UP municipal election: A voter turnout of nearly 52 per cent was recorded in the first phase of the urban local body elections in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. Voting for the first phase of urban local body elections in Uttar Pradesh began at 7 am and continued till 6 pm. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had cast his vote in Gorakhpur, Defence minister Rajnath Singh also cast his vote in Lucknow. A total of 44,232 candidates are in the fray in the first phase. The districts where mayoral election will be held in the first phase are Saharanpur, Agra, Moradabad, Firozabad, Mathura, Jhansi, Prayagraj, Lucknow, Gorakhpur and Varanasi.
According to the State Election Commission (SEC), voters in 37 districts exercised their franchise in the first phase of the polls to elect 7,593 representatives, including 10 mayors and 820 corporators.
Uttar Pradesh Municipal Elections 2023 Highlights: Voting is underway in 37 districts for the first-phase of the polls to elect 7,593 representatives, including 10 mayors and 820 corporators for UP Nikay Chunav 2023.
A voter turnout of nearly 52 per cent was recorded in the first phase of the urban local body elections in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. (PTI)
Municipal Corporation – 28.59%
Nagar Panchayat – 49.93%
Nagar Panchayat Sirsa – 57.13%
Nagar Panchayat Lalgopalganj – 46.16%
Nagar Panchayat Phulpur – 48.68%
Nagar Panchayat Shakargarh – 45.14%
Nagar Panchayat Koraon – 54.92%
Nagar Panchayat Handia – 50.31%
Nagar Panchayat Bharatganj – 53.86%
Municipal Panchayat Mauaima – 49.85%
A voter turnout of 35 per cent was recorded till 3 pm in the first phase of the urban local body elections in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday.
According to the State Election Commission (SEC), a polling percentage of 51.67 was recorded in Shamli district, 50.57 in Shravasti and 50.92 in Maharajganj.
Varanasi recorded a polling percentage of 32.7 and Prayagraj 24.31.
State election commissioner Manoj Kumar cast vote along with his wife in Lucknow.
For the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh civic polls, 29.94 per cent polling was recorded till 1 PM.
In the first phase of polls, 18.70 per cent polling recorded in Nagar-Nigam and Nagar Panchayat till 11 AM.
Voting was halted temporarily at a polling station in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad due to a technical snag in an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM).
The EVM stopped working at Shyamu Devi Polling Station booth number 288 in Moradabad thus temporarily stalling the polling process.
Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya appeals to cast votes.
-13.49 per cent polling recorded till 11 am for Varanasi Municipal Corporation polls
-36.11 per cent polling recorded till 11 am Gangapur Nagar Panchayat in Varanasi
Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya has cast his vote aling with his family.
Our party is contesting the polls alone. I hope that my party will get a good response and the results will be good: Bahujan Samaj Party chief and former UP CM Mayawati says after casting her vote at a school in Mall Avenue area of Lucknow.
The weather is pleasant in May. I think it is God's blessing so that people can elect a good urban government and cast their votes. The state election commission has made all necessary arrangements to conduct the elections. I appeal all to cast their votes: UP CM Yogi Adityanth told reporters in Gorakhpur.
District Magistrate, Lucknow, Suryapal Gangwar said that all EVMs that were not working properly have been replaced.
– Voting began at 7 AM.
-Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, BSP chief Mayawati, Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak have cast their votes.
-9.98 per cent polling was recorded till 9 AM for UP Nikay Chunav.
-Voting is underway in 37 districts for first phase of polls.
-More than 2.40 crore people are eligible to vote in the first phase
Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak cast his vote. He appealed to people to vote for development, and said that the BJP is going to win big in the municipal corporation elections.
“I appeal to all the voters of Lucknow to cast their votes for the UP Municipal Elections 2023,” says defence minister Rajnath Singh. He cast his vote at Gomti Nagar in Lucknow.
A total of 9.98 per cent voter turnout has been recorded till 9 AM. Voting for the first phase of Uttar Pradesh Municipal Elections began at 7 AM and will continue till 6 PM.
There are 63,03,542 male and 53,62,151 female voters in Municipal Corporation. The first phase of voting for the Uttar Pradesh Municipal Election is underway in 37 districts.
The first phase of voting will be held in 37 districts Shamli, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Bijnor, Amroha, Moradabad, Rampur, Sambhal, Agra, Firozabad, Mathura, Mainpuri, Jhansi, Jalaun, Lalitpur, Kaushambi, Prayagraj, Fatehpur, Pratapgarh, Unnao, Hardoi, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Sitapur, Lakhimpur Kheri, Gonda, Bahraich, Balrampur, Shravasti, Gorakhpur, Deoria, Maharajganj, Kushinagar, Ghazipur, Varanasi, Chandauli and Jaunpur of 9 divisions of Uttar Pradesh i.e. Saharanpur, Moradabad, Agra, Jhansi, Prayagraj, Lucknow, Devipatan, Gorakhpur and Varanasi.
The municipal elections will be held in two-phase on May 4 and May 11 and results for both phases will be declared on May 13, along with the results of the Karnataka Assembly elections.
“Today exercised my franchise in Gorakhpur for Municipal Elections-2023. Voting is our right as well as our main duty. You must also vote to make your municipal body more empowered. Long live Mother India,” CM Yogi tweeted in Hindi.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath cast his vote in the first phase of Municipal Corporation elections in Gorakhpur. He urged people to exercise their franchise to empower their municipal body.
“I am confident that the BJP will win across the state and create a new history,” says Mohsin Raza, chairman of the UP State Haj Committee. He and his family cast their votes in Lucknow.
BJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi casts his vote at Sherwood Academy in ward number-267 of Lucknow for the civic elections.
Bahujan Samaj Party Chief and former CM Mayawati casts her vote. She says, “Our party is fighting this election alone without support of any other party. We are hopeful that our party will receive a good response and we will get positive results. I want all the citizens of the state to cast their vote for this election.” (ANI)
At least 19,880 inspectors and sub-inspectors, 1,01,477 head constables and constables, 47,985 home guards, 86 companies of Pradeshik Armed Constabulary, 35 companies of Central Armed Police Forces, and 7,500 under-training sub-inspectors have been deployed for the smooth conduct of the elections.
In the first phase, polling will be held for 103 posts of nagar palika parishad chairperson and 2,740 nagar palika parishad members. Voters will also decide the fate of 275 candidates vying for the posts of nagar panchayat chairperson and 3,645 nagar panchayat members.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath casts his vote.
Voting for the first phase of urban local body elections in Uttar Pradesh began at 7 AM and will continue till 6 PM. Voters in 37 districts will exercise their franchise in the first phase of the polls to elect 7,593 representatives, including 10 mayors and 820 corporators.
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Polling for the second and last phase of the urban body elections will take place on May 11. The counting of votes for both the phases will take place on May 13.
