Lucknow: MLC Election 2022: Voting for 27 seats for the Legislative Council member elections in Uttar Pradesh ended at 4 pm. Out of 36 vacant seats, nine seats have already been elected unopposed. Now the results of the voting in 27 seats will come on April 12. A total of 98.11 percent of voting has taken place for the elections.
The fate of 95 candidates in 58 districts for the 27 posts of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council members was closed in the ballot box today. In the MLC elections, more than 1 lakh voters have exercised their mandate. One observer each was deployed in 58 districts for fair and peaceful polling. Amidst tight security arrangements, 1,20,657 voters at 739 polling booths in 58 districts locked the fate of 95 candidates in ballot boxes. The counting of votes to begin at 8 pm on April 12. The election voting is done by the preference votes through ballot papers, hence its calculation also takes time. In such a situation, the result is expected by late evening.
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When Ramgopal questioned the voting, Shivpal Singh Yadav said – Voting is being done through the right process: During the voting process of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council member, the matter has become very uncomfortable due to the contradictory statements of the leaders of the Samajwadi Party. After voting in Saifai’s block, Samajwadi Party’s National General Secretary-General Professor Ram Gopal Yadav said that if there is fair voting, then the Samajwadi Party will win from all the seats. On the other hand, Samajwadi Party MLA from Jaswantnagar in Etawah, senior leader Shivpal Singh Yadav said that the voting process is going on very well. PSP chief Shivpal Singh Yadav, who reached the polling booth in the Saifai block office, cast his vote along with his son Aditya Yadav.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath after casting his vote said that like the Vidhan Sabha, the BJP will have a thumping majority in the Legislative Council also. Talking to reporters at the media center outside the Municipal Corporation, the Chief Minister said that anti-land mafia action is for professional criminals and not for the general public. If a poor has put up a hut in a public place and that land belongs to the reserved category, then it will not be removed unless it is rehabilitated somewhere. If the land does not belong to the reserved category, then the lease will be given there.
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