UP Nikay Chunav Voting Highlights: 45% Voter Turnout Recorded Till 5 PM In First Phase
UP Nikay Chunav Voting: Follow this page for all the latest updates on the urban local body polls in Uttar Pradesh.
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UP Nikay Chunav Voting: Hello and welcome to UP Nikay Chunav Live blog of ABP Live. Follow this space for all the latest news and developments on the first phase of UP civic body polls. Voting has begun in the first of the two-phase urban local body polls in Uttar Pradesh, which is being seen a prelude to the 2024 parliamentary elections in the politically crucial state. The second phase will be held on May 11, with counting on May 13.
In the 2017 polls, Yogi Adityanath in his first year as Chief Minister, guided BJP to a thumping win in mayoral elections by bagging 14 of 16 municipal corporations. BSP won two seats, Meerut and Aligarh, while Samajwadi Party and Congress could not open their accounts.
The districts where mayoral election will be held in the first phase are Saharanpur, Agra, Moradabad, Firozabad, Mathura, Jhansi, Prayagraj, Lucknow, Gorakhpur and Varanasi.
Voting will be held from 7 am to 6 pm in all the districts.
According to the State Election Commission, voters in 37 districts will vote in the first phase of the polls on Thursday to elect 7,593 representatives, including 10 mayors and 820 corporators.
Altogether 44,232 candidates are in the fray in the opening round. As per a PTI report quoting SEC officials, 85 representatives, including 10 corporators, have already been elected unopposed.
More than 2.40 crore voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in the first round of voting, officials said, and added that all the posts are being contested on party symbols.
In the first phase, polling will be held for posts of 103 nagar palika parishad chairpersons and 2,740 nagar palika parishad members.
Apart from this, voters in the first phase will also decide the fate of 275 nagar panchayat chairpersons and 3,645 nagar panchayat members.
Special DG (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar told PTI that as many as 19,880 inspectors/sub-inspectors, 1,01,477 head constables/constables, 47,985 home guards, 86 companies of PAC, 35 companies of CAPF, and 7,500 under-training sub-inspectors have been posted for the first phase of the urban local bodies elections.
UP Nikay Chunav Voting LIVE: 45% Voter Turnout Recorded Till 5 PM In First Phase
A voter turnout of over 45 per cent was recorded till 5 pm in the first phase of the urban local body elections in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. The voting commenced at 7 am and ended at 6 pm. According to the State Election Commission (SEC), Varanasi recorded a polling percentage of 38.89, Lucknow 35.42 and Prayagraj 30.32. A polling percentage of 52.59 was recorded in the first phase of the 2017 urban local body elections.
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UP Nikay Chunav Voting LIVE: 9.98 Per Cent Voter Turnout Till 9 AM In 37 Districts
9.98 per cent voter turnout has been recorded till 9 am across all the 37 districts undergoing polls in the first phase of urban local body elections.
Lucknow - 8%
Moradabad - 12%
Saharanpur - 11%
Lakhimpur Kheri - 9.8%
Bahraich - 11.25%
Shravasti- 13.07%
Agra- 10.48%
Amroaha- 13%
Gonda- 12%
Varanasi nagar nigam - 5.25%
Kaushambi - 10.77%
Rampur - 7.19%
Gorakhpur - 5.4%
Sitapur -10.84%
Maharajganj - 10%
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