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Congress Rout in MLC Poll, BJP Loses Varanasi & Nagpur - The Tribune

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The BJP on Wednesday won 13 of the 28 Legislative Council seats across Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka and Maharashtra in elections conducted through ballot papers, while the Congress failed to open its account.

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<p style="text-align: justify;">The results of the Legislative Council elections have given a big political message. Purvanchal has changed the entire equation in view of the upcoming UP Assembly elections. BJP faced defeat in Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister <a title="Narendra Modi" href="https://www.abplive.com/topic/narendra-modi" data-type="interlinkingkeywords">Narendra Modi</a> and the tough fight in Gorakhpur, th…

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The BJP won 12 out of 28 seats in the MLC elections in four states. Despite this, the party lost in Patna, Darbhanga, Varanasi, and Nagpur, which is being widely discussed. Why?

Explainer: The results of the Legislative Council elections, from Nagpur in Maharashtra to Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, have raised questions about the BJP's electoral strategy. Congress's Abhijeet Vanjari won in Nagpur, while the Samajwadi Party maintained its dominance in the graduate and teacher constituencies in Varanasi. These results are being widely discussed because Nagpur is considered a stronghold of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, and …

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India Today broke the news in Noida, India on Wednesday, October 28, 2026.
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