UP civic polls phase III 2017: Voting halted in few districts due to EVM malfunction

The polling will continue until 5 PM.

LUCKNOW: The third and final phase of Uttar Pradesh civic polls 2017 is being held today, on November 29. The polling began at 8 AM and will continue until 5 PM. 

The second phase of the ongoing civic polls in Uttar Pradesh was held on November 26, while the first phase on November 22. The second phase witnessed an average turnout of 48.65 per cent, while voter turnout in the first phase was 52.77 per cent.

The 84 km-long Indo-Nepal border has been sealed ahead of the third phase of civic polls.

The top contenders in UP civic polls are – Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress, Samajwadi Party (SP) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). 

The polling will be held in 26 districts across the state with 3599 polling booths and 10817 polling stations. A total of 9,405,122 voters are expected to vote today. 

The counting of the votes will be held on December 1 and the results will also be announced on the same day.

29 November 2017

18:05 IST

The third and the final phase of the Uttar Pradesh urban local body polls in 26 districts of the state witnessed a voter turnout of 53 per cent even as there were some complaints of voters' names being missing and malfunctioning of electronic voting machines (EVMs).

14:54 IST

#WATCH Police lathi charge locals after a scuffle in UP's Barabanki over names missing in voter list, destroy tables and chairs pic.twitter.com/riKyy3l8ab

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) November 29, 2017

14:54 IST

Police lathi charge locals after a scuffle in UP's Barabanki over names missing in voter list, destroy tables and chairs

10:29 IST

Re-polling currently underway in one booth in Balaganj area of Lucknow Nagar Nigam

10:28 IST

In the first hour, nearly five per cent voters exercised their franchise at 10,810 polling booths, say reports.

10:26 IST

Due to the malfunctioning of EVMs at several booths in Muradabad, Saharanpur and Jhansi, the voting process has been halted

08:30 IST

As per the State Election Commission, the following districts vote today:

Saharanpur, Baghpat, Bulandshahr, Moradabad, Sambhal, Etah, Firozabad, Kannauj, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Jhansi, Mahoba, Fatehpur, Rae Bareli, Sitapur, Lakhimpur Khiri, Barabanki, Balrampur, Siddharthanagar, Maharajganj, Kushinagar, Mau, Chandauli, Jaunpur and Mirzapur.

08:29 IST

Voting began at 8 am across 26 districts of Uttar Pradesh. It will continue till 5 pm