{
  "id": 17083468,
  "title": "UP MLC Polls: Samajwadi Party Gains Ground As BJP Faces Questions Over Candidate Selection, Teachers’ Groups Suffer Setback",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/up-mlc-polls-samajwadi-party-gains-ground-as-bjp-faces-questions-over",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T14:42:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/uttar-pradesh/up-mlc-polls-samajwadi-party-gains-ground-as-bjp-faces-questions-over-candidate-selection-teachers-groups-suffer-setback"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party has made significant gains in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council elections, winning five seats, two more than last time, and challenging the BJP in constituencies traditionally considered its strongholds. The results have also marked a major shift in teachers’ politics, with no candidate from the traditional teachers’ groups managing to win for the first time in…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}