Voter Turnout: Voter Turnout Drops In West Up As In contrast To ’19 Polls | Lucknow Information

Lucknow: The primary section polling in Uttar Pradesh was held peacefully on Friday.
Whereas west UP was once the area the place voter turnout remained higher than the state common, this time the turnout dropped within the eight seats as in comparison with 2019 turnout, which got here as a disappointment to the Election Fee.

The steepest dip was recorded in Rampur and Muzaffarnagar adopted by Bijnor the place polling got here down by 13, 13 and 12 proportion factors, respectively.On anticipated strains, the queues on the polling stations have been longer within the morning and night hours whereas a restricted variety of voters stepped out to vote between 11.30am and three.30pm. The polling was performed from 7am to 6pm however those that stood within the queue have been allowed to vote even after 6pm on the polling stations. Regardless of drop in turnout as in comparison with 2019, Saharanpur voters continued to take part within the electoral course of in good numbers , with Behat meeting section recording the excessive participation the place 71 out of 100 voters forged their votes.
In Moradabad, a spat broke out between supporters of the native SP candidate and police personnel in Mughalpura locality over parking of motor autos.
Equally a number of opposition leaders from Rampur alleged that sure teams of voters weren’t allowed to vote.
With temperatures hovering over 40 levels Celsius within the state, it would turn into a problem for the ECI to influence voters to assist it obtain the next turnout objective.

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