UP Municipal Election 2023: The dates for the municipal elections in Uttar Pradesh have been announced today (April 9). These elections will likely to be held in two phases and voting will be held on May 4 and 11. The results will be out on May 13.
State Election Commissioner Manoj Kumar issued the notification for the elections. “The voting for the urban local body polls will be held on May 4 and 11,” he told media.
Model code of conduct across the state has come into force after the issuance of the election notification.
The Supreme Court on March 27 had paved the way for holding the urban local body polls in Uttar Pradesh as it allowed the State Election Commission to issue a notification in this regard in two days with an OBC quota in terms of a report of the Uttar Pradesh Backward Classes Commission.
The elections will witness the political parties, including the ruling BJP and principal opposition Samajwadi Party, trying to strengthen themselves ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The politically crucial state sends 80 MPs to the Lok Sabha.
Know more about urban local body polls:
Elections will be held for 760 municipal bodies and mayors will be elected in 17 municipal corporations. Apart from this, 544 Nagar Panchayat elections will be held and 199 Nagar Palika Parishad elections will be held.
Manoj Kumar of the State Election Commission (SEC) has given this information through a press conference on Sunday. Lucknow, Kanpur and Ghaziabad will have women mayors in UP. In Agra, there will be a woman mayor from the Scheduled Caste.
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