Around 60.17% votes polled in first phase of Uttar Pradesh Elections

In the first phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly polls on 58 seats of 11 districts, over 60 per cent votes were polled. Despite increase in the polling time for an hour the voting percentage could not surpass the figures of previous assembly elections of 2017.

According the election commission in the first phase of UP assembly polls more than 60.17 per cent votes were polled. However, the final figures of votes would be released by the commission on Friday morning after receiving date from all the polling stations. In the 2017 assembly elections 64.22 per cent votes were polled in the first phase of UP polls on 73 seats of 15 districts. 

The EC officials informed that voting was



poor in the urban areas of Noida, Agra and Mathura while in the rural areas of Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat, Shamli and Bulandshaher a large number of voters turned out. In Muzaffarnagar 62.14 percent votes were polled by 5 pm while in Noida district it was 54.77 per cent only. On the Noida city seat only 48 per cent voters came out to cast their votes. Till the last report came 60.52 per cents votes were polled in Bulandshaher while 60.92 in Meerut. In rural assembly seats of Shivalkhas in Meerut district 66.50 per cent votes were polled while on the urban seat of Cantt it was 51.08.

It may be mentioned that due to pandemic the election commission has increased polling time from 7 in morning till 6 in the evening.