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NDA takes 16 of 28 Council seats, SP sweeps Varanasi, Jan Suraaj opens account

The BJP-led alliance won 16 of the 28 Legislative Council seats decided across Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar and Karnataka, with the BJP alone on 13. The Congress managed one seat and lost all four in Karnataka, while the Samajwadi Party took five in UP, two of them in Varanasi. The Jan Suraaj Party won its first Bihar MLC seat.