(): Preparations for the three-tier panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh are in full swing. Elections will be held in 58,176 gram panchayats of the state. This time around 12.28 crore voters will exercise their franchise to elect panchayat representatives in the state.
Nearly 52 lakh voters have increased as compared to 2015. The last time there were 11.76 crore voters. This time a total of 2.10 crore names have been added to the voters list and 39.36 lakh names have been revised while names of 1.09 crore voters have been removed.
The number of women voters is 5.76 crore. More than 45 per cent of the voters in the voter list are 35 years old or less.
The Dasna gram panchayat of Ghaziabad has the highest number of 38,077 voters.