Red-carpet welcome, balloons, snacks for women votes in UP
March 08, 2017 12:50
Special arrangement have been made for women at a polling booth in Bhadohi as the world celebrates International Women's Day today. There was a red carpet (literally) welcome and a festoon of balloons at the polling booth to mark the occasion. Women were also offered snacks after they voted.
It's the last day of the polls in UP and BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi and Manoj Sinha cast their vote in Varanasi and Ghazipur respectively.
Polling in 40 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh is currently underway.
Around 22.48 percent voting was recorded till 11 a.m. A total of 535 candidates, including 51 women, are in the fray in these assembly seats spread across seven districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh, known as Poorvanchal.
Over 1.41 crore voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in the seventh and last phase of the assembly elections, including 76.87 lakh men and 64.99 lakh women. As many as 8,682 polling stations with 14,458 polling booths have been set up.
It's the last day of the polls in UP and BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi and Manoj Sinha cast their vote in Varanasi and Ghazipur respectively.
Polling in 40 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh is currently underway.
Around 22.48 percent voting was recorded till 11 a.m. A total of 535 candidates, including 51 women, are in the fray in these assembly seats spread across seven districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh, known as Poorvanchal.
Over 1.41 crore voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in the seventh and last phase of the assembly elections, including 76.87 lakh men and 64.99 lakh women. As many as 8,682 polling stations with 14,458 polling booths have been set up.
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