Uttar Pradesh Municipal Elections 2023: Voting in the final phase of the Uttar Pradesh municipal corporation elections concluded largely peacefully across 38 districts on Thursday. Barring a few minor incidents, no major violence was reported during the poll process. A voter turnout of 49.33 per cent was recorded till 5 pm and the final figures are still awaited. The Samajwadi Party has alleged that supporters of the ruling BJP were indulging in election malpractices, especially in Kannauj. The polling began at 7 am on Thursday and concluded a little after 6 PM. Minor incidents of violence were reported from Azamgarh, Kanpur, Bulandshahr and some other districts.
According to the State Election Commission (SEC), over 1.92 crore voters are eligible to cast their votes to elect their representatives in the second phase. The first phase of voting was held on May 4. The counting of votes for both phases will take place on May 13. As many as 39,146 candidates are in the fray in the second round for 6,929 posts, which includes seven mayors and 581 corporators. Apart from this, voting will be held to elect 95 chairpersons and 2,520 members of nagar palika parishads, and 267 chairpersons and 3,459 members of various nagar panchayats. The SEC said 77 representatives, including nine corporators in this round, have been elected unopposed.
Uttar Pradesh Municipal elections 2023: Over 39,000 candidates are in fray for the final phase of voting of urban body polls across 38 districts of Uttar Pradesh. The UP Nikay Chunav 2023 is being held from 7 AM-6 PM.
Minor incidents of violence have been reported from Azamgarh, Kanpur, Bulandshahr and some other districts. Voter turnout has been recorded at 49.33 per cent till 5 PM. FInal figures are awaited.
Over 49 per cent turnout has been recorded in the final phase of voting in the Uttar Pradesh civic elections. Voting got underway in 38 districts of the state at 7 AM today. Districts that went to polls today include Kanpur Dehat, Chitrakoot, Hamirpur, Mahoba, Banda, Ayodhya, Sultanpur, Ambedkar Nagar, Barabanki, Amethi, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Siddharthnagar, Azamgarh, Mau, Ballia, Mirzapur, Sonbhadra, Bhadohi, Meerut, Hapur, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Ghaziabad, Baghpat, Bulandshahr, Bareilly, Badaun, Shahjahanpur, Pilibhit, Aligarh, Hathras, Kasganj, Etah, Kanpur Nagar, Farrukhabad, Etawah, Kannauj and Auraiya.
A voter turnout of 40.80 per cent was recorded till 3.00 pm in the final phase of the urban local body polls in Uttar Pradesh.
Polling was going on smoothly with 46.75 per cent turnout in Ayodhya, 38.61 per cent in Aligarh, 42.81 per cent in Etawah, 53.29 per cent in Gautam Buddh Nagar, 34.69 per cent in Ghaziabad, 32.84 per cent in Kanpur and 36.95 per cent in Bareilly till 3 PM.
A voter turnout of 30.80 per cent was recorded in the first six hours of the final phase of the urban local body polls in Uttar Pradesh with the Samajwadi Party. Around 10 per cent was recorded in the first two hours of the final phase of the urban local body polls in Uttar Pradesh, voting for which began at 7 AM.
SP claimed husband of an Independent nominee in Kanpur's Ghatampur was shot and also alleged that said that Dalits and OBCs were being denied voting rights. There have been reports of six fake voters being caught at a polling booth in Mau district.
Samajwadi Party accused members of the ruling party of indulging in fake voting in the Gursahaiganj polling booth of Kannauj. It also alleged that BJP MP Subrat Pathak and his supporters were misbehaving with SP workers and voters at another booth in Kannauj and appealed to the State Election Commission to take notice of it.
Special Director General of Police (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar said for a peaceful conduct of the polls, one lakh civil police personnel, 76 companies and two platoons of the PAC, 35 companies of CAPF and 7,935 under-training sub-inspectors have been deployed
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, in his message to people, tweeted, “Today is the last phase of polling for the Uttar Pradesh Municipal elections-2023. All respected voters are appealed to participate in this festival of democracy to form a triple-engine government. Do vote. Your valuable vote will make your municipal corporation more empowered.”
Voting for the second phase will be held to elect 95 chairpersons and 2,520 members of nagar palika parishads, and 267 chairpersons and 3,459 members of various nagar panchayats.
Voting underway for urban local body polls.
Voting underway for the second phase of urban local body polls in Uttar Pradesh
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The districts were polling is underway included: Kanpur Dehat, Chitrakoot, Hamirpur, Mahoba, Banda, Ayodhya, Sultanpur, Ambedkar Nagar, Barabanki, Amethi, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Siddharthnagar, Azamgarh, Mau, Ballia, Mirzapur, Sonbhadra, Bhadohi, Meerut, Hapur, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Ghaziabad, Baghpat, Bulandshahr, Bareilly, Badaun, Shahjahanpur, Pilibhit, Aligarh, Hathras, Kasganj, Etah, Kanpur Nagar, Farrukhabad, Etawah, Kannauj, Auraiya.
The elections are being held for 17 seats of Mayor, 1,420 of Corporator, 199 of Nagar Palika Parishad Chairperson, 5,327 of Nagar Palika Parishad Member, 544 of Nagar Panchayat Chairperson, and 7,178 seats of Nagar Panchayat Member.
The first phase of polling which was held on May 4 in 37 districts registered an average 52 per cent voter turnout, which was 5.52 per cent less than the poll percentage recorded in these districts in the 2017 elections.
Voting began at 7 AM and will continue till 6 PM. As many as 39,146 candidates are in the fray in the second round for 6,929 posts, which includes seven mayors and 581 corporators. Voting is being held in 38 districts, including Meerut, Ghaziabad, Shahjahanpur, Bareilly, Aligarh, Kanpur, and Ayodhya.
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According to the final list of reserved seats, the mayor seat in Agra has been reserved for SC (female), Jhansi for SC, Shahjahanpur and Firozabad for OBC (female), Saharanpur and Meerut for OBC, and Lucknow, Kanpur and Ghaziabad have been reserved for women. Meanwhile, Special Director General of Police (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar said for peaceful conduct of the polls, apart from one lakh civil police personnel, 76 companies and 2 platoons of the PAC, 35 companies of CAPF and 7,935 under-training sub-inspectors have been deployed.