UP municipal election highlights: First phase polling ends with 46% voter turnout recorded till 5pm

Around 46% of the 2.40 crore eligible voters turned up to exercise their franchise in the first phase of voting (till 5 pm) for the urban local body (ULB) polls in 37 districts of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday.

The polling, by and large, passed off peacefully barring a few brawls and incidents of stone-pelting in Amroha and Lakhimpur Kheri districts.

DCP Varuna Zone Amit Kumar inspected polling centres in Varanasi today.

32.06  per cent of voting was recorded in Nagar Nigam area in Varanasi by 3 PM.

Voting is underway in Muzaffarnagar, Bijnor, Shamli and Saharanpur district. Long queues at polling booths and police taken 4 persons in custody after supporters of two candidates clashed with each other in two booths of Shamli.

Police also taken 10 female and 4 male voters into custody at JV Jain Inter College booth on charges of casting bogus votes. 

Former minister Suresh Rana and his wife casted their votes in Shamli. Dwarf couple Anjeem Mansoori and his wife Bushra also casted their votes in Shamli and people taken series with them. 

Meanwhile, BKU chief Naresh Tikait decided not to cast his vote in Susauli town. Sisauli has 13 wards and Tikait said that being a resident of Sisauli he supports all candidates. He will be alongwith the decision of the voters.

Voting percentage till 11 am

Muzaffarnagar- 22.27

Shamli- 27.50 and

Saharanpur- 28.20

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Till 11 am, 8.82% voter turnout recorded in Prayagraj Municipal limits, and 17.91% in eight Nagar Panchayat areas. 13.49 % voting recorded in Varanasi Nagar Nigam area.

Arrests made after BJP and BSP workers clash in Hardoi.

BJP leader Keshav Prasad Maurya casts his vote in Prayagraj.

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I appeal to all the voters of Lucknow to cast their votes for the UP Municipal Elections 2023: Rajnath Singh

Till 9:30 am, 5.5 % voting recorded in Varanasi's municipal corporation areas. In Prayagraj, 5.3 percent polling done in municipal limits, and 8.46% in eight Nagar Panchayat areas.

In the first phase, polling is underway in 37 districts across 9 divisions, and 10 municipal corporations. The second phase is scheduled for May 11, and results, two days later.

Our party is fighting this election alone, without the support of any other party. We are hopeful that our party will receive a good response, and that we will get positive results. I want all the citizens of the state to cast their vote for this election: Mayawati, ex-UP CM.

Former UP chief minister posts video of waterlogging in Gorakhpur, the home turf of his successor, CM Yogi Adityanath.

More than 2 crore people are eligible to vote in the first phase, in which fate of 44,232 candidates will be decided.

The elections is taking place for a total of 14,684 posts including 17 posts of mayor, 1,420 of corporators, 199 of nagar palika parishad chairpersons, 5,327 of nagar palika parishad members, 544 of nagar panchayat chairpersons and 7,178 posts of nagar panchayat members, according to the Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission.

Voting for the first phase of municipal elections has started today. More than 4.32 crore voters are participating in the state and they will vote to make the urban system strong and beautiful. The State Election Commission has made all arrangements for the smooth conduct of elections in the state: Uttar Pradesh CM.

“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”, he tweeted. 

The polling to elect urban body chiefs in 37 districts of Uttar Pradesh has began.