Varanasi: Around 40.42% voter overwhelming turnout for Varanasi Municipal Corporation In the urban body elections here on Thursday.
The turnout was lower this year as compared to 2017 when 41.6% voters exercised their franchise. The counting of votes will take place on May 13.
District Election Officer S Rajalingam said 40.42 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the district till the end of polling time. vmc While 78.54% voters cast their votes Gangapur Nagar Panchayat.
Voting for the civic body elections began in the morning amid tight security arrangements. As soon as the polling began, officials including Police Commissioner Ashok Mutha Jain and Rajalingam started taking stock of the polling stations.
He inspected St. Marriage School Sonatalab, Tulsi Niketan, National Inter College Pilikothi, Adampur Zonal Office, Machhodari Smart School, National Girl High School, Harishchandra Intermediate College Maidagin, Bengalitola Inter College, Madrasa Hanifia Gausia, Bajardiha, Hamidia Madrasa and other places. . Officials asked for information about the methodology EVM, Voting percentage and others. Both of them also talked to the police and PAC officials to know whether they were facing any problem.
Rajalingam also inspected the preparations before the polling parties reached Paharia Mandi to deposit the EVMs after the polling was over. Long queues of polling personnel continued till late night at the stall set up to collect EVMs in Paharia Mandi.
Earlier, as polling began, UP Ministers Ravindra Jaiswal, Dayashankar Mishra Dayalu, MLAs Neelkanth Tiwari, Awadhesh Singh, Saurabh Srivastava and others started arriving at their respective polling booths to exercise their franchise.
They can be found running from pillar to post to mobilize voters for the mayoral election and also in the wards. However, despite best efforts by the State Election Commission and political parties, the voting percentage has declined as compared to the 2017 elections.
The turnout was lower this year as compared to 2017 when 41.6% voters exercised their franchise. The counting of votes will take place on May 13.
District Election Officer S Rajalingam said 40.42 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the district till the end of polling time. vmc While 78.54% voters cast their votes Gangapur Nagar Panchayat.
Voting for the civic body elections began in the morning amid tight security arrangements. As soon as the polling began, officials including Police Commissioner Ashok Mutha Jain and Rajalingam started taking stock of the polling stations.
He inspected St. Marriage School Sonatalab, Tulsi Niketan, National Inter College Pilikothi, Adampur Zonal Office, Machhodari Smart School, National Girl High School, Harishchandra Intermediate College Maidagin, Bengalitola Inter College, Madrasa Hanifia Gausia, Bajardiha, Hamidia Madrasa and other places. . Officials asked for information about the methodology EVM, Voting percentage and others. Both of them also talked to the police and PAC officials to know whether they were facing any problem.
Rajalingam also inspected the preparations before the polling parties reached Paharia Mandi to deposit the EVMs after the polling was over. Long queues of polling personnel continued till late night at the stall set up to collect EVMs in Paharia Mandi.
Earlier, as polling began, UP Ministers Ravindra Jaiswal, Dayashankar Mishra Dayalu, MLAs Neelkanth Tiwari, Awadhesh Singh, Saurabh Srivastava and others started arriving at their respective polling booths to exercise their franchise.
They can be found running from pillar to post to mobilize voters for the mayoral election and also in the wards. However, despite best efforts by the State Election Commission and political parties, the voting percentage has declined as compared to the 2017 elections.