UP MLC Election Results: BJP suffers major setback in Varanasi, SP wins both seats

In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP retained six seats, while the Samajwadi Party won five, increasing its tally by two from the previous election. These results come ahead of next year's state assembly elections.

Varanasi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) suffered a major setback in Varanasi with the Samajwadi Party (SP) winning both seats in the MLC Elections here. Varanasi is the Lok Sabha constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

While Ashutosh Sinha won from Varanasi Graduate seat by 18,000 votes, Lal Bihari Yadav won from Varanasi Teacher seat by a margin of 4,898 votes. In the Varanasi MLC Graduates constituency election, Ashutosh Sinha received 53,573 votes, while BJP candidate Kedarnath Singh got........

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