLC seats are the Gorakhpur-Faizabad graduate seat, Kanpur-Unnao teacher's constituency, Kanpur division's graduate seat, Jhansi-Prayagraj constituency, and Bareilly-Moradabad graduate seat. His term ends on February 12.

02/02/2023 10:36:44

UP MLC Election 2023: BJP and SP In Close Contest On All Seats

There is a close fight between the BJP and the Samajwadi Party on all the seats in the UP MLC elections. A total of 63 candidates are in the fray for five MLC seats, whose fate will be decided on Thursday.

02/02/2023 10:29:39

UP MLC Election 2023: Strict Security Arrangements At The Counting Center

The counting of votes began on 14 tables at 8 AM in the morning. Tight security arrangements have been made at the counting center.

02/02/2023 10:21:31

UP MLC Elections Live Updates: Results Of UP MLC Elections Will Be Declared Today

Voting for five Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council seats — three graduates and two teachers constituencies — concluded peacefully on Monday, January 30. The votes will be counted, after which the results will come.