Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council Elections: Voting Underway for 11 Seats

Polling will be held on Friday for 11 seats of the Legislative Council, including five Graduates'and six Teachers'constituencies. Polling will be held from 8 am to 4 pm. A total of 14.81 lakh voters are registered in these seats. 2697 polling stations have been set up in 72 districts. A total of 152 candidates are in the fray. Liquor shops will remain closed during this period. At the same time, all such employees and teachers who are voters will get a special casual leave on Friday to cast their votes. Graduates'constituencies include Lucknow, Varanasi, Agra, Meerut and Allahabad-Jhansi seats. Teachers'constituencies include Lucknow, Varanasi, Agra, Meerut, Bareilly-Moradabad and Gorakhpur-Faizabad seats. Polling will be held in all except Kanpur Nagar, Kanpur Dehat and Unnao. These districts fall under the Kanpur Division Graduates'and Kanpur Division Teachers'constituencies whose term is till February 2029. Graduates'constituencies have 74 voters and teachers'constituencies have 78 voters in the Lucknow Division. ID6 has been set up in 4 polling stations. Graduates'constituencies are in the Agra Division.