UP Municipal Election Result 2023 Live: Will CM Yogi Adityanath pass Uttar Pradesh Nikay Chunav test?
Uttar Pradesh Nikay Chunav Results 2023 Live: Counting of votes to decide the fate of candidates for 14,864 posts across 760 Urbal Local Bodies (ULBs) in UP will begin at 8 AM today. The UP municipal elections, held in two phases on May 4 and 11, has a total of 4.32 crore voters to elect 1,420 corporators to Municipal Corporations and 5,327 members to Nagar Panchayats and 7,177 members to Nagar Palikar Parishads. While the voter turnout was recorded at 52 per cent in phase 1, the second phase of voting saw the participation of over 50 per cent.
The civic body polls in the state are being seen as a test of popularity for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party government and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
The primary contest in the state is between the ruling BJP and the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party. The poll process was largely peaceful with police stating that reports of minor clashes were reported from a few districts. There have also been some reports of malfunctioning EVMs while Akhilesh Yadav alleged that the polls were rigged by the BJP in several areas with the support of official machinery.
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