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BJP retains six UP Legislative Council seats

By Drooid · Oct 29, 2026 · How we work

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Summary

Elections for 28 Legislative Council seats in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar and Karnataka were held on October 23.
Counting lasted nearly two days, marked by chaos, allegations and protests.
BJP retained six of eleven Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council seats it contested.
Samajwadi Party won five Uttar Pradesh seats, including the Lucknow graduate and Agra teacher constituencies.
In Karnataka, BJP kept all three seats while Congress lost the Bengaluru teacher seat to Janata Dal (Secular).

History

After the BJP’s 2014 general-election triumph—winning 282 Lok Sabha seats with 31 % of the vote under Narendra Modi’s campaign—the party expanded into state legislatures. That momentum resurfaces in today’s October 23 council elections in Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka, where the BJP retains six seats while the Samajwadi Party and Janata Dal (Secular) pick up the remaining wards, shaping strategies ahead of 2025 assembly polls.

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After the BJP’s 2014 general-election triumph—winning 282 Lok Sabha seats with 31 % of the vote under Narendra Modi’s campaign—the party expanded into state legislatures. That momentum resurfaces in today’s October 23 council elections in Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka, where the BJP retains six seats while the Samajwadi Party and Janata Dal (Secular) pick up the remaining wards, shaping strategies ahead of 2025 assembly polls.

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