Lucknow, Nov 28: After incidents of stray violence reported during the second phase, elaborate
security arrangements have been made for the crucial third and last phase of
elections to urban local bodies in 26 districts of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday.
Campaigning for this phase ended on Monday evening.
Polling will be held from 0730 hrs to 1700 hrs on November 29 amid tight security with more than 80,000 security personnel, including 40 companies of central paramilitary forces, deployed for ensuring law and order.
The districts going to polls in the last phase tomorrow are Saharanpur, Baghpat, Bulandshahr, Moradabad, Sambhal, Bareilly, Etah, Ferozabad, Kannauj, Auraiyya, Kanpur Dehat, Jhansi, Mahoba, Fatehpur, Rae Bareli, Sitapur, Lakhimpur Kheri, Barabanki, Balrampur, Siddharthnagar, Maharajganj, Kushinagar, Mau, Chandauli, Jaunpur and Mirzapur.
In the last phase, 4,299 wards will go to polls in 233 local bodies, including five municipal corporations, for which new mayors would be elected. The five municipal corporations are Saharanpur, Moradabad, Bareilly, Ferozabad and Jhansi.
In this phase, municipal elections are being held for the first time in Saharanpur and Ferozabad.
In Jhansi, former Union minister and Congress candidate Pradeep Jain Aditya’s candidature for mayor’s post has given an interesting twist to the elections.
All the liquor shops have been closed for 48 hours till the end of the polling while all borders have been sealed, including the districts bordering Nepal. Around 10 per cent of the booths in the phase would go for webcasting. UNI
Polling will be held from 0730 hrs to 1700 hrs on November 29 amid tight security with more than 80,000 security personnel, including 40 companies of central paramilitary forces, deployed for ensuring law and order.
The districts going to polls in the last phase tomorrow are Saharanpur, Baghpat, Bulandshahr, Moradabad, Sambhal, Bareilly, Etah, Ferozabad, Kannauj, Auraiyya, Kanpur Dehat, Jhansi, Mahoba, Fatehpur, Rae Bareli, Sitapur, Lakhimpur Kheri, Barabanki, Balrampur, Siddharthnagar, Maharajganj, Kushinagar, Mau, Chandauli, Jaunpur and Mirzapur.
In the last phase, 4,299 wards will go to polls in 233 local bodies, including five municipal corporations, for which new mayors would be elected. The five municipal corporations are Saharanpur, Moradabad, Bareilly, Ferozabad and Jhansi.
In this phase, municipal elections are being held for the first time in Saharanpur and Ferozabad.
In Jhansi, former Union minister and Congress candidate Pradeep Jain Aditya’s candidature for mayor’s post has given an interesting twist to the elections.
All the liquor shops have been closed for 48 hours till the end of the polling while all borders have been sealed, including the districts bordering Nepal. Around 10 per cent of the booths in the phase would go for webcasting. UNI
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