Gorakhpur, Oct. 27 -- Vote counting for 28 seats across the Legislative Council constituencies of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and Karnataka began on Tuesday. Polling for these seats was held on October 23.

Security was tightened around the counting centre in Gorakhpur, with multiple layers of barricading and the deployment of police personnel.

In Uttar Pradesh, polling was held for five Graduates' constituencies, Lucknow, Varanasi, Agra, Meerut and Allahabad-Jhansi - and six Teachers' constituencies - Lucknow, Varanasi, Agra, Meerut, Bareilly-Moradabad and Gorakhpur-Faizabad.

BJP Lucknow Graduates' Constituency Candidate Awanish Kumar Singh, speaking to ANI, said: "The way all the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers have facilit...