Crucial UP legislative council polls today

June 10, 2016 08:10

As a precursor to Rajya Sabha polls on June 11, all eyes are set on today's voting for the Legislative Council seats, even as all major political parties are busy formulating strategies to ensure victory of their candidates.

Keeping the suspense over which way her 12 surplus MLAs will vote in Rajya Sabha biennial polls, BSP chief Mayawati said the results will show the voting pattern.

"Whom we have supported, whom we have not supported, everything will be clear when the results come out," she told reporters when asked which way the 12 MLAs will go.

Bahujan Samaj Party has 80 MLAs in the 403-member assembly and with 34 first preference votes needed for the victory of a candidate, the party can easily ensure success of its two nominees with 12 votes to spare. Rashtriya Lok Dal, which has eight MLAs, has promised to transfer its votes to Samajwadi Party and Congress, UP RLD chief Munna Singh Chauhan said.

Samajwadi Party has fielded seven candidates in the polls for the Upper House of Parliament but its seventh candidate is short of nine first-preference votes for victory.

On the other hand, Congress, which has 29 MLAs, needs five more votes for victory of its candidate and former Union minister Kapil Sibal.

SP has 229 MLAs, BSP 80, BJP 41 and Congress 29. The rest belong to small parties or are Independents who hold the key.

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