UP PANCHAYAT POLLS: OVER 70% TURNOUT; 2 COPS ON DUTY DIE AFTER FALLING ILL
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath congratulates voters for enthusiastic participation despite adverse scenario
LUCKNOW : The third phase of UP panchayat polls on Monday saw a turnout exceeding 70%. The polls passed peacefully barring minor incidents of clashes at some of the 20 districts that went to the polls. However, two security personnel died after falling ill while on election duty.
CM Yogi Adityanath congratulated the voters for their enthusiastic participation in the polls despite the adverse scenario (posed by the pandemic). Over 2.72 lakh candidates were in the fray for 2.14 lakh seats across 20 districts. The phase covered the districts of Shamli, Meerut, Moradabad, Pilibhit, Kasganj, Firozabad, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Jalaun, Hamirpur, Fatehpur, Unnao, Amethi, Barabanki, Balrampur, Siddharthanagar, Deoria, Chandauli, Mirzapur and Ballia.
LUCKNOW: The third phase of UP panchayat polls on Monday saw a turnout exceeding 70%. The elections passed off peacefully barring minor incidents of clashes at some of the 20 districts that went to polls. However, two security personnel died after falling ill while on election duty.
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath congratulated the voters for their enthusiastic participation in the polls despite the adverse scenario (posed by the pandemic). He also praised all those who were on poll duty.
Over 2.72 lakh candidates were in the fray for 2.14 lakh seats across 20 districts in this round of the four-phase election.
In this phase alone, 10,416 candidates are in the fray for 746 posts of zila panchayat members and 88,584 people are contesting for 18,530 posts of kshetra panchayat members. As many as 1,16,162 candidates are contesting for 14,379 village panchayats.
Seventy-one per cent polling was recorded in the first two phases.
Polling for the fourth phase will be held on Thursday and the counting on May 2.
A State Election Commission official said 62.35% of registered voters turned up between 7 am and 5 pm, with another hour to
go before the close of polling.
The phase covered the districts of Shamli, Meerut, Moradabad, Pilibhit, Kasganj, Firozabad, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Jalaun, Hamirpur, Fatehpur, Unnao, Amethi, Barabanki, Balrampur, Siddharthanagar, Deoria, Chandauli, Mirzapur and Ballia.
Among them, Meerut recorded the highest poll percentage of 69.30 till 5 pm.
The Allahabad high court has asked the Uttar Pradesh government to conclude the panchayat election process by May 25.
Scuffles and stone-pelting were reported from Firozabad district where a man was injured. Poll-related clashes took place in Firozabad districts Nagla Pardaman and Barauli villages, officials said.