14 per cent turnout in Ferozabad bypoll; around 9 per cent in 11 Assy seats

Lucknow, Nov 7 : Fourteen per cent of the total voters exercised their franchise in the first two hours to elect their representative in bypoll to Ferozabad Lok Sabha seat, while 9.28 per cent turned up to vote in the bypolls to 11 Assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh today.

According to state election office sources here, the polling, which began at 0800 hrs, was peaceful and except for some early problems on malfunctioning of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in a few booths, everything was normal.

Altogether 177 candidates, including 12 women, are in the fray for the bypolls. A total 49 lakh voters are eligible to excercise their democratic right at 5,613 polling booths to elect their representatives.

UP Chief Electoral officer Umesh Sinha said 2,300 micro observers had been deployed to oversee the polling process, while 2,200 digital cameras and 700 video cameras were being used to record the polling.

The Election Commission had identified 1,900 booths as sensitive and polling was going on under special security arrangements.

In Ferozabad, the EC had deployed five central observers to oversee the election process.

The 11 Assembly seats going to polls are: Poawayan(SC), Lucknow (West), Isauli, Hainsar Bazar, Padrauna, Kolasala, Rari, Etawah, Barthana, Lalitpur and Jhansi. Ferozabad is the lone Lok Sabha seat.

--UNI

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