The biennial Legislative Council elections for 28 seats across UP, Bihar, Karnataka and Maharashtra were held on 23 October, with counting from 27 October 2026 for graduates’ and teachers’ constituencies. The NDA won 16 of the 28 seats overall.

Karnataka: NDA sweeps all 4

  • BJP 3, JD(S) 1 — all 4 seats
  • In Bengaluru Teachers’, JD(S)’s A. P. Ranganath beat 4-time Congress MLC Puttanna by 908 votes

Bihar: 8 seats

  • BJP 3, JD(U) 1, RJD 1, Jan Suraaj 1, Independents 2
  • Jan Suraaj’s Suresh Prasad Rai beat former Congress state president Madan Mohan Jha in Darbhanga Teachers’ — the party’s first Legislative Council entry
  • RJD’s Sanjeev Kumar Singh beat 5-term BJP MLC Nawal Kishore Yadav in Patna Graduates’

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