Early trends in the 2026 MLC elections put the Samajwadi Party ahead in both Varanasi seats, with Ashutosh Sinha leading in the Graduates’ constituency and sitting MLC Lal Bihari Yadav ahead in the Teachers’ seat.
BY PC Bureau
October 27: Samajwadi Party (SP) candidates were leading in both the Graduates’ and Teachers’ constituencies in Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Lok Sabha constituency, as counting continued in the 2026 Legislative Council elections on Tuesday. Trends from Bihar presented a mixed picture, with counting and preference-vote calculations still underway in several constituencies.
SP candidate Ashutosh Sinha was ahead in the Varanasi Graduates’ constituency in the initial trends. In the Teachers’ constituency, sitting SP MLC Lal Bihari Yadav was leading BJP candidate Pramod Mishra after the first round of counting, which covered 1,000 votes across 14 tables.
The Varanasi District Magistrate said counting was proceeding peacefully. Across the Teachers’ constituencies, turnout stood at 82.85%, while the Graduates’ constituencies recorded 53.42%.
🚨 BIHAR MLC ELECTION 2026 | 4 PM TRENDS
📊 Graduate Constituencies:
• Patna – JDU leading
• Darbhanga – BJP leading
• Tirhut – Independent leading
• Kosi – Jan Suraaj leading📊 Teachers’ Constituencies:
• Patna – RJD leading
• Darbhanga – Jan Suraaj leading
• Tirhut – NDA leading
• Saran – Jan Suraaj leading🔥 Reported Party-Wise Leads:
🟢 Jan Suraaj – 3
🟠 NDA (BJP + JDU + Ally) – 3
🔴 RJD – 1
⚪ Independent – 1Jan Suraaj appears to be making its presence felt in Bihar’s MLC elections!
⚠️ Unofficial trends as of 4 PM. Final results awaited.
#BiharMLCElection #BiharPolitics #JanSuraaj #BJP #JDU #RJD #ElectionResults
— Rajanikant Soni (@rajani1203) October 27, 2026
Counting was underway for 28 Legislative Council seats across Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and Karnataka.
In Bihar, BJP candidate Narendra Pratap Singh, also known as NP Singh, was leading by around 600 votes in the Tirhut Teachers’ constituency after elimination rounds. Independent candidate Bhushan Jha was his principal challenger, with the formal result yet to be announced.
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The Saran Teachers’ constituency witnessed a more complicated count. Of the 9,570 votes counted, 371 were declared invalid. Independent candidate Rahul Raj was leading after the first-preference count, but no candidate had secured the required quota, prompting officials to proceed with second-preference votes.
Trends from other Bihar constituencies, including Patna, were still awaited. Results were expected later in the evening or after midnight.
Meanwhile, SP president Akhilesh Yadav alleged attempts to manipulate the elections and questioned the Election Commission’s credibility. He called for voter lists linked to Aadhaar and biometric verification, and claimed that counting had been halted in the Agra Teachers’ constituency despite SP candidates leading. He urged the Election Commission to intervene.
SP candidate Aakash Agarwal, contesting from Agra, also alleged that counting had been stopped for around 30 minutes without explanation while he was ahead.
Reports of protests and allegations of irregularities emerged from outside some counting centres in Bihar. Security arrangements remained tight at counting venues across the states.
The Election Commission is expected to announce the official results after the counting process is completed. The early leads for SP candidates in Varanasi have attracted particular attention because the city is represented in the Lok Sabha by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. However, the trends remain provisional until the final results are declared.
