Lucknow, Oct. 27 -- Samajwadi Party national president and former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday accused the Election Commission (EC) and the administration of deliberately delaying the vote count in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (MLC) elections and demanded immediate transparency in the process.

Counting for 11 MLC seats - five graduates' and six teachers' constituencies - began on Tuesday morning across the state.

In a series of posts on X, Yadav said counting was being slowed down intentionally and that official round-wise results were not being shared with political parties or the media. "Chief Election Commissioner Shri Gyanesh Kumar should take immediate cognisance and make the results transparent," he wrote.

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