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Economic Times | 10 Feb, 2022 | 09.37AM IST
UP Election 2022 1st Phase Voting News LIVE: PM Modi, Amit Shah, Rahul Gandhi, Jayant Chaudhury urge people to come out and vote
Polling is on for the first phase of elections in Uttar Pradesh. Voting began at 7 am in 58 Assembly constituencies in the first of the seven-phase elections, covering 11 districts of western UP.
The 11 districts where polling is being held include Shamli, Meerut, Hapur, Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Agra, Gautam Buddha Nagar and Mathura. Nearly 2.27 crore voters will exercise their right.
The 11 districts where polling is being held include Shamli, Meerut, Hapur, Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Agra, Gautam Buddha Nagar and Mathura. Nearly 2.27 crore voters will exercise their right.
- This phase is crucial for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which had won 53 of these 58 seats in 2017.
- Of the remaining five seats, the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) won two each, while the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) had bagged one.
- The SP and the RLD, which are contesting the 2022 elections in an alliance will like to make huge gains here
- Ministers whose fate will be decided in the first phase include Shrikant Sharma, Suresh Rana, Sandeep Singh, Kapil Dev Agarwal, Atul Garg and Chowdhury Lakshmi Narain.
- Campaigning for the first phase remained confined to the virtual medium due to a ban on road shows and physical rallies in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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The great people of Uttar Pradesh have seen UP becoming an Uttam Pradesh. Here the government of good governance has been seen to improve the administrative system. Today you have a golden opportunity to maintain the progress, prosperity and prosperity of the state. I request all of you, please exercise your right.
- JP Nadda, BJP president
Come out and vote, get the country freedom from all fear
Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader
First-time voters excited
Queues build up at many polling booths
Before casting votes, do recall what happened in the last five years in the state ...elect a government which care about you, talks about your rights, keep the society united, provide opportunities to youth, respect and protect the women and turn diversity into our strength to work for the development of state and the country.
- Jayant Chaudhary
We are fighting on the agenda of development as we work with the mantra of 'Sabka saath, sabka vikas'. The people of the state don't want to see the politics of appeasement.
- Sangeet Som, BJP candidate
Today is the first phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh. I appeal to all the brothers and sisters of this phase of polling to vote in maximum numbers to elect a government that will give security, respect and good governance along with development in the state. Your one vote is the basis of the bright future of Uttar Pradesh.
- HM Amit Shah
Before the vote...
UP Minister and BJP candidate from Mathura, Shrikant Sharma offers prayers at Govardhan Temple (ANI)
Early queues at some polling booths
Muzaffarnagar: People queue up at the polling booth in Purva Madhyamik Kanya Vidyalaya, Kutbi as they await their turn to cast vote (ANI)
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I am confident that the citizens will vote in favour of Bharatiya Janata Party for good governance in the state, says BJP candidate from Agra Rural, Baby Rani Maurya (ANI)
Voting across 58 constituencies
Hapur: People queue up at polling booth number 257 as they cast their vote for the first phase (ANI)
Early voters at polling booths
Voters at a polling booth to exercise their franchise in Sardhana Assembly constituency of Meerut (ANI)
Poll dates in Uttar Pradesh
The 403-member Uttar Pradesh Assembly is scheduled to go to the polls in seven phases on February 10, 14, 20, 23, 27, March 3, and 7. The counting of votes will take place on March 10.
"Today is the first phase of voting in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. I request all the voters to participate enthusiastically in this holy festival of democracy by following the rules of COVID-19. Remember - Vote first, then refreshments!"
- PM Narendra Modi
Early voters queue up at many places
People form queues at booth number 299 - at Public Inter College - in Kairana (ANI)
Important factors in Uttar Pradesh first phase polls
- Polling will be held in Shamli, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Bhagpat, Mathura, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Agra and Hapur districts.
- BJP had won 53 of the 58 seats in 2017, while SP and BSP bagged two and RLD one seat respectively.
- Some of these seats have a sizable minority population and the SP-RLD combine is strong on the caste front. In the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha polls and the 2017 assembly elections, polarization among voters had helped theBJP here.
- A prominent issue in this phase are the sugarcane prices with BJP claiming the Yogi Adityanath government has paid the dues of farmers and opened the sugar mills in this region.
- BJP has also raised the Mathura temple issue
- This phase, along with the next one on February 14, will test the impact of the farm laws and its repeal.
- Local issues like the anger among Gujjars over the demand for naming the Jewar airport after their icon Raja Mihir Bhoj are also likely to affect the polls.
- The BJP is hopeful of encashing on the legacy of former UP CM Kalyan Singh, who passed away a few months back.
- Issues related to the Covid second wave, job losses and reverse migration are also important factors.
Voting for the first phase of Uttar Pradesh Elections begins. 58 seats go to polls.
From a polling booth in Noida
Key contests in first phase polling
Sardhana: BJP's hardline leader and two-time MLA Sangeet Singh Som vs SP's Atul Pradhan
Gautam Buddha Nagar (Noida): BJP's Pankaj Singh (sitting MLA) vs Pankhuri Pathak of INC
Kairana: SP's Nahid Hasan (sitting MLA) vs BJP MLA's daughter Mriganka Singh
Mathura: Shrikant Sharma (BJP sitting MLA) vs INC's Pradeep Mathur (sitting MLA) vs SP's Davendra Agrawal
Thana Bhawan: Two-time winner Suresh Kumar of BJP vs RLD's Ashraf Ali Khan
Gautam Buddha Nagar (Noida): BJP's Pankaj Singh (sitting MLA) vs Pankhuri Pathak of INC
Kairana: SP's Nahid Hasan (sitting MLA) vs BJP MLA's daughter Mriganka Singh
Mathura: Shrikant Sharma (BJP sitting MLA) vs INC's Pradeep Mathur (sitting MLA) vs SP's Davendra Agrawal
Thana Bhawan: Two-time winner Suresh Kumar of BJP vs RLD's Ashraf Ali Khan
Polling booths across 11 districts ready
From a polling booth in Kairana ( ctsy ANI)
Nine ministers in the fray
The first phase of polling will also decide the fate of nine ministers in the Yogi Adityanath government. The nine ministers are: Suresh Rana, Atul Garg, Shrikant Sharma, Sandeep Singh, Anil Sharma, Kapil Dev Agarwal, Dinesh Khatik, Dr G S Dharmesh and Chaudhary Laxmi Narain.
Voting will be held between 7 am and 6 pm. As many as 623 candidates are in the fray in the first phase.
There are a total of 403 seats in the state. 58 seats vote today, of which nine seats are reserved.
Polling across 11 districts
The districts where the elections will be held are Shamli, Hapur, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Mathura and Agra.
First phase of Uttar Pradesh polls will be held today. Polling will take place for 58 assembly constituencies spread across 11 districts in western UP.
