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UP Nagar Panchayat elections highlights: BJP wins 202 seats, Samajwadi bags 89
UP Nagar Panchayat chunav results: The counting for the 2023 Uttar Pradesh Nagar Panchayats is underway.
The high-voltage Uttar Pradesh Nagar Panchayat elections will end today with the declaration of results. The voting for the civic polls was held in two phases on May 4 and 11 amid a lower voter turnout with only a little more 52% the 4.32 crore eligible voters having exercised their franchise. Follow here for all updates.
...Read MoreOverview of 2017 Nagar Panchayat elections
BJP was dominating in the 2017 civic elections. BJP's 100, SP's 83, BSP's 45 and Congress 17 leaders won in the Nagar Panchayat President's elections. In Nagar Panchayat members, 664 candidates of BJP, 453 of SP, 218 of BSP and 126 of Congress won the ward elections.
Enhanced security arrangements made
Counting begins
Counting for the 7,178 seats of Nagar Panchayat chunav has begin amid tight security.
Counting for Nagar Nikay chunav to begin shortly, security being tightened-up
How many chairpersons and members in fray?
Fate of 544 of nagar panchayat chairperson posts and 7,178 posts of nagar panchayat members will be decided today.
Fierce campaigns marked civic polls
UP CM Yogi Adityanath has sought votes for the Bharatiya Janata Party by describing the civic bodies as the third engine of development. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav was seen asking for votes alleging filth, corruption and lack of development work. Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party has tried to break into SP's vote by giving seats to many Muslim candidates. Congress, Aam Aadmi Party, Apna Dal, Nishad Party, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) are also contesting civic body elections and their weight in UP will be known from the result before 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
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Elections were conducted in two phases
The Uttar Pradesh civic elections were conducted in all 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh in two phases on May 4 and 11. In the first phase, electors in 37 districts across 9 divisions - Agra, Devipatan, Gorakhpur, Jhansi, Moradabad, Lucknow, Prayagraj, Saharanpur and Varanasi - exercised their right to vote, while in the second phase, voting took place in the remaining 38 districts across 8 divisions (Aligarh, Ayodhya, Azamgarh, Bareilly, Basti, Chitrakoot, Kanpur and Mirzapur).
What is Nagar Panchayat?
The areas that change from rural areas to urban areas are given the status of Nagar Panchayat. To become a Nagar Panchayat, the region should have its population less than one lakh. There are a total of 493 Nagar Panchayats in UP. The head of the Nagar Panchayat is called Nagar Panchayat President or Chairman.
Counting of votes to begin at 8 am
The counting of votes for the 2023 Uttar Pradesh nagar panchayats polls will begin at 8 am on Saturday.
