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.

04/05/2023 20:28:15

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.

04/05/2023 15:55:44

UP Nikay Chunav Voting LIVE: 35.18 Per Cent Voter Turnout Till 3 PM

35.18 percent voter turnout till 3 pm across all the 37 districts undergoing polls in the first phase of urban local body elections.  

04/05/2023 10:58:25

UP Nikay Chunav Voting LIVE: Mainpuri SDM Virendra Kumar Mittal Passes Away During Poll Duty

Mainpuri Sub-Divisional Magistrate Vinod Kumar Mittal passes away during poll duty. Mittal was leaving from his residence when he is believed to have suffered a cardiac arrest and passed away.

04/05/2023 10:16:15

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% 

 

04/05/2023 09:48:38

UP Nikay Chunav Voting LIVE: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Casts Vote In Lucknow

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh casts vote in Lucknow.

04/05/2023 09:05:50

UP Nikay Chunav Voting LIVE: Police Pressurising My Workers, Alleges BSP's Imran Masood

BSP's Imran Masood alleges police has been pressurising his workers. He also claims BJP is trying to disturb polling and appeals to the media to "keep covering" the polls. "BJP is disturbed because I am getting support from Dalits and Muslims," claims former Saharanpur MLA. 

04/05/2023 08:59:11

UP Nikay Chunav Voting LIVE: BSP Supremo Mayawati Casts Vote In Lucknow

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati casts vote in Lucknow. Urges voters to exercise their right.

Our party is fighting this election alone without support of any other party. We are hopeful that our party will receive a good response & we will get positive results. I want all the citizens of the state to cast their vote for this election, she says. 

04/05/2023 08:56:08

UP Nikay Chunav Voting LIVE: Vote For Strong Law And Order, Says Dy CM Brajesh Pathak

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak appeals voter to poll for "stronger law and order" in the state. 

04/05/2023 08:37:01

UP Nikay Chunav Voting LIVE: Confident Of BJP's Win Across State, Says Mohsin Raza

UP State Hajj Committee chairman Mohsin Raza casts vote in Lucknow, along with wife Fauzia. Says he is 'confident that the BJP will win across the state and create a new history.'

04/05/2023 07:58:27

UP Nikay Chunav Voting LIVE: BJP Leader Sudhanshu Trivedi Casts Vote In Lucknow

BJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi casts his vote at Lucknow's Sherwood Academy in ward number-267 for the urban civic body elections.

 

04/05/2023 07:39:09

BJP Dodging Potholes, Traffic Jams...Will Lose Polls: Akhilesh Yadav

The fear of defeat among the BJP is so much that for the first time in the municipal elections, they are campaigning in many helicopters all over UP… and by doing so, they are hiding their face from public problems like potholes, traffic jams, stray animals and filth-smell. , want to escape, tweeted Akhilesh Yadav ahead of the polls. 

BJP will lose this election, he added. 
 

04/05/2023 07:30:04

UP Nikay Chunav Voting LIVE: 85 Representatives Already Elected Unopposed

As per the State Election Commission 85 representatives, including 10 corporators, have already been elected unopposed.

04/05/2023 07:28:53

UP Nikay Chunav Voting LIVE: Polling For Mayor In 10 Districts In First Phase

The districts where the mayoral election is being held in the first phase are Saharanpur, Agra, Moradabad, Firozabad, Mathura, Jhansi, Prayagraj, Lucknow, Gorakhpur, and Varanasi.

Polling is being held for 103 posts of nagar palika parishad chairperson and 2,740 nagar palika parishad members.

Besides, the voters will decide the fate of 275 candidates vying for the posts of nagar panchayat chairperson and 3,645 nagar panchayat members.

A total of 44,232 candidates are in the fray in the first phase.

04/05/2023 07:26:08

UP Nikay Chunav Voting LIVE: Mix Of Ballot Papers And EVM

Voting for Municipal Corporations is being done through the electronic voting machine (EVM) whereas ballot paper is being used for elections to Municipality and Nagar Panchayat.

04/05/2023 07:22:51

UP Nikay Chunav Voting LIVE: 37 Districts Undergo Polls In First Phase

The first phase of urban local body polls in Uttar Pradesh is being carried out in 37 districts to elect 7,593 representatives, including 10 mayors and 820 corporators.

04/05/2023 07:33:10

UP Nikay Chunav Voting LIVE: Litmus Test For Adityanath As Polling Begins For Phase 1, CM Casts Vote

Polling begins for the first phase of UP civic body. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath casts vote in Gorakhpur.