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Former BRS MLC Elvis Stephenson filed a writ petition in the Telangana High Court challenging a Government Order that placed 16 BRS leaders' lands on a 'prohibitory list'.
UP MLC election results: BJP suffers setback in strongholds Varanasi and Lucknow, SP gets shot in the arm
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Months before the 2027 state assembly polls, the elections to 11 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council graduate and teachers’ constituency seats turned into a setback for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in its strongholds of Varanasi and Lucknow, besides witnessing a close contest in Gorakhpur, even as the ruling party won six seats overall, while the Samajwadi Party got a shot in the arm as it bagged five seats.
In the results announced on Wednesday, the BJP’s tally of six was the same as in the 2020 Legislative Council election. The SP had won three seats and independent candidates secured two seats six years ago.
The Bihar Legislative Council elections for eight seats boosted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which won two seats on Wednesday – Tirhut Teachers’ and Kosi Graduates’ and was leading in Darbhanga Graduates’ – even as it lost its 30-year stronghold in the Patna Teachers’ constituency out of the four seats it contested.
Counting was still on in Darbhanga Graduates’ constituency, with Sarvesh Kumar of the BJP securing 16,115 votes, leading over Anil Kumar Jha (14,615 votes) of the RJD till the filing of this report at 9:45 pm on Wednesday. RJD candidate Anil Kumar Jha was in second place, followed by Mohammad Imtiyaz of the Jan Suraaj party, with 10,227 votes. Tension prevailed at the counting centre during the counting of votes for the Darbhanga graduate constituency in the evening after a dispute broke out between counting agents of the NDA and RJD candidates
MLC Dasoju Shravan Kumar held a press conference in Telangana Bhavan, accusing Chief Minister Revanth Reddy of corruption and mismanagement regarding the Musi river purification project and water allocation.
The article explains the structure and functioning of Legislative Council (Vidhan Parishad) elections in six Indian states, detailing how members are elected by MLAs, local bodies, graduates, teachers, and nominated by governors.
Published - October 28, 2026 11:07 pm IST - HYDERABAD
A writ petition filed by former MLC Elvis Stephenson of BRS seeking suspension of a Government Order placing lands in ‘prohibitory list’ will be heard by a single judge of Telangana High Court.
Zero seats, blame ballot box? Shah joins PM in mocking Congress over MLC results
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah joined Prime Minister Narendra Modi in taking a swipe at the Congress with a sarcastic meme after the party failed to open its account in the 28 Legislative Council seats that went to polls across Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar and Karnataka using ballot papers.
In a sarcastic dig at Rahul Gandhi, Shah posted an Instagram meme featuring a figure holding a placard that read, “Ballot Box, resign!” The ballot box, depicted with a sad, sweating face, appears to wonder if it is next in line to face the Congress’s wrath.
Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy calls Karnataka MLC poll win a befitting reply to Congress ‘misrule’
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New Delhi: Union Steel and Heavy Industries Minister and JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday described the victory of BJP-JD(S) candidates in the Karnataka Legislative Council polls as a befitting reply to the “misruling” of the Congress-led government in the state.Speaking to the media, Kumaraswamy said voters in the Teachers’ and Graduates’ constituencies have taught a lesson to the Congress government over its anti-farmer decisions, the forceful acquisition of farmers’ land for the Bidadi township, the KPSC recruitment controversy and the NICE Road scam.
The JD(S) leader alleged that people were fed up with rampant corruption in the administration and the lack of development. “Chief Minister D K Shivakumar keeps making statements about development, but nothing is happening on the ground. There is no money in the government to take up even basic works such as providing drinking water facilities in rural areas and constructing roads,” he said.Kumaraswamy claimed the MLC election results indicated that the NDA would come to power in the 2028 Assembly polls, asserting that people had already begun rejecting the Congress government. He added that…
BJP heckles Congress over MLC election results: Button or ballot, result is the same
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The Congress has repeatedly questioned Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and demanded a return to ballot papers. But the results of the Legislative Council elections across four states, conducted on paper rolls, seem to have punctured the Congress's claims of EVM manipulation behind the BJP's latest string of electoral victories. The Congress drew a blank as results emerged for 28 seats, including four in Karnataka, where the party is in power.
The verdict has given the BJP fresh ammunition to question Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's allegations of electoral irregularities and the party's repeated criticism of EVMs.
MLC Dasoju Shravan Kumar | రేవంత్ రెడ్డి పిరికిపందలా వ్యవహరిస్తున్నారని..పబ్లిక్ హియరింగ్ ప్రైవేట్‌ హియరింగ్‌గా మారింద‌ని ఎమ్మెల్సీ డాక్టర్ దాసోజు శ్రవణ్ కుమార్ అన్నారు. తెలంగాణ భవన్‌లో ఏర్పాటు చేసిన ప్రెస్ మీట్‌లో ఆయన మాట్లాడుతూ.. రాజేంద్రనగర్ ఎమ్మెల్యే ప్రకాష్ గౌడ్‌కు రెడ్ కార్పెట్ వేసి స్వాగతం పలికారు.. పబ్లిక్ హియరింగ్‌కు మా ఎమ్మెల్యే సుధీర్ రెడ్డిని ఎందుకు అడ్డుకున్నారు.. మూసీ మా సుధీర్ రెడ్డి నియోజకవర్గం నుంచి పారుతుంది. ఎందుకు అనుమతించలేద‌ని ప్ర‌శ్నించారు.
ఈ రోజు జరిగిన ప్రజాభిప్రాయ సేకరణ చట్ట విరుద్ధమ‌ని ఎమ్మెల్సీ దాసోజు తెలిపారు. 7300 కోట్ల రూపాయల ఆసియా అభివృద్ధి బ్యాంకు ఋణంతో మూసీకి టెండర్లు పిలిచారు.. ఎల్‌నినో పరిస్థితులు భయంకరంగా ఉంటే దాన్ని పటించుకోకుండా మూసీ ప్రక్షాళన పేరిట లూటీ చేస్తున్నారు. ప్రజలు కరువుతో అల్లాడుతున్నారు. ఇల్లు కాలి ఒకరు ఏడుస్తుంటే.. ఇంకోడు చుట్ట కాల్చుకోవడానికి అగ్గి కోసం వెతికినట్టు ఉంది రేవంత్ తీరు అని ఎద్దేవా చేశారు. అన్నం పెట్టమంటే పెదవులకు లిప్‌స్టిక్ పూసినట్టు ఉంది.. ఇదే సౌదీలో అయితే రేవంత్ ఆయన మంత్రులను రాళ్లతో కొట్టి శిక్షించే వాళ్లన్నారు.
SP won where it shouldn't have: Keshav Maurya after BJP loses Varanasi MLC seat
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Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Tuesday said the Samajwadi Party (SP) had won in places where it should not have, as he reacted to the results of the biennial Legislative Council elections in the state. Maurya said the BJP had repeated its previous performance but had expected to win more seats, adding that the party would review the outcome and work to improve its performance in forthcoming elections.
“We were expecting to win even more seats but we did not win those many. We will look into this. SP won where it should not have. We will introspect. We will make efforts to ensure that the BJP wins once again in the forthcoming elections,” Maurya said in Lucknow.
'Will take corrective measures after reviewing results': CM DK Shivakumar after Congress loses four MLC seats
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BENGALURU: As the BJP-JD(S) alliance won all four seats in the Karnataka Legislative Council polls, Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Wednesday said the Congress would respect the voters’ verdict in the elections and take corrective measures after reviewing the results.
While the BJP retained the North-East Teachers’, South-East Graduates’ and West Graduates’ constituencies, the JD(S) wrested the Bengaluru Teachers’ Constituency from the Congress.
Legislative council elections in Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar and Maharashtra have put the spotlight on the composition and functioning of the Upper Houses in India’s state legislatures.
Also known as Vidhan Parishad, it is the upper house in those states that have a bicameral state legislature. Its establishment is defined in Article 169 of the Constitution of India. Each member has a six-year term.
'Guess how many seats Congress won': PM Modi takes jibe at Opposition after MLC elections
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday commented on the outcome of Legislative Council (MLC) elections held across four states, highlighting that the polls were conducted using ballot papers and questioning the Congress's performance.
In a post, Modi referred to elections in 28 seats across Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar and Karnataka, and asked how many seats the Congress had won.
How many seats Congress won? PM's dig with emoji as party draws blank in MLC polls
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday took a swipe at the Congress after it failed to win a single seat in the Legislative Council elections across four states, despite the polls being conducted using ballot papers. The Prime Minister's remarks were a pointed jibe at the Opposition party's repeated objections to the use of EVMs and demands for a return to paper ballots.
In a post on X, the Prime Minister asked his followers to guess how many seats the Congress had won in the MLC elections, ending the question with a thinking face with monocle emoji. The emoji, which depicts a face peering through a monocle, is commonly used to convey curiousity or scepticism, adding a mocking angle to his question.
'Will study where things went wrong, take corrective measures': Karnataka CM D K Shivakumar after Congress loses all four MLC seats
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Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Wednesday said the Congress would accept the people's verdict in the Legislative Council elections with humility and examine the reasons behind its defeat, admitting that the results had fallen short of the party's expectations.
The Congress had hoped to win two of the four seats but failed to secure any, with the JD(S) wresting the Bengaluru Teachers' Constituency from the ruling party and the BJP retaining the North-East Teachers', South-East Graduates' and West Graduates' constituencies.
BJP wins five of 11 UP MLC seats, SP bags three as counting continues
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The BJP won five of the 11 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council seats, while the Samajwadi Party (SP) secured three, with counting still underway in the remaining constituencies, officials said on Wednesday.
The SP won the Allahabad-Jhansi Graduates' constituency, where its candidate Mansingh Yadav was declared elected, according to the Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer. The BJP's Manvendra Pratap Singh (Guruji) won the Agra Graduates' constituency.
PK's Jan Suraaj tastes first MLC win, but loses seat backed by strongman Anant Singh
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Prashant Kishor (PK)'s Jan Suraaj has won its first seat in the Bihar Legislative Council, defeating a Congress veteran in Darbhanga. But in a seat in Patna, where the party's candidate was backed by Mokama strongman Anant Singh, the Jan Suraaj candidate lost to JD(U)'s Neeraj Kumar. The MLC poll results have given PK's Jan Suraaj a breakthrough and Anant Singh, who was opposing the candidate of his own party, a political setback.
Anant Singh had vowed to settle scores with his party's Neeraj Kumar in the Bihar Legislative Council elections. To defeat Neeraj Kumar, Anant Singh backed Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj candidate, only to see his gamble fail. Neeraj Kumar had the last laugh. Asked about Anant Singh after his victory, Neeraj said, "Let it be. As you sow, so shall you reap."
District Magistrate V.K. Singh inspects the counting centre for Uttar Pradesh MLC elections at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology during the vote counting for the Graduate and Teacher constituencies of the Legislative Council (MLC) elections, in Meerut | Photo Credit: ANI
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