77 Candidates Elected ‘Unopposed’ in Second Phase of Urban Local Body Polls in UP
GG News Bureau
Lucknow, 7th May. Candidates for a total of 77 positions, including one Nagar Panchayat president, have been elected unopposed in the second phase of the ongoing urban local body polls in Uttar Pradesh, the State Election Commission said.
The Rabupura Nagar Panchayat president of the Gautam Buddha Nagar district was elected unopposed. In addition, five councilors from Aligarh, three from Meerut, and one from Ghaziabad were elected unopposed.
According to a press statement issued by the election commission on Saturday, 16 unopposed members were elected from Gautam Buddha Nagar, three from Etah, two each from Azamgarh, Banda, Kasganj, Farrukhabad, Aligarh, and Hathras, and one each from Bulandshahr, Barabanki, Siddharthnagar, Pilibhit, and Hamirpur.
State Election Commissioner Manoj Kumar said in the statement that 31 members of municipal councils have been elected unopposed in different districts.
He said seven municipal council members in Etah, five in Badaun, four in Bulandshahr, three in Etawah, two each from Kanpur Nagar, Kasganj, Baghpat and one each from Kannauj, Ghaziabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Mirzapur, Sultanpur and Hapur have been elected unopposed.
Kumar informed that the second phase of polling will be held on May 11 for seven municipal corporations, 590 municipal wards, 95 municipal council presidents and 2,551 councilors and 268 posts of nagar panchayat presidents and 3,495 members in 38 districts in the state.
On May 4, the first phase of voting for Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats in 37 districts, including 10 Municipal Corporations, was held. On May 13, the votes from both phases will be counted.
