UP civic polls: Polling in Lucknow tomorrow

Lucknow: Polling for Lucknow Municipal Corporation in the three-tier urban local body elections in Uttar Pradesh will be held tomorrow.

Besides the Lucknow Municipal Corporation, polling will also be held for eight nagar panchayats in the district, sources in the State Election Commission said here.

More than 22.47 voters are expected to cast their ballots for the Lucknow Municipal Corporation and eight nagar panchayats tomorrow.

Voters will decide the the fate of 12 candidates for the post of mayor and 1,679 candidates for 110 wards of the Lucknow Municipal Corporation.

Polling booths will remain open from 7 AM to 6 PM. Polling will also be held for eight posts of nagar panchayat chairmen and 87 posts of corporators.

In Lucknow, 230 polling centres have been identified as sensitive and 278 as super sensitive.

Polling in Lucknow was initially scheduled to be held on June 24, but due to various competitive examinations it was preponed by a day.