Uttar Pradesh Gram Panchayat Election 2021 Full Schedule, Polling Date, Result Date: Uttar Pradesh Panchayat elections will take spot in 4 phases from April 15. The State Election Commission on Friday announced a detailed schedule, saying the initial phase of polling will take spot on April 15, second phase on April 19, third phase on April 26 and fourth on April 29. Results will be declared on May 2.
Poll Date and Timing
Phase-I: April 15
Phase-II: April 19
Phase-III: April 26
Phase-IV: April 29
Voting will start at 7 am and continue till 6 pm.
Districts going to polls in Phase-I
Saharanpur
Ghaziabad
Rampur
Bareli
Hathras
Agra
Kanpur Nagar
Jhansi
Mahoba
Prayagraj
Hardoi
Ayodhya
Sharavasti
Sant Kabir Nagar
Gorakhpur
Jaunpur
Bhadohi
Districts Going to Polls in Phase-II
Muzaffarnagar
Baghpat
Gautambuddh Nagar
Bijnor
Amroha
Badayun
Eta
Mainpuri
Kannauj
Etawah
Lalitpur
Chitarkoot
Pratapgarh
Lucknow
Lakhimpur Khiri
Sultanpur
Gonda
Mahrajganj
Varanasi
Azamgarh
Districts Going to Polls in Phase-III
Shamli
Meerut
Moradabad
Pilibhit
Kasganj
Firozabad
Auraiya
Kanpur Dehat
Jalaun
Hamirpur
Fatehpur
Unnao
Amethi
Barabanki
Balrampur
Siddharth Nagar
Deoria
Chandauli
Mirzapur
Balia
Districts Going to Polls in Phase-IV
Bulandshahar
Hapur
Sambhal
Shahjahanpur
Aligarh
Mathura
Farukhabad
Banda
Kaushambi
Sitapur
Ambedkar Nagar
Bahraich
Basti
Kushinagar
Ghazipur
Sonbhadra
Mau
Nomination Dates and Time
For Phase-I: Nomination on April 3, 4
For Phase-II: Nomination on April 7, 8
For Phase-III: Nomination on April 13, 15
For Phase-IV: Nomination on April 17, 18
Nomination papers will be accepted in between 8 am and 5 pm.
UP Municipal Election 2017
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had swept the election by winning 14 of 16 mayor posts. Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) came at distant second position with win on just two seats. At least 11 other parties had contested the polls but drew blank. For Municipal councillor, 1300 seats have been up for grab. Of these, the saffron party once more cornered the lion’s share with win 597 seats. Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party won 202 when BSP bagged 147 and the Congress secured 110 seats.
Reservation of seats in villages
The nearby body election was due in April-May but faced some hurdles due to disagreement more than reservation of panchayat seats in villages. In February, the state government issued an order fixing 1995 as the base year for rotating the reserved seats in village, blocks and district nearby bodies. However, a petitioner, Ajay Kumar, challenged the order saying it was in violation of an earlier notification that had fixed 2015 as the base year. Upon these submissions, the court asked the government to stick to the 2015 guidelines for seat reservation in the panchayat elections.
In February, the High Court had asked the state election Commission to hold panchayat elections by April 30. The court had rejected the EC’s undertaking to hold the elections by May 2021. The court had also noted that the panchayat election need to have been held on or just before January 13, 2021.