This story is from April 26, 2021

UP panchayat elections 2021 phase 3: 10.27% polling till 9am

Voting for the third phase of the panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh is under way with more than 2.72 lakh candidates in the fray in over 2.14 lakh seats across 20 districts of the state.
UP panchayat elections 2021 phase 3: 10.27% polling till 9am
People queue up to cast their votes at Devapur primary school polling booth in Moradabad — ANI
LUCKNOW: Voting for the third phase of the panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh is under way with more than 2.72 lakh candidates in the fray in over 2.14 lakh seats across 20 districts of the state.
According to the state election commission (SEC), nearly 10.27% polling has been recorded till 9am.
Polling is being held in Shamli, Meerut, Moradabad, Pilibhit, Kasganj, Firozabad, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Jalaun, Hamirpur, Fatehpur, Unnao, Amethi, Barabanki, Balrampur, Siddharthanagar, Deoria, Chandauli, Mirzapur and Ballia.

"Voting started at 7am on a peaceful note. It will continue till 6pm," a state election commission (SEC) official said.
For 746 posts of zila panchayat members, 10,416 candidates are in the fray while 88,584 people are contesting for 18,530 posts of Kshetra Panchayat members. As many as 1,16,162 candidates are contesting for 14,379 village panchayats and 57,649 candidates for 1,80,473 village panchayat wards.
In both the first and second phase of the elections, 71 per cent votes were polled.
The voting of the fourth phase will be held on April 29 and counting will be held on May 2.
The Allahabad high court had asked the Uttar Pradesh government to conclude the panchayat election process by May 25.
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