Lucknow: Voting for the primary part of city native physique elections in Uttar Pradesh started on Thursday morning. The voting, which commenced at 7 am, will proceed until 6 pm, officers stated. According to the State Election Commission (SEC), voters in 37 districts will train their franchise within the first part of the polls to elect 7,593 representatives, together with 10 mayors and 820 corporators.
These elections will pose a key take a look at for the events forward of the Lok Sabha elections subsequent yr. More than 2.40 crore persons are eligible to vote within the first part, officers stated, including that each one the posts are being contested on celebration symbols.
In the primary part, polling might be held for 103 posts of nagar palika parishad chairperson and a pair of,740 nagar palika parishad members. Besides, the voters will determine the destiny of 275 candidates vying for the posts of nagar panchayat chairperson and three,645 nagar panchayat members.
A complete of 44,232 candidates are within the fray within the first part. SEC officers stated 85 representatives, together with 10 corporators, have already been elected unopposed. The districts the place the mayoral election might be held within the first part are Saharanpur, Agra, Moradabad, Firozabad, Mathura, Jhansi, Prayagraj, Lucknow, Gorakhpur, and Varanasi.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will forged his vote in Lucknow, whereas Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will forged his vote in Gorakhpur. Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak will forged their votes in Prayagraj and Lucknow, respectively. Former deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma may even forged his vote in Lucknow.
According to police, 19,880 inspectors and sub-inspectors, 1,01,477 head constables and constables, 47,985 residence guards, 86 corporations of Pradeshik Armed Constabulary, 35 corporations of Central Armed Police Forces, and seven,500 under-training sub-inspectors have been deployed for the graceful conduct of the elections. Polling for the second and final part of the city physique elections will happen on May 11. The counting of votes for each phases will happen on May 13.
