UP Nagar Nikay Chunav: A Look At Preparations Ahead Of Phase 1 Polling For Urban Body Elections

The first of the two-phase Uttar Pradesh urban local body elections will take place on Thursday, with over 2.40 crore voters eligible to exercise their franchise in the first round.

Preparations underway for UP Municipal polls.

The first of the two-phase urban local body polls in Uttar Pradesh will take place on Thursday. 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. Polling for the second-phase polling will take place on May 11. Counting of votes for both the phases will take place on May 13. (Image: PTI)

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. The image shows polling officials leaving for their respective polling booths after collecting EVMs and other voting materials ahead of the elections. (Image: PTI)

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. The image shows security personnel conducting a route march ahead of the municipal elections, in Varanasi. (Image: PTI)

With top Congress leaders like Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Mallikarjun Kharge busy in the Karnataka assembly elections, some state party leaders were seen seeking support for the party nominees. (Image: PTI)

Special DG (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar said that as many as 19,880 inspectors/sub-inspectors; 1,01,477 head constables and constables; 47,985 home guards; 86 companies of PAC; 35 companies of CAPF; and 7,500 under-training sub-inspectors will be posted for the first phase of the urban local body elections. (Image: PTI)