Shashibhushan Kunwar, Lucknow. The election campaign for the biennial elections to be held on 11 seats of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council ended today (Wednesday) at 4 pm. Voting for these seats will be held on October 23 from 8 am to 4 pm. There are 152 candidates left in the fray for all these seats. These include five graduate and six teacher constituencies.
More than 3.13 lakh voters in Lucknow graduate area
According to the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, a total of 14,81,310 voters will exercise their franchise in the elections. In the five graduate constituencies, 16 candidates are in the fray from Lucknow, 24 from Varanasi, 13 from Agra, eight from Meerut and 13 from Allahabad-Jhansi. Varanasi Graduate constituency leads in terms of number of candidates, while Lucknow Graduate constituency has 3,13,531 voters.
Competition in teacher constituencies also
In six teacher constituencies, 13 candidates from Lucknow, 10 from Varanasi, 12 from Agra, 10 from Meerut, 17 from Bareilly-Moradabad and 16 from Gorakhpur-Faizabad are trying their luck.
Voting will take place at 2,697 polling places.
A total of 2,697 polling stations have been set up across the state for voting. These include 1,740 polling stations in graduate constituencies and 957 polling stations in teacher constituencies. After the election campaign is over, the candidates will now focus on reaching out to the voters and gathering support for themselves on the day of voting. Voters will exercise their franchise in the elections to be held on 23 October.