India, Oct. 28 -- The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) bagged four Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council seats, and the Opposition Samajwadi Party (SP) won one, even as the counting for the six remaining seats continued on Wednesday. The BJP was leading in the Gorakhpur Teacher and Agra Graduate seats. The SP was ahead in the Varanasi Graduate, Agra Teacher, Lucknow Graduate and Jhansi Graduate seats. If this trend continues, it will be a major gain for the SP, which won three of the 11 seats in 2020.

A BJP-SP clash in Agra and an Opposition boycott over alleged irregularities in Gorakhpur marred the counting process.

In 2020, the BJP won six of these 11 seats, and independents won two. The elections for the 11 seats were held on Friday,...