Uttar Pradesh Elections 2022 1st Phase Highlights: Amid glitches at some booths, state reports 60.17% polling
Uttar Pradesh Elections 2022 1st Phase Highlights: Polling for the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh elections 2022 in 58 constituencies across 11 districts began at 7 am on Thursday. It will continue till 6 pm.
The districts in Uttar Pradesh where the elections 2022 will be held are Shamli, Hapur, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahr, Aligarh, Mathura and Agra. There are a total of 403 seats in the state.
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As many as 623 candidates are in the fray in the first phase of the UP elections and around 2.27 crore people are eligible to vote in this phase.
The ministers whose electoral fate will be decided in the first phase are Suresh Rana, Atul Garg, Shrikant Sharma, Sandeep Singh, Anil Sharma, Kapil Dev Agarwal, Dinesh Khatik, Dr. G S Dharmesh and Chaudhary Laxmi Narain.
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13:40 pm | 35.03% voter turnout recorded till 1pm in the first phase of UP Elections 2022
13:10 pm | Our government stands with 'Har Majloom', every victim Muslim woman. Those people are tricking Muslim sisters so that the life of Muslim daughters is always behind: PM Modi in Saharanpur rally
13:01 pm |UP Elections 2022 : In Khatauli, the people of the polling party are voting for themselves . The SP said that the people of the polling party are voting themselves at Booth No. 362, Khatauli 15, Muzaffarnagar district.
12:58 pm | BJP govt in Uttar Pradesh is very important to ensure small farmers keep on availing benefits of PM Kisan Yojana. 'Teen Talaq' ban ensured justice for muslim women: PM Modi in Saharanpur rally
12:57 pm | Roopali Dixit, SP candidate from Fatehabad seat, casts her vote 17.80% voter turnout recorded in Fatehabad assembly seat (till 11 am): UP Elections 2022
12:55 pm | A whole 'parivaar-vaad' party is fake promising UP public...Remember if someone promises big, they're usually empty,irresponsible promises. They promised electricity but kept UP in dark &illuminated their residing district. Left Saharanpur &other districts for themselves: PM Modi
12:48 pm | Vote on issues of unemployment, inflation, crimes against women and Dalits, poverty. Think and vote. Cast your vote for someone who is working to resolve these issues: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra She also interacted with a tyre puncture repair shop owner.
12:45 pm | We're working on a permanent solution for sugarcane farmers. To tackle ups&downs of sugar market, sugarcane will also be used to produce ethanol. Rs 12,000 Cr received from sugarcane-based ethanol, which is providing safety to sugarcane farmers: PM Modi in Saharanpur.
12:40 pm | Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra holds a road show in Rampur : UP Elections 2022
12:25 pm | Prime Minister Narenda Modi addressing a public rally in Saharanpur for Uttar Pradesh Elections 2022. Voting for the first phase of state assembly elections on 58 seats underway; 623 candidates in fray.
12:23 pm | Some constituencies in western UP are voting for the 1st phase. I'm glad that on such winter mornings, people are going to vote in huge numbers. I appreciate all these voters. BJP UP's 'ghoshna patra' is a resolution for welfare: PM Narendra Modi in Saharanpur
12:18 pm | Be it riots in Kosi Kalan or Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, or Aligarh, there was a chain of riots during anarchical governance of previous govts. They imposed curfews, conducted riots, didn't let people celebrate festivals; Kanwar Yatras were stopped: UP CM Adityanath in Saharanpur.
12:10 pm | Union Minister Dr. Sanjeev Balyan casts his vote in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. Earlier, this area used to be called the crime capital. Today, there is law and order and development, mafia raj has ended, he says.
12:07 pm | Over 2 crore people are eligible to cast their votes in Phase 1 of UP Elections 2022.
12:01 pm | 105 year old women arrived at polling station to cast her vote for UP Elections 2022.
11:45 am | 20.03% voter turnout recorded till 11am in the first phase of UP Elections 2022
11:30 am | In this constituency that borders the national capital and includes the native village of BSP chief Mayawati, a missing word on a statue of a 9th-century icon looks set to dictate who the people vote for today:UP Elections 2022
11:25 am | "Pehle matdaan, uske baad bahu, uske baad sab kaam," says Ankur Balyan, a bridegroom who had come to cast his vote at a polling booth in Muzaffarnagar ahead of his wedding today:UP Elections 2022
11:20 am | BJP's former state president and minister Dr L K Bajpai casts his vote in Meerut, along with his family : UP Elections 2022
11:00 am | Voter turnout getting better as the day progresses. In Bulandshahr, 21 % voting till 11 am as against 7% till 9 am
10:17 am | RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary will not go to cast his vote today because of his election rally. He is a voter of Mathura region: Jayant Chaudhary
10:05 am | Uttar Pradesh recorded a voter turnout of 7.95 per cent till 9:30 am in the first phase of Assembly elections on Thursday.
09:40 am | State records voter turnout of almost 8% till 9 am : UP Elections 2022
09:30 am | Voter turn out in Aligarh till 9 am is 7 percent .
09:20 am | The District Magistrate of Uttar Pradesh's Shamli on Thursday informed that some complaints regarding Electronic Voting Machines have been received from a few polling booths as voting for the first phase of State assembly elections began.
09:00 am | People queue up at Jain Inter College in Baghpat as they cast their votes for the first phase of : UP Elections 2022
08:40 am | Zikra, a first time voter, casts her vote in the first phase of Uttar Pradesh Elections, along with her family at a polling booth in Kairana. She says, "It is important to exercise your voting right. I feel good after casting my vote."
08:30 am | Polling process has started at all booths. Some complaints regarding EVMs received from some random booths, we are replacing those machines and resolving their matter. Peaceful polling underway, no law & order situation anywhere: Jasjit Kaur, Shamli DM
08:00 am | UP Minister and BJP candidate from Mathura, Shrikant Sharma offers prayers at Govardhan Temple here, as voting for the first phase of Uttar Pradesh Elections 2022 gets underway.
07:45 am | "Police & administrative officers doing rounds since morning. 129 Company Force of CAPF deployed on all booths. No booth in the dist where CAPF isn't deployed. Civil Police & Home Guard jawans also deployed as per EC's guideline," said Vikash Kumar, SP City Agra.
07:30 am | "I am confident that the citizens will vote in favour of Bharatiya Janata Party for good governance in the State," said BJP candidate from Agra Rural, Baby Rani Maurya Polling is being held in 58 Assembly constituencies today; 623 candidates in fray.
07:15 am | "I urge citizens to come out to vote today. Model polling booths were established, and paramilitary forces deployed and videography was done at all polling booths. All Covid-19 protocols being followed at polling booths," said Suhas LY, DM, Gautam Budh Nagar.
07:05 am | Hapur: People queue up at polling booth number 257 as they cast their vote for the first phase of Uttar Pradesh Elections 2022.
07:00 am | Voting for the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections began on Thursday at 7:00 am. Covering the Jat-dominant belt of western Uttar Pradesh, the first phase of polls covers 58 assembly constituencies across 11 districts of the state.
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