Uttar Pradesh Election 2022: In the first phase of assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, 57.79 percent voter turnout was recorded till 5 pm. More than 48 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 3 pm.
There were also reports of technical glitches in EVMs at some places but overall voting was going on peacefully in the state. The first phase of polling started at 7 am and went on till 6 pm.
Polling was held in 58 assembly seats in 11 districts in the western part of the state.
Earlier in the day, Additional Chief Electoral Officer (ACEO) BD Ram Tiwari said polling was going on peacefully. “There were reports of technical glitches in EVMs at some places. Those EVMs are being replaced,” he said.
On Samajwadi Party’s allegation that poor voters were not allowed to exercise their franchise in Dundukheda village of Kairana assembly constituency, Tiwari said that the concerned district magistrate has been asked to look into the matter.
Till 3 pm, Agra has 47.53 percent, Aligarh 45.89 percent, Baghpat 50.21 percent, Bulandshahr 50.81 percent, Gautam Buddh Nagar 48.29 percent, Ghaziabad 44.88 percent, Hapur 51.67 percent, Mathura 49.17 percent, Meerut 47.86 percent , Muzaffarnagar recorded 52.23 percent and Shamli 53.13 percent voting. ,
623 candidates, including 73 women, were in the fray in the first phase, and around 2.28 crore voters, including 1.24 crore men and 1.04 women, were eligible to exercise their franchise.
The states whose fate will be decided in the first phase of polling include Shrikant Sharma, Suresh Rana, Sandeep Singh, Kapil Dev Agarwal, Atul Garg and Chaudhary Laxmi Narayan.
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