Lucknow/Patna/Darbhanga, Oct. 30 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged victorious in eight of 19 legislative council seats that went to polls across Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, as the results were officially announced on Thursday. In Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party (SP) bagged five seats, while the BJP won six. Of the eight seats in Bihar, the RJD, BJP and the Independents won two seats each, while the Jan Suraaj Party and NDA partner JD(U) wrested one each, according to the election commission. Elections for 28 seats in Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh were held on October 23. In Maharashtra, where the ruling Mahayuti bloc bagged two seats compared to Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi's three, the BJP accused ally Shiv Sena of non-cooperation. In Karnataka, the BJP and the Janata Dal (Secular) alliance won all four seats, delivering a major blow to the ruling Congress. In Uttar Pradesh - where 11 seats were on offer across Varanasi, Lucknow, Jhansi, Agra, Gorakhpur, Meerut, Bareilly, Moradabad and Faizabad - the BJP retained its tally of six seats. Its principal challenger, the SP, won five seats, a gain of two. In a post on X, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav asserted that the opposition's 'PDA alliance delivered a severe blow to the ruling party....