BJP clinched 13 of the 28 seats, while its allies—Janata Dal United, Janata Dal Secular and Shiv Sena—each took one. The Samajwadi Party bagged three seats and is tipped to win two more in Uttar Pradesh. Congress, Jan Suraaj Party and Rashtriya Janata Dal secured one seat each, and the Nationalist Congress Party and independents claimed two apiece.
In Uttar Pradesh, the SP's Kanti Singh captured the Lucknow Graduates' constituency with 51,168 votes against BJP's Avneesh Kumar Singh’s 36,313, after eight rounds of counting. Ashutosh Sinha’s 50,462 votes secured the Varanasi Graduates' seat, while BJP’s Kedar Nath Singh conceded defeat in a social‑media post, thanking voters for their support. The BJP still holds six of the eleven seats in the state, including Agra, Meerut‑Saharanpur and Lucknow Graduates' seats and Bareilly‑Moradabad, Lucknow and Meerut‑Saharanpur Teachers' constituencies.
In Maharashtra, Congress candidate Abhijeet Wanjari edged out BJP’s Sudhakar Kohale by 3,271 votes to retain the Nagpur Division Graduates' seat. Wanjari’s 67,231 votes versus Kohale’s 63,960 came after a 40‑hour tally that highlighted the BJP’s loss in a traditional stronghold of the ruling Mahayuti alliance.
Karnataka saw JD(S) wrest the Bengaluru Teachers' constituency from Congress, while BJP secured North‑East Teachers', South‑East Graduates' and West Graduates' seats. Karnataka BJP chief B Y Vijayendra said the NDA’s victory signals a rejection of Congress and a warning for the 2028 assembly polls.
In Bihar, Jan Suraaj Party’s Suresh Prasad Rai won the Darbhanga Teachers' seat by 324 votes over Congress’s Madan Mohan Jha, marking a win for the party in the state. The remaining seats were divided among BJP, JD(U), RJD and an independent, underscoring the fragmented political landscape.
The council elections will now set the stage for committee appointments and may shape political dynamics ahead of the 2028 state assembly polls.