UP Assembly elections: Voting for phase-1 begins at 58 constituencies
Published By : Prameya News Bureau | February 10, 2022 IST
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Lucknow, Feb 10: Voting for the first phase of Uttar Pradesh elections on 58 assembly seats covering 11 districts of the state began on Thursday at 7 am and will conclude at 6 pm. The districts that are voting today include Mathura, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahar, Hapur, Shamli, Baghpat, Aligarh, Agra and Gautam Buddha Nagar. As many as 623 candidates are in the fray in the first phase of the assembly polls while nearly 2.27 crore voters will decide the fate of these candidates. Nearly 50,000 paramilitary personnel from 412 companies of central paramilitary forces have been deployed at different locations to maintain law and order situation for the first phase of assembly polls in the western Uttar Pradesh. The 403-member Uttar Pradesh Assembly is scheduled to go to the polls in seven phases on February 10, 14, 20, 23, 27, March 3, and 7. The counting of votes will take place on March 10.
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