Samajwadi Party’s Lal Bihari Yadav wins Varanasi Teachers’ seat in Uttar Pradesh MLC elections; BJP retains key constituencies. The Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Lal Bihari Yadav won the Varanasi Teachers’ constituency in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council elections held in October 2026. The contest, which included five graduate and six teacher constituencies, saw the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and SP as the main contenders.