Maan Singh Yadav of Samajwadi Party recorded the largest victory margin in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council elections
LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party ‘s Maan Singh Yadav registered the highest victory margin among all 11 constituencies in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council biennial elections, defeating BJP’s Ashok Kumar Rathore by 27,663 votes in the Allahabad-Jhansi Graduates’ constituency, according to the final results released by the office of the chief electoral officer (CEO) on Thursday. SP’s Ashutosh Sinha registered the second-highest victory margin, defeating BJP’s Kedarnath Singh by 19,932 votes in the Varanasi Graduates’ constituency. Sinha secured 55,046 votes against Singh’s 35,114 votes. He defeated SP’s Haji Danish Akhtar by 17,676 votes in the Bareilly-Moradabad Teachers’ constituency, securing 21,672 votes against his rival’s 3,996 votes. SP’s Kanti Singh followed closely with the fourth-highest margin, defeating BJP’s Avneesh Kumar Singh by 17,127 votes in the Lucknow Graduates’ constituency. BJP’s Manvendra Pratap Singh registered the fifth-highest margin, winning the Agra Graduates’ constituency by 15,009 votes. He secured 42,743 votes against SP candidate Shashank Yadav alias Sheetu, who polled 27,734 votes. In the Meerut Teachers’ constituency, BJP’s Shrichand Sharma defeated SP’s Nitin Tomar by 13,241 votes. Sharma received 18,099 votes against Tomar’s 4,858 votes, recording the sixth-highest victory margin. BJP’s Dinesh Kumar Goyal followed with a margin of 12,856 votes in the Meerut Graduates’ constituency. Goyal secured 24,929 votes against SP candidate Pramendra Singh Bhati’s 12,073 votes.
BJP’s Hari Singh Dhillon recorded the third-highest margin and the largest among the six Teachers’ constituencies.