UP civic polls: 48% turnout in phase-II
Lucknow: Polling officers collect electronic voting machines(EVM) and polling materials before leaving for polling booth on the eve of second phase voting of Uttar Pradesh Nagar Palika Election 2017 UP, in Lucknow on Saturday. PTI Photo (PTI11_25_2017_000094a)
Around 48 per cent of voters exercised their franchise during the second phase of the state urban local body elections held on Sunday.
Mathura, which went held polls to its municipal corporation for the first time, recorded 41.36 per cent participation. The Yogi Adityanath government had recently merged the Vrindavan and Mathura municipal boards to form the Mathura Nagar Nigam.
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