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UP Panchayat Election 2021: Polling begins for second phase, over 3.48 lakh candidates in fray

During polling, the voters will have to put up a mask and maintain social distancing.

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Voting for the second phase of the Uttar Pradesh panchayat polls will be held on Monday. Voting will be held from 7 am to 6 pm.

More than 3.48 lakh candidates are in the fray for over 2.23 lakh posts in 20 districts, including state capital Lucknow and Varanasi.

The districts that will go to polls on Monday are Amroha, Azamgarh, Etawah, Etah, Kannauj, Gonda, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Chitrakoot, Pratapgarh, Budaun, Baghpat, Bijnor, Muzaffarnagar, Mainpuri, Maharajganj, Lakhimpur Kheri, Lalitpur and Sultanpur.

For the post of Zila Panchayat members, 11,483 candidates are in the fray from 787 wards, while as many as 85,232 candidates are contesting in 19,653 wards of kshetra Panchayats.

For the Gram Panchayat, there are 1,21,906 candidates for 14,897 posts. And, for the Gram Panchayat wards, there are 1,30,305 candidates for 1,87,781 seats.

The candidates will contest on "free symbols" given by the Election Commission (EC).

In the first phase of the polls, which was held on April 15, an average polling percentage of 71 was recorded.

In view of the coronavirus situation, the State Election Commission (SEC) had said in March that not more than five people would be allowed to accompany a candidate during door-to-door campaigning for the Panchayat elections.

Additional Election Commissioner Ved Prakash Verma said a three-member team has been formed under the additional district magistrates to ensure the directives issued by the SEC are being followed.

During polling, the voters will have to put up a mask and maintain social distancing.

Verma said Covid protocols would also be followed during the counting of votes and PPE kits would also be arranged as per requirement.

The remaining two phases will be held on April 26 and April 29, while the counting of votes will take place on May 2.

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