India, Oct. 29 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday won 13 of the 28 legislative council seats that went to the polls across four states and the Congress won one as the Samajwadi Party made gains in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh and the Jan Suraaj Party opened its account in Bihar's upper House.

All legislative council seats that went to the polls in this round belonged to either the graduate or teacher constituencies. The polls were held on October 23 through ballot papers but the counting process stretched over almost two days, marked by chaos, allegations and protest.

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