Bypolls to 9 Assembly seats underway in UP; 9.6% turnout recorded by 9 am

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As of 9 am, the mean turnout was recorded astatine 9.67 per cent crossed the 9 seats. (File Image)

Bypolls are underway to elite representatives to 9 Assembly seats successful Uttar Pradesh, 8 of which fell vacant aft sitting members were elected to the Lok Sabha earlier this year. As of 9 am, the mean turnout was recorded astatine 9.67 per cent crossed the 9 seats.

Voting is presently taking spot successful Meerapur, Kundarki, Ghaziabad, Khair (SC), Karhal, Sisamau, Phulpur, Katehari and Majhawan constituencies. Sisamau Assembly spot fell vacant pursuing the condemnation of Samajwadi Party’s (SP) sitting MLA Irfan Solanki. His woman is contesting the bypoll.

Karhal is the astir important of the 9 constituencies arsenic it was vacated by SP main Akhilesh Yadav. His nephew Tej Pratap Singh Yadav, a erstwhile MP from Mainpuri, is contesting from the seat. SP, which has issued helpline numbers successful each 9 constituencies, has already lodged implicit 20 complaints alleging that enactment supporters person been stopped from voting since morning.

With the Congress opting retired of this bypoll and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) mostly keeping it quiet, the contention is chiefly betwixt the BJP and SP, their campaigns led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Akhilesh Yadav, respectively.

Of the 9 Assembly seats, 4 were won by the SP successful 2022 (Karhal, Sisamau, Katehri and Kundarki), portion 3 were bagged by the BJP (Ghaziabad, Phulpur and Khair) and 2 (Meerapur and Manjhawan) went to the BJP’s confederation partners Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) and NISHAD party.

There are a full of 34.35 lakh voters successful these 9 constituencies, including 18,46,846 men, 15,88,967 women, and 161 transgender voters. Voting is taking spot crossed 3,718 polling booths. A full of 90 candidates are successful the fray, retired of which 11 are women.

Ghaziabad has the highest fig of voters, portion Sisamau constituency has the lowest. At 14, Ghaziabad besides has the astir fig of candidates whereas with 5 candidates each, Khair (SC) and Sisamau person the least.

Voting figures arsenic of 9 am
Katehari (Ambedkar Nagar): 11.48%
Ghaziabad (Ghaziabad): 5.36%
Sisamau (Kanpur Nagar): 5.73%
Majhawan (Mirzapur): 10.55%
Mirapur (Muzaffarnagar): 13.01%
Khair (SC) (Aligarh): 9.03%
Phulpur (Prayagraj): 8.83%
Kundarki (Moradabad): 13.59%
Karhal (Mainpuri): 9.67%

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