In the primary section of the panchayat election, which is being thought of because the ‘semi-final’ of subsequent yr’s meeting elections in Uttar Pradesh, there will likely be voting for greater than 2.21 lakh posts in 18 districts from Thursday. Polling within the state began at 7 am and proceed until 6 pm.
The Election Commission has issued the Covid-19 tips for a similar. At the time of polling, voters should put on masks and preserve social distancing. To comprise the an infection, circles are to be made at a distance of six-feet on the polling centres. Also Read: Maharashtra: Lockdown-Like Curfew Comes Into Effect, Over 2 Lakh Cops Deployed – Check What’s Allowed & What’s Not
Here are particulars in regards to the panchayat polls:
- Over three crore voters will train their franchise on this section of the panchayat elections to be held throughout 51,176 polling cubicles.
- These panchayat elections are being held in 4 phases ranging from April 15, April 19, April 26 and April 29. The counting of votes will happen on May 2.
- The elections will go on to pick candidates for the put up of Zila Panchayat, BDC, Gram Pradhan and Gram Panchayat members.
- It is estimated that the entire variety of nominations for 8.69 lakh posts in all 4 phases could contact 17 lakh.
- In the wake of second wave of coronavirus, a number of BJP MLAs and MPs, together with Kaushal Kishor, requested the Election Commission to postpone the Uttar Pradesh panchayat elections elevating issues saying the polls might turn out to be a “super spreader” occasion.
- Over 3.33 lakh candidates are preventing for greater than 2.21 lakh seats within the first section
- To fill the put up of zila panchayat members, 11,442 candidates have been nominated from 779 wards, whereas as many as 81,747 candidates are contesting in 19,313 wards of kshetra panchayats.
- On the opposite hand for the gram panchayat, there are 1,14,142 candidates for 14,789 posts. For gram panchayat wards, there are 1,26,613 candidates for 1,86,583 seats.
Complete List of constituencies going to polls in Phase 1:
Saharanpur
Ghaziabad
Rampur
Bareilly
Hathras
Agra
Kanpur City
Jhansi
Mahoba
Prayagraj
Raebareli
Hardoi
Ayodhya
Shravasti
Sant Kabir Nagar
Gorakhpur
Jaunpur
Bhadohi
The districts going to the polls are Ayodhya, Agra, Kanpur, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Jaunpur, Jhansi, Allahabad, Bareilly, Bhadohi, Mahoba, Rampur, Raebareli, Shravasti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Saharanpur, Hardoi, and Hathras.
Key candidates contesting the polls
The panchayat polls will likely be carefully watched as some attention-grabbing candidates will likely be contesting the polls. Some of the names embody Miss India 2015 contestant and mannequin Diksha Singh who will likely be contesting for Zila panchayat put up from Ward No. 26 of Jaunpur, Srikala Singh, who’s a BJ P member and spouse of gangster-turned-politician and homicide accused Dhananjay Singh, from Ward 45 of Jaunpur. Meanwhile Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav’s niece Sandhya Yadav is one other key candidate who has the assist of the BJP for a Mainpuri district panchayat seat. On the opposite hand, the BJP has withdrawn the candidature of Sangeeta Sengar, spouse of ex-BJP MP, and rape convict Kuldeep Singh Sengar.
This time panchayat elections will witness the Aam Aadmi Party, AIMIM, and Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad’s Azad Samaj Party contesting the polls for the primary time. The AIMIM will contest the polls with the Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party.
Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh registered 20,510 new coronavirus instances on Wednesday taking the tally to 1,11,835.
