INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
candidates, including two ministers, were declared elected unopposed to the Uttar Pradesh legislative council
The BJP had put up 10 candidates, including two UP ministers Mahendra Singh and Mohsin Raza
The BJP's ally Apna Dal (S) had also nominated one candidate.The Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party fielded one candidate
each."Today was the last date for withdrawal of nominations for 13 seats and since no one withdrew from the fray, all the 13 candidates were
declared elected," Returning Officer Ashok Chaubey said.The BSP had nominated BR Ambedkar, who lost in the recent Rajya Sabha polls in the
state to the BJP, days after the SP and the BSP joined hands to defeat the saffron party in the prestigious Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha
bypolls.The Samajwadi Party fielded its state unit president Naresh Uttam.Before the election, the BJP had 13 members and SP 61 in the
The BSP had nine members, the Congress had two and the RLD had one
Others had 12 seats in the House.The BJP and allies will be far short of majority in the Upper House even after today's election result
