UP panchayat election results 2021 live updates: Counting of votes completed for all but zila panchayat members

Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday alleged that the elected members in the panchayat polls were receiving threats from the BJP that was abusing power to conspire against the system. Read full story

The Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission (SEC) Tuesday said counting of votes cast to elect the members of three-tier panchayat system has been completed for all but zila panchayat seats, and the exercise is expected to finish sometime later tonight. (PTI)

The BJP has won just eight out of the 40 zila panchayat seats in Ayodhya, a disappointment for the ruling party in the district on which the Centre and the state government have lavished much attention. The opposition Samajwadi Party claimed to have made major gains in the panchayat elections held last month, saying candidates it backed won 22 district level seats here. The Bahujan Samaj Party claimed its candidates won four zila panchayat seats in Ayodhya. (PTI)

Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said the ruling BJP was a “sinking ship”, claiming that his own party has scored big in the panchayat polls and was set to win the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections next year. The SP becomes the latest party to claim “victory” in the state-wide panchayat elections, for which ballot papers were being counted since Sunday. On Monday, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Aam Aadmi Party claimed they had won a major chunk of the seats in the four-phase elections. (PTI)

Yogesh Raj, a former Bajrang Dal worker who was arrested in connection with mob violence that led to the killing of police inspector Subodh Singh in 2018 in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr, has won a panchayat poll in the district. Yogesh had contested from ward number 5 for the panchayat polls and has defeated independent candidate Nirdosh Chaudhary by 2,150 votes. He was on bail while he was contesting the elections. (ANI)

Police lathicharged at the gathering that had accumulated outside a counting centre at Bankati in Basti district. The police dispersed the crowd as they were flouting social distancing norms.

Counting is under way in 3,050 seats. BJP-backed candidates are leading in 210 seats, Samajwadi Party-supported candidates 182, BSP-backed candidates in 56, Congress-backed in 45 seats and others in 145 seats.

BJP-backed candidates were leading in initial phases of counting for zila panchayat wards in the four-phased rural local bodies elections held last month, followed by Samajwadi Party and Mayawati led BSP-supported candidates. Independents were leading or had registered victories in many seats. More than 3,19,300 candidates were elected unopposed, the state election commission said on Sunday.

Covid protocols were violated on Sunday during counting of votes for UP panchayat elections that seeks to elect representatives to 3,050 zila panchayat wards, 75,852 kshetra panchayat wards and 58,176 gram panchayats. Counting took place at 829 centres across the state. Voting for the four-phased rural elections – considered a bellwether of the high-stakes UP assembly elections due next year – ended on Thursday with an average turnout of 73%. Till reports came in, BJP-supported candidates were leading in most zila panchayat ward seats, followed by SP and BSP-backed candidates. Many districts, including Azamgarh, Siddharthnagar, Jaunpur, Sultanpur, Amethi, Jalaun, Fatehpur, Gonda and Sitapur witnessed overcrowding at counting venues in open violation of social distancing norms.Covid protocols were violated on Sunday during counting of votes for UP panchayat elections that seeks to elect representatives to 3,050 zila panchayat wards, 75,852 kshetra panchayat wards and 58,176 gram panchayats. Counting took place at 829 centres across the state. Voting for the four-phased rural elections – considered a bellwether of the high-stakes UP assembly elections due next year – ended on Thursday with an average turnout of 73%. Till reports came in, BJP-supported candidates were leading in most zila panchayat ward seats, followed by SP and BSP-backed candidates. Many districts, including Azamgarh, Siddharthnagar, Jaunpur, Sultanpur, Amethi, Jalaun, Fatehpur, Gonda and Sitapur witnessed overcrowding at counting venues in open violation of social distancing norms.