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Uttar Pradesh Elections: Who will sit at the helm of most populous state in the country
The results of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, which were held in seven phases between February 10 and March 7, will be counted and announced on Thursday, March 10.
Post the elections, all eyes are now on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the Samajwadi Party, which lead the exit polls in the state. The electoral battle between the two parties was crucial. The UP election results will be available on the Election Commission’s official website from 8 AM onwards on March 10.
UP elections 2022 date and voting percentage
The Uttar Pradesh elections were divided into seven phases from February 10 to March 7. The first phase of polling for 58 assembly seats took place on February 10 and had a voter turnout of 69.42%. The Phase 2 polling was held on February 15 including 55 constituencies with 64.66% voting. Phase 3 of UP elections that took place on February 20, covered 59 seats and saw a voter turnout of 62.49%.
Phase 4 covered which took place on February 23 covered 59 seats and saw a 62.82% voter turnout. The fifth phase of UP elections remained unimpressive with 58.33% voting as it covered 61 constituencies. Phase 6 of the Assembly polls took place on March 3 covering 57 seats. The voting percentage here settled for 55.79%. The seventh and final phase of the polls took place on March 7 across 54 constituencies. It recorded a voter turnout of 57.17%, marking well below its 60% turnout in 2017.
Exit Polls: P-Marq, Matrize News Communication and Chanakya
The P-MARQ exit poll has predicted that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led BJP+ is likely to cross the majority mark and is projected to win 240 seats (+-15) in the 403-member Assembly. On the other hand, Samajwadi Party+ is looking to bag 140 seats (+-10). Other parties are likely to have small gains. BSP is likely to bag 17 seats, Congress 4 (+-2) and others 2 seats (+-2).
Matrize News Communication has predicted an edge for BJP in Uttar Pradesh. According to the Matrize exit poll, BJP+ is predicted to win 262-277 seats, while SP is projected to come second with 119-134 seats. Mayawati’s party may get 7-15 seats while Congress can get 3-8 seats. According to Chanakya’s exit poll, the saffron party may get whopping 294 seats in the 2022 assembly polls. Akhilesh Yadav’s party is projected to win 105 seats, while BSP may get 2 seats. Congress is forecasted to win a single seat.
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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story
The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.
In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).
The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.
The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.
Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.
In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.
The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.