UP Nikay Election Result 2023: in UP body elections After the voting of both the phases is over, now all the candidates are waiting for the results to be declared on 13th May. Among these, the fate of the mayoral candidates of 17 municipal corporations will also be decided on Saturday. In the last election, out of total 16 municipal corporations, BJP had captured 14 and BSP two. The eyes of all parties are fixed on the election result this time.
Claims of BJP and opposition regarding the post of Mayor
While the BJP has claimed victory on the post of mayor in all the 17 municipal corporations regarding the civic elections, the SP has alleged bias in the voting. Party President Akhilesh Yadav has also raised questions on the role of the administration. Although SP and BSP have claimed the victory of their respective candidates. On the other hand, Congress leader Naseemuddin Siddiqui has spoken about the victory of the party’s mayoral candidate in at least two municipal corporations.
Saharanpur tops and Prayagraj lags behind in 17 corporations
Talking about the percentage of polling in all the 17 municipal corporations in the UP municipal elections this time, the maximum turnout was 54.94 per cent in Saharanpur and the lowest was 31.35 per cent in Prayagraj. The special thing is that both the municipal corporations with maximum and minimum voting percentage are related to the first phase districts.
win or lose will depend on
Due to the low voting percentage, there can be a close fight for the post of mayor in many places. The fight has been seen only between the BJP and the opposition. Amid low voter turnout in urban areas, victory will depend on whose voters turn out and exercise their franchise. In Lucknow, Agra, Mathura, Gorakhpur and Prayagraj, only 40 percent voters decided who they would elect as mayor, while more than 60 percent voters did not come out of their houses.
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Voting percentage in municipal corporations in the first phase
Lucknow – 36.97 percent
Varanasi – 40.42 percent
Agra – 37.07 percent
Mathura – 38.57 percent
Firozabad – 51.7 percent
Moradabad – 43.32 percent
Saharanpur – 54.94 percent
Jhansi – 47.19 percent
Gorakhpur – 36.59 percent
Prayagraj – 31.35 percent
Voting percentage in municipal corporations in second phase
Meerut – 45.68 percent
Ghaziabad – 41.43 percent
Shahjahanpur – 50.78 percent
Bareilly – 40.99 percent
Aligarh – 45.25 percent
Kanpur – 41.86 percent
Ayodhya – 47.89 percent
This was the situation regarding the post of Mayor in Municipal Corporations in 2017
In the year 2017, there were 16 municipal corporations in the state, of which Lucknow, Varanasi, Agra, Mathura, Firozabad, Moradabad, Saharanpur, Jhansi, Gorakhpur, Prayagraj, Ghaziabad, Shahjahanpur, Bareilly, Kanpur and Ayodhya mayor seat went to the BJP, while Aligarh And in Meerut, BSP’s mayoral candidates had registered victory. At the same time, for the first time in Shahjahanpur, votes were cast for the post of Mayor.
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