Bypolls are underway to elect representatives to 9 Meeting seats in Uttar Pradesh, eight of which fell vacant after sitting members had been elected to the Lok Sabha earlier this 12 months. As of 9 am, the typical turnout was recorded at 9.67 per cent throughout the 9 seats.
Voting is presently happening in Meerapur, Kundarki, Ghaziabad, Khair (SC), Karhal, Sisamau, Phulpur, Katehari and Majhawan constituencies. Sisamau Meeting seat fell vacant following the conviction of Samajwadi Occasion’s (SP) sitting MLA Irfan Solanki. His spouse is contesting the bypoll.
Karhal is essentially the most vital of the 9 constituencies because it was vacated by SP chief Akhilesh Yadav. His nephew Tej Pratap Singh Yadav, a former MP from Mainpuri, is contesting from the seat. SP, which has issued helpline numbers in all 9 constituencies, has already lodged over 20 complaints alleging that social gathering supporters have been stopped from voting since morning.
With the Congress opting out of this bypoll and the Bahujan Samaj Occasion (BSP) largely holding it quiet, the competition is especially between the BJP and SP, their campaigns led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Akhilesh Yadav, respectively.
Of the 9 Meeting seats, 4 had been received by the SP in 2022 (Karhal, Sisamau, Katehri and Kundarki), whereas three had been bagged by the BJP (Ghaziabad, Phulpur and Khair) and two (Meerapur and Manjhawan) went to the BJP’s alliance companions Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) and NISHAD social gathering.
There are a complete of 34.35 lakh voters in these 9 constituencies, together with 18,46,846 males, 15,88,967 ladies, and 161 transgender voters. Voting is happening throughout 3,718 polling cubicles. A complete of 90 candidates are within the fray, out of which 11 are ladies.
Ghaziabad has the best variety of voters, whereas Sisamau constituency has the bottom. At 14, Ghaziabad additionally has essentially the most variety of candidates whereas with 5 candidates every, Khair (SC) and Sisamau have the least.
Voting figures as 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%
