Previous Year Question
How many seats BSP won in the elections to the U.P. Legislative Council held in January 2010?
A.
31
B.
32
C.
33
D.
34
Correct Answer: D
Detailed Solution
Elections were held in January 2010 for 36 Local Authorities Constituency seats of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.
In the first phase of counting, results for 33 seats were declared, of which the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) won 31 seats. This is why some contemporary reports initially mention the figure of 31.
However, after counting for the remaining three seats was completed, the final result gave the BSP 34 of the 36 seats, while the Samajwadi Party and Congress won one seat each.