Gorakhpur, October 23 — Voting for the Gorakhpur-Faizabad Division Teachers' constituency in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council elections concluded on Friday across 200 polling stations spread over 17 districts. The seat recorded an overall turnout of 78.37 per cent by 4 pm, with Gorakhpur district alone registering 79.01 per cent, ANI reported. The electoral fate of 16 candidates in the fray has been sealed in the ballot boxes.
Source: ANI via Daily Prabhat
At Polling Station No. 51 in Tulsidas Inter College, Rayganj in Gorakhpur, ballot boxes were sealed in the presence of political representatives and election agents before being shifted to the district strong room. The booth recorded roughly 380 votes — 228 by men and 152 by women — out of 496 registered voters.
Source: ANI via Daily Prabhat
In Prayagraj, polling for the Allahabad-Jhansi Division Graduates' constituency was held at 152 booths located at 54 polling centres. Prayagraj district alone accounts for 1,15,019 voters — 79,823 men and 35,196 women — out of the constituency's total electorate of 2,64,233. After polling wrapped up, sealed ballot boxes from all 152 booths were brought to the Mary Lucas School and College premises for verification and procedural handover, and are being dispatched under heavy paramilitary and police escort to the designated central counting centre in Jhansi, where votes will be tallied on October 27.
Source: ANI via Daily Prabhat
The Prayagraj administration deployed 1,709 police personnel across the district, including 12 Assistant Commissioners of Police, 40 Inspectors, over 100 Sub-Inspectors and Provincial Armed Constabulary personnel, supervised by 12 Zonal Magistrates, 50 Sector Magistrates and micro-observers at every booth. No untoward incident was reported during voting, which began at 8 am and concluded at 4 pm. Additional Chief Electoral Officer Madhav Kumar Singh said all electors who had entered polling queues and received slips by the 4 pm deadline were allowed to cast their votes, and that the tentative turnout figures will be revised as formalities are completed.
Source: ANI via Khelja (Asianet syndicated feed)
Statewide, polling was held for 11 seats — five Graduates' constituencies (Lucknow, Varanasi, Agra, Meerut and Allahabad-Jhansi) and six Teachers' constituencies (Lucknow, Varanasi, Agra, Meerut, Bareilly-Moradabad and Gorakhpur-Faizabad). A total of 1,481,310 voters were eligible across 2,697 polling stations, with 152 candidates in the fray, IANS reported. The sitting members' terms expire on December 6. Counting of votes will take place on October 27 and the election process is to be completed by October 31.
Source: IANS via hi INDiA