The election spanned five Graduates' and six Teachers' constituencies, setting off intense rivalries and mutual accusations of administrative misconduct. The Samajwadi Party pulled off notable upsets in Varanasi, Agra, and the Allahabad-Jhansi seat, while also unseating the ruling party in the Lucknow Graduates' race. Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party managed to maintain key ground by retaining Bareilly-Moradabad and sweeping both contested council seats in Meerut. Following the counts, opposition leaders claimed the state government was firmly cornered despite holding seats like the Lucknow Teachers' constituency.
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Opposition leaders asserted that the ruling party suffered major political and moral setb…: Opposition leaders asserted that the ruling party suffered major political and moral setbacks across several key constituencies.
The Samajwadi Party attributed its election breakthroughs to its strategic Pichhda, Dalit…: The Samajwadi Party attributed its election breakthroughs to its strategic Pichhda, Dalit, and Alpsankhyak voter alliance.
Rival political parties traded accusations of electoral malpractice and administrative ma…: Rival political parties traded accusations of electoral malpractice and administrative manipulation during the counting process.
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The results gave the SP wins in several key constituencies, including Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Lok Sabha constituency, and dealt a setback to the BJP in a contest that saw both sides trade allegations of electoral malpractice.
The SP also won the Allahabad-Jhansi Graduates’ seat, while party leader Kanti Singh defeated BJP’s Avnish Kumar Singh in the Lucknow Graduates’ constituency. The party’s Lal Bihari Yadav won the Varanasi Teachers’ seat.
The BJP retained the Bareilly-Moradabad seat through Hari Singh Dhillon and won both Meerut constituencies, with Dinesh Kumar Goyal winning the Teachers’ seat and Chand Sharma the Graduates’ seat. The party also won the Lucknow Teachers’ constituency.
Reacting to the results, Congress leader Ajay Rai said the BJP had been “completely cornered” in Uttar Pradesh. He alleged that Modi’s 2024 Lok Sabha victory in Varanasi had been secured through “malpractice and theft”.
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav also accused the BJP of electoral malpractice and administrative manipulation in Gorakhpur and Varanasi. He said the opposition’s PDA (Pichhda, Dalit, Alpsankhyak) alliance had dealt a blow to the ruling party and described…
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