The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) later claimed it had won 21 seats and the Samajwadi Party (SP) said the seat in the Etawah district was bagged by its candidate.
Two recently elected village heads in Uttar Pradesh panchayat polls have died, officials said on Friday.
On Friday, the Supreme Court Friday had sought response from the Uttar Pradesh government and the state election commission (SEC) on a plea seeking direction for observance of COVID-19 protocols in counting of votes on Sunday for recently concluded Panchayat polls there in view of the second wave of COVID-19.
Over 5.27 lakh candidates are in the fray for more than 2.10 lakh seats across 17 districts in this round of the election.
The Allahabad HC has asked UP State Election Commission (UPSEC) why it failed to check non-compliance of Covid guidelines during the panchayat polls.
Voting for the third phase of the panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh began on Monday with more than 2.72 lakh candidates
UP Panchayat Chunav 2021: Four people suffered minor injuries in a clash between two groups at a booth in Agra, but the polling was largely peaceful in the state.
After 'rasgullas' in Amroha and 'laddoos' in Baghpat, it is now 'jalebis' and 'samosas' that have landed panchayat candidates in trouble.
Almost one-and-a-half years after he was expelled from the BJP on charges of rape, former MLA Kuldeep Singh Senger's wife, Sangeeta Senger has been made party candidate for the upcoming panchayat elections.
Mulayam Singh Yadav's niece Sandhya Yadav is contesting the Zila Panchayat elections on a BJP ticket from Mainpuri.
The much-awaited panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh will be held in four phases on April 15, April 19, April 26 and April 29, the state Election Commission has announced. Counting of votes will be done on May 2.
The high court bench of Justice Rituraj Awasthi and Manish Thakur also directed the state administration to ensure that the UP Panchayat Election process is completed by May 25.
UP Panchayat Election 2021: The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has laid out the reservation policy for the upcoming Panchayat elections in the state stating that seats that were reserved in 2015 elections will not be reserved in the forthcoming polls.
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