Voting for the third phase of the panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh started on Monday with greater than 2.72 lakh candidates
Voting for the third phase of the panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh started on Monday with greater than 2.72 lakh candidates within the fray in over 2.14 lakh seats throughout 20 districts of the state.
Polling is underway in Shamli, Meerut, Moradabad, Pilibhit, Kasganj, Firozabad, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Jalaun, Hamirpur, Fatehpur, Unnao, Amethi, Barabanki, Balrampur, Siddharthanagar, Deoria, Chandauli, Mirzapur, and Ballia.
“Voting started at 7 am on a peaceful note. It will continue till 6 pm,” a State Election Commission (SEC) official stated right here.
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For 746 posts of Zila panchayat members, 10,416 candidates are within the fray whereas 88,584 individuals are contesting for 18,530 posts of Kshetra Panchayat members. As many as 1,16,162 candidates are contesting for 14,379 village panchayats and 57,649 candidates for 1,80,473 village panchayat wards.
In each the primary and second phases of the elections, 71 % of votes had been polled. The voting of the fourth phase might be held on April 29 and counting might be held on May 2. The Allahabad High Court had requested the Uttar Pradesh authorities to conclude the panchayat election course of by May 25.
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