Uttar Pradesh: Uttar Pradesh Election Commission has declared results for six seats in the Legislative Council elections. These include one graduates’ constituency and five teachers’ constituencies. BJP candidate Dinesh Kumar Goyal has won the Meerut graduates’ seat. In the teachers’ constituencies, BJP candidates Umesh Dwivedi from Lucknow, Shrichand Sharma from Meerut and Dr Hari Singh Dhillon from Bareilly-Moradabad have been declared elected. Samajwadi Party candidates Lal Bihari Yadav from Varanasi and Dr Akash Agrawal from Agra have also won. Elections were held for 11 Legislative Council seats, comprising five graduates’ and six teachers’ constituencies. A total of 152 candidates were in the fray. Counting is continuing for the remaining seats.
[AIR news]