LUCKNOW, May 13 -- With the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections drawing closer, the upcoming vacancies in the Vidhan Parishad could provide the BJP another opportunity to recalibrate its political arithmetic and social chemistry ahead of the polls.

Around a dozen seats in the legislative council are to fall vacant by the first week of December, while nearly as many are expected to become vacant again in January. All these vacancies are likely to be filled weeks before the assembly elections.

The six-year term of 11 members from the graduate and teachers' constituencies in the legislative council will end on December 6 this year. They are Avnish Kumar Singh, Ashutosh Sinha, Man Singh Yadav, Manvendra Pratap Singh, Dinesh Kumar Goyal, H...