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UP Panchayat Election 2021 Phase 3 Polls Live Updates: Voting for gram and zila panchayats underway in 20 districts, 3.52 lakh candidates in fray

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Uttar Pradesh Gram Panchayat Election 2021 Phase 3 Polling Live Updates: Voting for the third phase of the panchayat elections has begun in over 2.14 lakh seats across 20 districts of Uttar Pradesh. More than 3.52 lakh candidates are in the fray for panchayat, block and zila panchayat seats. Voting is underway in districts of Shamli, Meerut, Moradabad, Pilibhit, Kasganj, Firozabad, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Jalaun, Hamirpur, Fatehpur, Unnao, Amethi, Barabanki, Balrampur, Siddharthanagar, Deoria, Chandauli, Mirzapur and Ballia.

For the posts of 746 members of zila panchayats, there are 10,627 candidates in the fray. For the 18,530 posts of members of kshetra panchayats, there are 89,188 candidates. As many as 1,177,89 candidates are in the poll arena for 14,397 village panchayats. For 1,80,473 village panchayat wards, there are 1,34,510 candidates contesting the polls.

In the first phase of the polls held on April 15, an average polling percentage of 71 was recorded. The second phase of polls held on April 19 also saw over 71 per cent of polling.

UP Panchayat Polls LIVE: A village development officer here was suspended on Sunday for campaigning for his brother, who is contesting in the ongoing panchayat elections. District Development Officer Rajit Ram Mishra said village development officer Girish Kumar Pandey posted in Beruarbari development block has been suspended for flouting the model code of conduct and campaigning for his brother Nitish Pandey, who is contesting for the post of village pradhan in Pindhara village under Bansdih block. Departmental action has been initiated against the village development officer. (PTI)

UP Panchayat Election 2021: People queue up to cast their votes for the third phase of UP Panchayat polls. Visuals from Devapur Primary School in Moradabad.

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The 2015 panchayat polls had registered a polling percentage of 72.11. In view of the coronavirus situation, the State Election Commission had said last month said that not more than five people would be allowed to accompany a candidate during the door-to-door campaigning for the panchayat elections. Additional Election Commissioner Ved Prakash Verma said three-member teams were formed under the additional district magistrates to ensure that directives issued by the SEC were being followed. At the district level, the chief medical officers have been made nodal officers and stress has been laid on COVID-19 prevention. (PTI)

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