Voting begins in 11 districts of western UP LIVE: 623 candidates have been decided in 58 seats in the hands of 2.27 crore voters, former governors and 9 ministers in the fray

Today is the first phase of voting in the UP assembly elections. Voting is being held for 58 assembly seats in 11 districts of western UP. Voting will be held from 7 am to 6 pm. 623 candidates are in the fray in the first phase. Of these, 73 are women. Apart from this, 9 ministers are also in political riots. There are a total of 2.27 crore voters in the first phase. Of this, males are 1.27 crore and females are 1 crore. In the 2017 elections, out of these 58 seats, the BJP had won 53 seats. At the same time, SP-BSP had won two seats each and RLD could win only one seat.

This time SP-RLD have formed an alliance in West UP. SP has fielded candidates on 28 seats and RLD on 29 seats. One seat has been given to Anupshahr NCP. There KK Sharma is in the election fray. BJP, Congress and BSP are contesting all 58 seats alone. It is believed that the trends of the first phase of voting determine the rest of the trends, so the election of Western UP is very important.

Voting first pictures

Voters had reached the polling booth at Trans Yamuna in Agra before 7:00 am. Thermal screening of voters is being done here

Voters going to vote in Adarsh ​​polling booth built on Ramghat road in Aligarh’s Kol assembly

First vote of happiness in Hapur

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Before the polling in Meerut, the Para Military Force did a flag march.

The polarization of votes did not happen till the last moment!
The Muslim vote bank in western UP does not appear to be in a state of disintegration this time. It is believed that Muslim vote can be divided only in those seats where BSP has fielded its Muslim candidates. The Jats are looking angry with this government on the issue of farmers’ agitation. However, all the ministers including Amit Shah, Yogi have definitely made efforts to allay the resentment of the Jats in one way or the other. At the same time, the Dalit vote bank has remained silent. Dalits are in a decisive position in some seats in Saharanpur, Agra.

In western UP this time also development and employment have not become an issue. In the last phase, the speeches of the leaders remained focused on Jinnah, Muslims, terrorists, goons, Mandir-Masjid, Muzaffarnagar riots. The leaders made every effort to polarize the votes till the last moment of the first phase of elections.

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BJP cut tickets of 19 MLAs, SP-RLD fielded 43 new candidates
The BJP has cut the tickets of 19 of the 53 MLAs it won last time. At the same time, not trusting the 4 losers, he has fielded new faces. Three such candidates have also been given tickets, who had contested the last assembly elections on BSP ticket. These include Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha from Khairagarh, Thakur Jaiveer Singh from Barauli and Dr. Dharampal Singh from Etmadpur.

The SP-RLD has fielded new candidates in 43 of the 58 assembly seats. These 43 candidates contested the 2017 elections neither on SP ticket nor on RLD ticket. The BSP has fielded new candidates in the remaining 56 seats, barring two candidates who won the 2017 assembly elections. Among these two candidates are Shyam Sundar Sharma from Mant seat and Rajkumar Rawat from Govardhan seat. There are 30 seats in the first phase, where BSP candidates came second in the 2017 elections, but only one of these candidates is in the fray this time.

Noida Police has prepared special commandos for the elections.

Congress also fielded new candidates on 53 seats
Congress has fielded its candidates on all 58 seats in the first phase. Of these, there are five candidates who contested on Congress ticket last time, but lost. These include Deepak Kumar from Purkaji seat, Vivek Bansal from Koil, Pradeep Mathur from Mathura, Vinesh Kumar from Baldev and Upendra Singh from Agra Rural Assembly seat. In such a situation, new faces are in the fray on the remaining 53 seats. In the last elections, due to the alliance with the SP, the Congress contested only 23 seats.

9 minister’s fate will also be decided
In the first phase, the fate of 9 ministers of the Yogi government will also be decided. In this, Atul Garg from Ghaziabad seat, Suresh Rana from Thana Bhawan seat of Shamli, Minister Shrikant Sharma from Mathura seat, Minister of State from Atrauli seat and Sandeep Singh, grandson of former Chief Minister Kalyan Singh, Anil Sharma from Shikarpur seat, Minister Kapil Dev from Muzaffarnagar seat. Aggarwal, Dinesh Khatik from Hastinapur, Dr. GS Dharmesh from Agra Cantonment and Chaudhary Laxmi Narayan are in the fray from Chhatta seat.

Ghaziabad DM visited the polling stations and saw the arrangements.

All eyes on many seats including Kairana
In the first phase, there are many seats on which the eyes of the whole state are on. Among them, Nahid Hasan of SP won the Kairana seat in 2017 by defeating Mringaka of BJP, based on the issue of migration. This time too both are face to face. Nahid is contesting from jail. The importance of this seat can be understood from the fact that Amit Shah did a door-to-door campaign here.

At the same time, BJP has given ticket to Minister Kapil Dev Agarwal from Muzaffarnagar this time too. The SP-RLD alliance has fielded Saurabh Swarup in front of the minister. The sitting MLA of BJP is Yogesh Dhama from Baghpat seat. In front is Ahmed Hameed, son of Nawab Kokab Hameed. BJP’s fire brand leader Sangeet Som is contesting from Sardhana seat. He is pitted against Atul Pradhan of SP. At the same time, Avtar Singh Bhadana from SP is in the fray on Jewar seat. Baby Rani Maurya, former governor of Uttarakhand, is contesting from Agra Rural.

Police force was briefed in all the districts before the elections.

Polling parties leave, para military force at all booths
Duty of 1,20,876 polling personnel has been deployed to conduct the first phase of elections. Polling parties have reached their respective booths a day before. Paramilitary forces have been deployed at all the booths. In Meerut, Baghpat, Hapur, Bulandshahr, Ghaziabad, Gautam Budh Nagar, Shamli, Muzaffarnagar, Aligarh, Mathura and Agra districts, 10853 polling stations and 26,027 polling booths have been set up.

Web casting from 50 percent centers in every district
UP Chief Election Commissioner informed that 48 general observers, 8 police observers and 19 expenditure observers have been appointed for the elections. Apart from this, 2,175 sector magistrates, 284 zonal magistrates, 368 static magistrates and 2,718 micro-observers have been deployed. Web casting will be done from 50 percent centers in each district, which will be seen live by the election officers of UP and Delhi.

Rs 12.57 crore cash recovered in 11 districts
12 crore 57 lakh cash and about 4.5 lakh liters of liquor have been seized in these 11 districts since the implementation of the model code of conduct. Around 2.5 lakh police and para-military personnel have been deployed in 11 districts to conduct peaceful polls.

You will be able to vote with these 12 papers
In the absence of voter ID card, Aadhar card, MNREGA job card, photo passbook issued by bank / post office, health insurance smart card, passport, pension document, service identity card with photo, government identity card issued by public representatives, unique ID card Votes can be cast from

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