Uttar Pradesh Local Elections 2017 Live News Updates: State Election Commissioner SK Agarwal Casts Vote in Lucknow - JPKee.com

Lucknow, Nov 26: The voting for the second phase of Uttar Pradesh Local Elections 2017 in 25 districts,  including Varanasi from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a member of Lok Sabha, began on Sunday at 7 AM amid tight security arrangements. Over 52 per cent voting was recorded in the first phase on November 22 which covered 24 districts.

Besides Varanasi, the districts going to polls in the second phase are Muzaffarnagar, Ghaziabad, Gautam Budhnagar, Amroha, Rampur, Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Aligarh, Mathura, Mainpuri , Farrukhabad, Etawah, Lalitpur, Banda, Allahabad, Lucknow, Sultanpur, Ambedkarnagar, Bahraich, Shrawasti, Sant Kabirnagar, Deoria, Ballia and Bhadohi.

Polling for the third and final phase covering 26 districts will take place on November 29. Counting of votes for all the three phases will be on December 1 and results will be declared the same day.

As many as 1.29 crore voters will exercise their franchise in the second phase of the three-tier civic polls.

Allahabad nagar nigam has the highest number of candidates, 24, contesting for the post of mayor while Atarra nagar palika parishad in Banda and Bhogaon nagar panchayat in Mainpuri lead in number of candidates for the posts of chairperson at 26 and 27 respectively.

For the civic polls, the State Election Commission is using electronic voting machines in all the 16 nagar nigams. Polling in nagar palika parishads and nagar panchayats is being held through the traditional ballot paper.

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Author - Vikash Kumar