In Bangalore Teachers’ constituency, JDS’s A. P. Ranganath won with a margin of 1,200 votes, while BJP’s S. V. Sankanur captured West Graduates’ with 1,350 votes. Shashil G. Namoshi took North‑East Teachers’ and K. M. Suresh secured South‑East Graduates’, each tallying over 1,300 votes. The clean sweep leaves the ruling Congress with no seats in the council, a blow to its decade‑long dominance in Karnataka. The result also serves as a litmus test for the BJP‑JDS coordination, as the parties gear up for the 2028 Assembly elections where their alliance will face the Congress front. Meanwhile, in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP captured Meerut Graduates’ and Teachers’, and Bareilly‑Moradabad Teachers’, while the Samajwadi Party retained the Varanasi Teachers’ seat with Lal Bihari Yadav winning 12,000 votes over the BJP’s Dr. Pramod Kumar Mishra. In Bihar, a split outcome saw RJD’s Sanjeev Kumar beat BJP’s Naval Kishore Yadav in Patna Teachers’, BJP’s Narendra Prasad Singh win Tirhut Teachers’, Jan Suraaj Party’s Suresh Prasad Rai claim Darbhanga Graduates’, and independent Rahul Raj secure Saran Teachers’. The counting in Maharashtra continued for five seats amid a contest between the ruling Mahayuti and opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi, but no decisive outcome emerged yet. Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar slammed the BJP’s dominance, arguing that educated voters are ready for a change. Counting for the remaining seats is slated to finish by Friday, with the final tallies expected to shape the alliance’s strategy for the 2028 Assembly elections.