UP Panchayat Election Results Live: The counting of votes for UP panchayat election results began at 8 am on Sunday (May 2). The first phase on April 15 and the second round on April 19 recorded a turnout of 71 per cent. In the third phase on April 26, 73.5 percent of registered voters turned out to exercise their franchise. Polling for the four-phased panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh ended on April 29. Lakhs of candidates were in the fray for over 7.32 lakh seats in gram panchayat wards, 58,176 in gram panchayats. 75,852 in kshetra panchayats and 3,050 in zila panchayats in the state-wide elections, held over four phases amid a surge in Covid-19 cases.
Uttar Pradesh has been reporting a massive surge in fresh Covid-19 cases. The Supreme Court earlier refused to stay the counting of votes for panchayat polls in Uttar Pradesh and said no victory rallies will be permitted during the counting or after the process is over. The SC directions came on a plea seeking directions for the observance of Covid-19 protocols during the counting of votes in view of the second wave of the pandemic sweeping through the country. The SC bench said government officials, candidates and their agents will have to produce RT-PCR tests to show they are Covid-19 negative before entering the counting centres.
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