States » NorthPosted at: Oct 24 2026 12:34AM

Lucknow, Oct 23 (UNI) Around 55.24 per cent of total 14.28 lakh voters used their franchise to decide fate of 152 candidates contesting in the biennial election for 11 seats of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council, which ended today amid reports of minor clashes between supporters of the candidates in around 32 places.
Lucknow graduate constituency polled the lowest of 38.02 pc of polling, while Gorakhpur-Faizabad teachers constituency polled the highest of 79.01 pc of voting.
The results will be declared on October 27.
During the polling, there were commotion in 32 cities including Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Hardoi, Agra, Bareilly and Jalaun. In almost all places the supporters of BJP and SP allegedly clashed against each other over charges of rigging and irregularities in the voter list.
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, who casted his vote in Saifai, alleged that SP supporters were being stopped. The Election Commission was sleeping after taking pills and the BJP has turned into a "vote-stealing university".
In Agra, SP candidate Dr. Akash Agarwal broke down in tears. He accused the BJP of booth capturing and threatened that he would convert to Islam.
In Muzaffarnagar, an alleged scuffle broke out between BJP and Samajwadi Party supporters in front of Minister of State Kapildev Agarwal.
The Samajwadi Party alleged that the minister took several people inside the polling booth during voting.
In Gorakhpur, SP candidate Dr. Sanjayan Tripathi was allegedly heckled while giving bytes to the media outside his polling booth. In Jhansi, BJP MP Anurag Sharma was unable to vote because his name was deleted from the voter list.
Fate of 152 candidates have been sealed in the ballot boxes, contesting for six seats in the Teachers' section and five in the Graduate section. A total of 2,697 polling stations were set up for 14.28 lakh voters.
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