UP Municipal Election 2023 LIVE UPDATES: Voting underway for final phase in 38 districts amid tight security
UP Municipal Election 2023 LIVE UPDATES: The voting is taking place in 38 districts including Gautam Buddha Nagar, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Shahjahanpur, Bareilly, Aligarh, Kanpur and Ayodhya today.
UP Municipal Election 2023 LIVE UPDATES: The polling for the second and final phase of the urban local body elections in Uttar Pradesh is underway as the main rivals BJP and Samajwadi Party leaders criss-crossed the poll-bound areas to gain an upper hand in the municipalities ahead of the crucial Parliamentary elections next year.
According to the State Election Commission (SEC), voting is taking place in 38 districts including Gautam Buddha Nagar, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Shahjahanpur, Bareilly, Aligarh, Kanpur and Ayodhya today.
The voting started at 7.00 am and will continue till 6.00 pm. As many as 39,146 candidates are in the fray in the second round for 6,929 posts, which include 7 mayors and 581 corporators. Apart from this, voting is being held to elect 95 chairpersons and 2,520 members of nagar palika parishads, and 267 chairpersons and 3,459 members of various Nagar Panchayats. It should be mentioned here that the first phase of voting was held on May 4. Counting of votes for both the legs will take place on May 13.
The polls are considered important as political parties will try to showcase their strength before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in the state, which sends the maximum 80 MPs to Lok Sabha.
CM Yogi Adityanath urges people to vote to form triple-engine govt
उ.प्र. नगर निकाय चुनाव-2023 का आज अंतिम चरण है।
सभी सम्मानित मतदाताओं से अपील है कि ट्रिपल इंजन की सरकार बनाने के लिए लोकतंत्र के इस उत्सव में अवश्य सहभागी बनें। मतदान जरूर करें।
आपका अमूल्य वोट आपके नगर निकाय को और अधिक सशक्त बनाएगा।
ध्यान रहे, पहले मतदान, फिर जलपान!
— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) May 10, 2023
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath urged voters to participate in the festival of democracy to form a triple-engine government. “Your valuable vote will make your Municipal Corporation more empowered,” he tweeted.
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