UP panchayat election results 2021 News

Defeating his nearest rival Lallu Pasi by 486 votes, Pal, who is in jail, filed his nomination from there. The UP Gram Panchayat Election 2021 was held in four phases across 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh. The counting of votes began Sunday (May 2) morning at more than 825 centres across the state.

Over 3.19 lakh candidates were elected unopposed 178 candidates for gram panchayat pradhan were also elected unopposed Counting of votes for the panchayat polls began on Sunday

The SC directed the poll panel to preserve the CCTV footage of the counting centers till the Allahabad HC concludes its hearings on the related petitions before it It also ordered that the government officials, candidates, and their agents will have to produce RT-PCR test reports to show that they are COVID-19 negative before entering the counting centers

The Supreme Court's direction came on a plea seeking a direction for observance of COVID-19 protocols during the counting of votes The SC directed that there will be a strict curfew in the entire state till Tuesday morning and no victory rallies will be permitted It asked the SEC to fix the responsibility for observance of COVID-19 protocols at the counting centres on gazetted officers