55.24% voting recorded in UP Legislative Council elections for 11 seats
Lucknow, October 23: Voting was held on Friday for the biennial elections for a total of 11 seats of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council, including five graduate and six teacher constituencies. A total of 55.24% voting took place on all the seats.
Voting continued from 8 am to 4 pm. Voting concluded peacefully despite allegations of irregularities in some districts like Gorakhpur, Muzaffarnagar and Agra. With this, the fate of 152 candidates has been sealed in the ballot box. Election results will be declared on October 27.
The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said that 55.24% voting took place on 11 MLC seats of Uttar Pradesh from 8 am to 4 pm. The Lucknow division’s graduate seat recorded 38.02 percent voting, the Varanasi division’s graduate seat 41.01 percent, the Agra division’s graduate seat 51 percent, the Meerut division’s graduate seat 39.81 percent, and the Allahabad-Jhansi division’s graduate seat 41.40 percent. Meanwhile, the Lucknow division’s teacher seat recorded 50.92 percent, the Varanasi division’s teacher seat 68.21 percent, the Agra division’s teacher seat 63.84 percent, the Meerut division’s teacher seat 60.80 percent, the Bareilly-Moradabad division’s teacher seat 73.69 percent, and the Gorakhpur-Faizabad division‘s teacher seat 79.01 percent.
It is noteworthy that, on the instructions of the State Election Commission (SEC), a three-tier security cordon was established at polling stations under the supervision of the District Magistrates and Senior Superintendents of Police of the respective districts to prevent any kind of disturbance. There are 14,81,310 voters across the state in this election for graduate and teacher constituencies. To ensure a peaceful voting process, the Commission deployed 11 observers, 1,041 sector magistrates, and 456 zonal magistrates. Micro-observers were also deployed at polling stations, along with arrangements for videography.
