Over three crore voters exercised their franchise within the first part of the Uttar Pradesh panchayat elections on Thursday held throughout 18 districts in 51,176 polling cubicles. According to numbers shared by the Elections Commission, 3,16,46,162 voters went to vote for the submit of Zila Panchayat, BDC, Gram Pradhan and Gram Panchayat members. Early morning reviews instructed {that a} large quantity of voters turned as much as forged their poll, violating Covid-19 norms.
As India faces an enormous coronavirus wave, there had been calls for cancelling the elections. Several BJP MLAs and MPs, together with Kaushal Kishor, appealed to the Election Commission to postpone the Uttar Pradesh panchayat elections saying it may turn into a “super spreader” occasion.
In view of the coronavirus state of affairs, the State Election Commission (SEC) had stated in March that no more than 5 individuals can be allowed to accompany a candidate throughout door-to-door campaigning for the panchayat elections.
More than 3.33 lakh candidates are within the fray in over 2.21 lakh seats within the first part for the posts of zila panchayat (district council) members, kshetra (block) panchayat members, village panchayat heads and wards.
“The polling is going on smoothly and no problem is reported from anywhere in the state. The polling, which started at 7 am, will continue till 8 pm,” a senior State Election Commission (SEC) official stated right here.
In Jhansi, Nirmala Sahu, a lady polling officer posted at Jauri Bujurg, a polling centre in Badagaon block died after she felt uneasiness, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), City, Vivek Tripathi stated. The girl felt uneasiness and earlier than she could possibly be rushed to hospital she died, the ASP stated, including that the precise trigger of her demise could possibly be ascertained after autopsy.
The districts the place polling is occurring included Ayodhya, Agra, Kanpur, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Jaunpur, Jhansi, Allahabad, Bareilly, Bhadohi, Mahoba, Rampur, Raebareli, Shravasti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Saharanpur, Hardoi and Hathras.
Apart from events just like the BJP, Bahujan Samaj Party, Samajwadi Party and the Congress, amongst these within the race are the AIMIM, Aam Aadmi Party and Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Aazad’s Azad Samaj Party, that are making their debut within the state. The AIMIM will contest polls with the Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party. The candidates will, nonetheless, contest on ‘free symbols’ given by the Election Commission.
The voting for the second part shall be on April 19, the third on April 26 and the fourth part on April 29, whereas the votes shall be counted on May 2 together with the meeting election outcomes of 5 states.
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