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.
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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.