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Economic Times | 13 May, 2023 | 08:33AM IST
UP Municipal Election Result 2023 LIVE: BJP looks to extend dominance; counting begins
UP Municipal Election Result LIVE: The stage is set for counting of votes cast during the two phases of the urban local body polls and the bye-election to two assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh.Officials said most of the preparations are complete and the counting will start at 8 am on Saturday.They said instructions were given to arrange cold water and 'sharbat' at the counting centres in view of the rising heat. The State Election Commission (SEC) said 353 counting centres have been set up.Lucknow District Magistrate Suryapal Gangwar and Joint Commissioner of Police Upendra Agrawal reviewed the preparations.The bypolls were held in Suar assembly seat in Rampur district and Chhanbey (SC) in Mirzapur district on May 10. On both the seats, there was a direct contest between the ruling coalition led by the BJP and the opposition Samajwadi Party, political analysts say.The Suar seat fell vacant in February following the disqualification of SP leader Azam Khan's son Abdullah Azam Khan as an MLA after a Moradabad court sentenced him to two years in jail in a 15-year-old case.
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UP Municipal Election Result 2023 LIVE: Key BJP candidates
- BJP has fielded Umesh Chandra Kesarwani from Prayagraj
- Sushma Kharakwal from Lucknow
- Manglesh Srivastava from Gorakhpur
- Ashok Tiwari from Varanasi
- Vinod Agarwal from Moradabad
- Kamini Rathore from Firozabad
- Hemlata Diwakar from Agra
- Ajay Kumar from Saharanpur
- Vinod Kumar Agarwal from Mathura-Vrindavan
- Bihari Lal Arya from Jhansi
UP Municipal Election Result LIVE: Counting of votes begins for urban local body polls in Uttar Pradesh
UP Municipal Election Results LIVE: Security arrangements tightened in Moradabad
"We will have counting of votes at 4 centres here. 1,249 constables, 200 sub-inspectors, 32 inspectors and 2 teams of PAC have been deployed. Only those with valid passes will be allowed near the counting centre," said SSP Hemraj Meena.
UP Municipal Election Results 2023 LIVE: Extensive campaign
The state witnessed some high voltage campaign. UP Chief CM Yogi Adityanath, deputy CMs Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak campaigned for BJP candidates. State BJP president Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary and Dinesh Sharma also held election meetings for party candidates.
UP Municipal Election Results 2023 LIVE: Other candidates
The Urban Local Bodies polls will also elect 198 chairpersons and 5,260 members of nagar palika parishads. As for nagar panchayats, the fate of 542 chairpersons and 7,104 members will be decided.
UP Municipal Election Result 2023 LIVE: Shahjahanpur to elect its first mayor
Shahjahanpur is all set to elect its mayor for the first time this year. The city became a municipal corporation in 2018, a year after the last civil polls were held in Uttar Pradesh.
UP Municipal Election Results LIVE: Race for mayors and corporators
The poll results will decide the fate of seventeen mayors and 1,401 corporators. As many as 19 corporators have been elected unopposed.
UP Municipal Election Results 2023 LIVE: Voters turnout
The ULB polls were held in two phases — on May 4 and May 11. About 53 per cent voters exercised their franchise during the ULB polls out of the total 4.32 crore who were eligible to vote, according to the Election Commission data.
UP Municipal Election Results LIVE: A look at bypolls
On May 10, the bypolls were held in Suar assembly seat and Chhanbey (SC). Both seats witnessed a direct contest between BJP and the opposition Samajwadi Party, as per political analysts.
UP Municipal Election Results 2023 LIVE: Stage set for big day
Officials said instructions were given to arrange cold water and 'sharbat' at the counting centres in view of the rising heat. The State Election Commission (SEC) said 353 counting centres have been set up.
UP Municipal Election Results LIVE: Counting of votes to begin at 8 am
The stage is set for counting of votes cast during the two phases of the urban local body polls and the bye-election to two assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh. Officials said most of the preparations are complete and the counting will start at 8 am on Saturday.
