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In the two constituencies of teachers – Allahabad-Jhansi and Kanpur, 5,392 people will vote. (Representational Image: Reuters/File)
Voting for the biennial elections in 39 districts of the state will end at 4 pm and the counting of votes will take place on February 2.
Voting is underway for five Legislative Council seats – three graduates’ and two teachers’ constituencies.
The polling for the biennial elections in the state’s 39 districts will end at 4 pm and the counting of votes will take place on February 2, the election office said.
The districts where polling is taking place are Prayagraj, Kaushambi, Fatehpur, Banda, Chitrakoot, Hamirpur, Mahoba, Jalaun, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Kanpur Nagar, Kanpur Dehat, Unnao, Bareilly, Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Badaun, Rampur, Moradabad, Amroha, Bijnor, Sambhal, Bahraich, Shravasti, Gonda, Balrampur, Basti, Siddharth Nagar, Sant Kabir Nagar, Gorakhpur, Maharajganj, Deoria, Kushinagar, Azamgarh, Mau, Sultanpur, Ayodhya, Amethi and Ambedkar Nagar.
Overall, 6.32 lakh people are eligible to vote in the three graduate constituencies – Gorakhpur-Faizabad, Kanpur and Bareilly-Moradabad – and of them, 3.93 lakh are men and 2.39 lakh are women.
In the two teachers’ constituencies – Allahabad-Jhansi and Kanpur – 5,392 people will cast their votes and of these, 3,505 are men and 1,887 are women.
One observer has been posted in each assembly constituency. Election commission. Apart from these, 594 Sector Magistrates and 234 Zonal Magistrates have also been deployed.
Arrangements have also been made for micro observers and videography of voting at all booths. A total of 4,941 polling personnel have been deployed to complete the election process.
Additional Chief Electoral Officer Ratnesh Singh said that the voting was held in the form of tenure of elected members from three graduate constituencies-Devendra Pratap Singh from Gorakhpur-Faizabad, Arun Pathak from Kanpur and Dr. Jaipal Singh from Bareilly-Moradabad and two teachers’ constituencies. Happening. Suresh Kumar Tripathi from Jhansi and Rajbahadur Singh Chandel’s teacher from Kanpur block is passing away on 12 February 2023.
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