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Counting of votes for the bpiennial elections to 11 seats of UP Legislative Council tomorrow

Lucknow, Oct 26 (UNI) Fate of 152 candidates contesting the biennial elections to 11 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council seats, comprising five Graduates' and six Teachers' constituencies, would be decided in the counting of votes tomorrow.
The elections were held from 8 am to 4 pm on October 23 through ballot papers, across 2,697 polling stations when 55.24 % of the total 14,81,310 electors voted. The polling was marred by sporadic incidents of clashes between ruling BJP and SP supporters in Agra, Gorakhpur, Hardoi, Varanasi and other places.
In Agra, ECI had ordered repolling in 3 booths today.
This election is witnessing a direct contest between the Ruling BJP and the Samajwadi Party , before the assembly polls as both have fielded candidate in all 11 seats. However in some seats revel or Independent can disturb the fate of the candidates of BJP or SP.
In this elections though political parties have given their candidates but during voting there would be no election symbol of the candidates.
The biennial Council voting is held proportional representation system through the single transferable vote.
Among Graduates' constituencies, Varanasi has the highest number of candidates at 24, followed by Lucknow with 16, Agra and Allahabad-Jhansi with 13 each, and Meerut with eight.
In Teachers' constituencies, Bareilly-Moradabad has 17 candidates, Gorakhpur-Faizabad 16, Lucknow 13, Agra 12, and Varanasi and Meerut 10 each.
The elections will fill vacancies arising when the terms of sitting members expire on December 6, 2026.
The Constituencies are:
:Lucknow graduate constituency comprises Lucknow, Hardoi, Kheri, Sitapur, Barabanki, Rae Bareli and Pratapgarh districts.
:Varanasi graduate constituency comprises Ballia, Ghazipur, Jaunpur, Varanasi, Chandauli, Bhadohi, Mirzapur and Sonbhadra districts.
: Agra graduate constituency has voters from Agra, Firozabad, Mathura, Aligarh, Hathras, Etah, Mainpuri, Etawah, Kannauj, Auraiya, Farrukhabad and Kasganj districts.
: Meerut graduate constituency comprises of Bulandshahr, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Meerut, Baghpat, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Shamli and Hapur districts.
: Allahabad-Jhansi Graduate constituency have Prayagraj, Kaushambi, Fatehpur, Banda, Chitrakoot, Hamirpur, Mahoba, Jalaun, Jhansi and Lalitpur districts.
: Lucknow teacher constituency cover
Lucknow, Hardoi, Kheri, Sitapur, Barabanki, Rae Bareli and Pratapgarh districts
: Varanasi teacher constituency comprises: Ballia, Ghazipur, Jaunpur, Varanasi, Chandauli, Bhadohi, Mirzapur and Sonbhadra districts.
:Agra teacher constituency comprises
Agra, Firozabad, Mathura, Aligarh, Hathras, Etah, Mainpuri, Etawah, Kannauj, Auraiya, Farrukhabad and Kasganj districts
: Meerut teacher constituency comprises Bulandshahr, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Meerut and Baghpat, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Shamli and Hapur districts
: Bareilly-Moradabad Teacher constituency comprises Bareilly, Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Badaun, Rampur, Moradabad, Amroha, Bijnor and Sambhal districts
:Gorakhpur-Faizabad teacher constituency comprises Bahraich, Shravasti, Gonda, Balrampur, Basti, Siddharthnagar, Sant Kabir Nagar, Gorakhpur, Maharajganj, Deoria, Kushinagar, Azamgarh, Mau, Sultanpur, Ayodhya, Amethi and Ambedkarnagar districts.
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