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Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 15 (ANI): In a major administrative reshuffle, the Uttar Pradesh government on Friday transferred 14 IPS officers in the state.

Lucknow Feb 20 PTI Over 60 per cent voting was recorded till 5 pm on Sunday in 59 assembly constituencies in the third phase of the elections in Uttar Pradesh The updated approximate voting percentage according to the Election Commissions Turnout App till 5 pm was 6063 per cent The percentage was 6314 per cent in Hathras 6189 per cent in Firozabad 6304 per cent in Kasganj 657 per cent in Etah 6151 per cent in Mainpuri 5913 per cent in Farrukhabad 6193 per cent in Kannauj and 5835 per cent in Etawah It was 6062 per cent in Auraiya 5987 per cent in Kanpur Dehat 5614 per cent in Kanpur Nagar 5993 per cent in Jalaun 5771 per cent in Jhansi 6905 per cent in Lalitpur 6056 per cent in Hamirpur and 6456 per cent in Mahoba Though the election office here did not share final voting data till 6 pm when polling had ended the turnout app trend at 10 pm showed an updated polling percentage for 5 pm As many as 627 candidates are in the fray in the third of the seven phase elections to the 403-member state assembly Over 215 crore people were eligible to vote in 16 districts in this phase Results of the 2022 polls will be announced on March 10 In the 2017 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections the polling percentage in these districts was 6221 per cent the Election Commission said The BJP in 2017 had won 49 of the 59 seats and the Samajwadi Party SP had settled for nine The Congress had got one seat while the Bahujan Samaj Party BSP drew a blank Among the high-profile candidates this time are SP chief Akhilesh Yadav who contested from the Karhal assembly seat The BJP fielded Union Minister S P Singh Baghel against him Akhilesh Yadavs uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav contested from his traditional Jaswantnagar seat The prominent political leaders who cast their votes on Sunday were SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav Akhilesh Yadav Dimple Yadav Shivpal Singh Yadav Ramgopal Yadav Congress leader Salman Khurshid Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh and state minister Satish Mahana Meanwhile Kanpur Mayor Pramila Pandey and former BJP office-bearer Nawab Singh have landed in trouble for posting videos in which they are seen casting their vote inside polling booths The EC has banned the use of mobile phones inside polling stations Pandey took her mobile phone inside the polling booth at Hudson School and clicked a selfie while voting following which an FIR was lodged against her a senior official said The mayor has shared a video that has gone viral on social media platforms District Magistrate Neha Sharma said the Kanpur mayor has violated the rules of the EC by revealing the name of the party she voted for Former city president of BJPs Yuva Morcha Singh was also allegedly caught while violating rules He took a mobile inside a booth and shot a video while casting vote In Jhansi District Election Officer Ravindra Kumar said that according to public complaints polling started two hours late in the Mauth area of the Garautha assembly constituency Directives have been issued to take action against the sector magistrate who was lax in performing his duties and did not inform higher officials he said In Etah 10 people have been arrested for allegedly casting fake votes in the Aliganj Marhara assembly constituency of the district Additional Superintendent of Police Dhananjay Singh Kushwaha said that 10 people have been caught for trying to cast fake votes The Samajwadi Party has alleged that one of its agents was beaten up by a BJP worker in Shikohabad in Firozabad district in the presence of police The party tweeted from its official Twitter handle SPs election agent is being beaten up by BJP people in presence of police at booth number 158 of Shikohabad Vidhan Sabha of Firozabad district The SP has asked the EC to cognisance of the matter PTI ABN NAV ANB ANB

New Delhi Feb 20 PTI Over 63 per cent polling was recorded till 5 pm in the assembly elections in Punjab while in the third of the seven phase polls in Uttar Pradesh it was more than 60 per cent according to official dataPolling was held in these states from 8 am to 6 pm but both have released voting data only till 5 pmThe average voter turnout for the single-phase election to the 117-member assembly in Punjab was 6344 per cent according to the state chief electoral office while in Uttar Pradesh where 59 constituencies went to polls in phase three it was 6063 per centThe 5 pm voting percentage data for Uttar Pradesh was updated at 10 pm by the Election Commissions Voter Turnout AppResults for the assembly elections of Punjab and Uttar Pradesh will be declared on March 10 along with that of Goa Manipur and UttarakhandWhile in Uttar Pradesh as many as 627 candidates were in the fray in the third phase of the polls to the 403-member assembly in Punjab 1304 candidates contested the electionsData for Punjab showed that the Gidderbaha assembly segment recorded the highest turnout of 7780 per cent while Amritsar South recorded the lowest turnout at 4806 per centMansa district recorded a maximum voter turnout of 7334 per cent while Mohali recorded the lowest at 5310 per cent it statedThe Voter Turnout App showed that in Uttar Pradesh voting was recorded at 6905 per cent in Lalitpur and 5771 per cent in JhansiThe districts where polling was held were Hathras Firozabad Etah Kasganj Mainpuri Farrukhabad Kannauj Etawah Auraiya Kanpur Dehat Kanpur Nagar Jalaun Jhansi Lalitpur Hamirpur and MahobaIn the 2017 assembly polls the turnout was 774 per cent in Punjab and the figure for the 59 seats in that year in Uttar Pradesh was 6221 per centPunjab witnessed a multi-cornered contest among the Congress AAP SAD-BSP BJP-PLC-SAD Sanyukt and the Sanyukt Samaj Morcha SSM a political front of various farmer bodiesWhile the Shiromani Akali Dal SAD contested the polls in alliance with the Bahujan Samaj Party BSP the BJP fought the elections in alliance with Amarinder Singh-led Punjab Lok Congress and Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa-led SAD SanyuktThe SSM contested the polls with Haryana Bharatiya Kisan Union Chaduni leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni-led Sanyukt Sangharsh PartyAmritsar-based famous conjoined twins Sohan Singh and Mohan Singh fondly known as Sohna-Mohna cast their separate votes Sohna-Mohna had recently been handed over two separate electoral photo identity cards by Punjabs Chief Electoral Officer S Karuna Raju Both had turned 18 last year and voted for the first timeThe Election Commission EC restrained actor and philanthropist Sonu Sood from visiting polling booths in Moga in Punjab following complaints that he was trying to influence voters His vehicle was also impounded by police said officialsHowever Sood who denied the charges alleged that other candidates were trying to buy votes His sister Malvika Sood Sachar is a Congress candidate from MogaIn Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi Party SP chief Akhilesh Yadav contested from the Karhal assembly seat in the third phase He was up against BJP leader and Union Minister S P Singh BaghelIn this phase the SP chiefs uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav contested from his traditional Jaswantnagar seat Among the other prominent faces in the fray were BJPs Satish Mahana Maharajpur in Kanpur and Ramvir Upadhaya Sadabad in Hathras and Louise Khurshid who is contesting on the Congress ticket from Farrukhabad SadarLouise Khurshid is the wife of senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid Meanwhile Kanpur Mayor Pramila Pandey and former BJP office-bearer Nawab Singh have landed in trouble for posting videos in which they are seen casting their vote inside polling boothsThe EC has banned the use of mobile phones inside polling stationsPandey took her mobile phone inside the polling booth at Hudson School and clicked a selfie while voting following which an FIR was lodged against her a senior official saidThe mayor has shared a video that has gone viral on social media platformsDistrict Magistrate Neha Sharma said the Kanpur mayor has violated the rules of the EC by revealing the name of the party she voted forFormer city president of BJPs Yuva Morcha Singh was also allegedly caught while violating rules He took a mobile inside a booth and shot a video while casting voteIn Firozabad district the Samajwadi Party has alleged that one of its agents was beaten up by a BJP worker in Shikohabad in the presence of policeThe party tweeted from its official Twitter handle SPs election agent is being beaten up by BJP people in presence of police at booth number 158 of Shikohabad Vidhan Sabha of Firozabad district The SP has asked the EC to cognisance of the matter PTI TEAM ANB ANB

New Delhi [India], February 20 (ANI): An average voter turnout of 63.44 per cent was recorded in Punjab while Uttar Pradesh, in its third phase of the Assembly elections, witnessed an average voter turnout of 57.43 per cent till 5 pm on Sunday.

New Delhi [India], February 20 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh recorded a voter turnout of 35.88 per cent, while Punjab reported 34.10 per cent till 1 pm on Sunday in the ongoing phase of the Assembly elections.

Lucknow Feb 20 PTI An average 815 per cent voting was recorded in Uttar Pradesh till 9 am on Sunday The third phase of polling in 59 Assembly constituencies spread across 16 districts started at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm As per the data shared by the Election Commission the average polling percentage till 9 am was 762 per cent in Hathras 985 per cent in Firozabad 953 per cent in Kasganj 1016 per cent in Etah 1102 per cent in Mainpuri 588 per cent in Farrukhabad 1011 per cent in Kannauj 683 per cent in Etawah 774 per cent in Auraiya 618 per cent in Kanpur Dehat 566 per cent in Kanpur Nagar 953 per cent in Jalaun 769 per cent in Jhansi 936 per cent in Lalitpur 958 per cent in Hamirpur and 800 per cent in Mahoba As many as 627 candidates are in the fray in this phase in which over 215 crore people are eligible to vote The districts where polling is being held are Hathras Firozabad Etah Kasganj Mainpuri Farrukhabad Kannauj Etawah Auraiya Kanpur Dehat Kanpur Nagar Jalaun Jhansi Lalitpur Hamirpur and Mahoba The Karhal assembly seat from where Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav is contesting is also going to the polls in this phase The BJP has fielded Union minister S P Singh Baghel from the seat Sundays polling will also seal the fate of the Samajwadi Party chiefs uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav who is contesting from his traditional Jaswantnagar seat Before the campaigning ended for the third phase on Friday Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra undertook a door-to-door march in Kanpur Kalpi Jalaun and Hamirpur while BSP chief Mayawati addressed election meetings in Jalaun and Auraiya Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav sought votes for his son Akhilesh Yadav in Karhal The BJP had approached the Election Commission seeking deployment of paramilitary forces at all booths in Karhal Among other prominent faces in the fray in this phase are BJPs Satish Mahana Maharajpur in Kanpur and Ramvir Upadhaya Sadabad in Hathras and Louise Khurshid who is contesting on the Congress ticket from Farrukhabad Sadar Louise Khurshid is the wife of senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid Former IPS officer Asim Arun is contesting from Kannauj Sadar on the BJP ticket while Uttar Pradesh minister Ramnaresh Agnihotri is also in the fray in this phase In the 2017 Assembly elections the BJP had won 49 of the 59 seats while the SP had settled for nine The Congress had got one seat while the Bahujan Samaj Party BSP drew a blank The 2022 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases The results are scheduled to be announced on March 10 PTI NAV AQS AQS

Lucknow Feb 20 PTI Voting for 59 Assembly constituencies spread across 16 districts of Uttar Pradesh began on Sunday morning Polling started at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm This is the third phase of the Assembly polls in the state where elections are to be held in seven rounds As many as 627 candidates are in the fray in this phase in which over 215 crore people are eligible to vote The districts where polling is being held are Hathras Firozabad Etah Kasganj Mainpuri Farrukhabad Kannauj Etawah Auraiya Kanpur Dehat Kanpur Nagar Jalaun Jhansi Lalitpur Hamirpur and Mahoba The Karhal Assembly seat from where Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav is contesting is also going to polls in this phase The BJP has fielded Union minister S P Singh Baghel from the seat Sundays polling will also seal the fate of the Samajwadi Party chiefs uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav who is contesting from his traditional Jaswantnagar seat Before the campaigning ended for the third phase on Friday Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra undertook a door-to-door march in Kanpur Kalpi Jalaun and Hamirpur while BSP chief Mayawati addressed election meetings in Jalaun and Auraiya Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav sought votes for his son Akhilesh Yadav in Karhal The BJP had approached the Election Commission seeking deployment of paramilitary forces at all booths in Karhal Among other prominent faces in the fray in this phase are BJPs Satish Mahana Maharajpur in Kanpur and Ramvir Upadhaya Sadabad in Hathras and Louise Khurshid who is contesting on the Congress ticket from Farrukhabad Sadar Louise Khurshid is the wife of senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid Former IPS officer Asim Arun is contesting from Kannauj Sadar on the BJP ticket while Uttar Pradesh minister Ramnaresh Agnihotri is also in the fray in this phase In the 2017 Assembly elections the BJP had won 49 of the 59 seats while the SP had settled for nine The Congress had got one seat while the Bahujan Samaj Party BSP drew a blank PTI NAV RDK RDK

Lucknow Feb 18 PTI Campaigning for the third phase of the UP Assembly polls ended on Friday with senior leaders of all parties making the last-ditch attempt to woo voters in 59 constituencies spread across 16 districts As many as 627 candidates are in the fray in the third phase in which over 215 crore people are eligible to vote The districts where polling will be held are Hathras Firozabad Etah Kasganj Mainpuri Farrukhabad Kannauj Etawah Auraiya Kanpur Dehat Kanpur Nagar Jalaun Jhanshi Lalitpur Hamirpur and Mahoba The Karhal Assembly seat from where Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav is contesting will also go to the polls in this phase on Sunday The BJP has fielded Union minister S P Singh Baghel from the seat The polling on Sunday will also seal the fate of the Samajwadi Party chiefs uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav who is contesting from his traditional Jaswantnagar seat In the run-up to the polling for the third phase Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra undertook a door-to-door campaigning in Kanpur Kalpi Jalaun and Hamirpur while Mayawati addressed election meetings in Jalaun and Auraiya SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav sought votes for his son in Karhal The BJP had approached the Election Commission seeking deployment of paramilitary forces at all booths in Karhal Among the prominent faces in the fray in this phase are BJPs Satish Mahana Maharajpur in Kanpur and Ramvir Upadhaya Sadabad in Hathras and Louis Khurshid who is contesting on the Congress ticket from Farrukhabad Sadar Former IPS officer Asim Arun is contesting from Kannauj Sadar on the BJP ticket while UP minister Ramnaresh Agnihotri is also in the fray in this phase In the 2017 elections the BJP had won 49 of the 59 seats while the SP settled for nine The Congress got one seat and the Bahujan Samaj Party drew a blank The polling will begin at 7 am on Sunday and continue till 6 in the evening PTI SAB RDK