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Samajwadi Party holds Varanasi teachers seat by 5,015
The Indian Express·
Samajwadi Party's Lal Bihari Yadav retained the Varanasi teachers council seat, beating the BJP's Pramod Kumar Mishra by 5,015 votes. Of 11 Uttar Pradesh seats in this round, the BJP has six and the Samajwadi Party four. Varanasi graduates counting passed nearly 49 hours amid sit-ins. Sitting Samajwadi MLC Ashutosh Sinha led the graduates race.
Prism
What It Means For You
- Voters in Varanasi see a teachers' constituency result land months before the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.
- A graduates seat still under count can move the Samajwadi Party's tally from four toward five of 11 seats.
- Sit-ins at the counting centre mean final graduates certification remains delayed past 49 hours.
What's Happening
- Lal Bihari Yadav beat Pramod Kumar Mishra by 5,015 votes in the Varanasi teachers constituency.
- Across 11 Uttar Pradesh seats reported, BJP has six wins and Samajwadi Party four, with one pending.
- Akhilesh Yadav appealed to workers to support colleagues at the Varanasi counting centre.
Varanasi Teachers And Graduates
- In 2020, Yadav beat Mishra by 936 votes when Mishra contested as an Independent.
- Ashutosh Sinha's 2020 graduates margin was 3,850 votes against Kedar Nath Singh.
- Teachers and graduates seats are narrow electorates but are read as signals among educated voters.
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