India, Oct. 24 -- LUCKNOW Polling for 11 seats in the UP Legislative Council (MLC), comprising five graduate and six teachers' constituencies saw 55.24% turnout on Friday amid allegations of bogus voting, booth capturing, fake voters, misuse of government machinery and clashes between supporters of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) in various districts.

Clashes between BJP and SP supporters were reported in Fatehpur, Muzaffarnagar, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Mainpuri and Farrukhabad districts during polling. Extra police force was deployed to control the situation.

A total of 152 candidates are in the fray for the five graduate and six teachers' constituencies but there is a straight contest between the BJP and SP candidat...