Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022 records 48.24% voter turnout till 3 pm; EVM glitches reported from some booths UP Election 2022.\u00a0 At one place, the electricity went off disabling machines.<\/p>\n
Polling for the first phase of assembly elections in the state of Uttar Pradesh went off Thursday, with the state recording a voting turnout of 48.24% voter turnout till 4 pm in first phase of UP polls, highest from Meerapur at 56%.<\/p>\n
Additional Chief Election Officer (ACEO) B D Ram Tiwari said the voting process is going on peacefully while adding there were reports of a technical error in EVMs at a few places. \u201cThose EVMs are being replaced,\u201d news agency quoted Tiwari as saying.<\/p>\n
As many as 623 candidates are in the fray and around 2.27 crore people are eligible to vote in this phase.<\/p>\n
The polling<\/a> is in progress at a total of 58 constituencies spread across 11 districts in the western belt of the state. A bulk of these seats are Jat dominated who had participated actively in the stir against the Centre\u2019s three contentious agriculture laws in the national capital last year. The fiercely contested first round, where the ruling BJP is expected to face a stiff challenge from the resurgent alliance of Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Lok Dal.<\/p>\n You might want to read https:\/\/www.hamslive.com\/news\/2022\/01\/27\/constitution-of-india-teaches-us-unity-and-we-the-people-of-india-look-equal-constitutionally\/<\/a><\/p>\n