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  • Meeting polls: Report seizure of money, medicine from Uttar Pradesh

    By means of PTI

    NEW DELHI: A file Rs 328 crore price of inducements to electorate corresponding to money, liquor and narcotics were seized in Uttar Pradesh because the announcement of the meeting ballot time table on January 8, Election Fee assets mentioned on Thursday.

    The cumulative seizure of such unlawful inducements within the 5 poll-going states — Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab — stood at Rs 1,039.50 crore, the assets mentioned, including that it integrated medicine price Rs 571.34 crore.

    The seizure determine in Uttar Pradesh as much as Thursday used to be Rs 328.33 crore, 1.70 instances greater than the full mixed seizure of Rs 193.29 crore in all the meeting polls held in 2017 within the state.

    Like closing time, this time too meeting polls within the state are being held in seven stages.

    Whilst balloting is over in Punjab, Goa and Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Manipur nonetheless have one section each and every to head.

    The fee, the assets mentioned, has been laying particular emphasis on inducement-free elections and curtailing the malaise of undue cash energy, liquor and freebies.

    A complete of 128 expenditure observers were deployed in Uttar Pradesh for efficient tracking.

    Over 1,800 flying squads and a couple of,104 static surveillance groups have been operationalised to test motion of money, liquor, medicine and freebies in Uttar Pradesh.

    8 air intelligence gadgets of the Source of revenue Tax Division were shaped in Uttar Pradesh.

    Vote casting for the 6th section of the Uttar Pradesh Meeting polls started on Thursday morning, with Leader Minister Yogi Adityanath and several other distinguished faces a few of the 676 applicants who’re contesting on 57 seats unfold throughout 10 districts.

    Round 2.15 crore persons are eligible to vote on this section.

    Until now, balloting for 292 of the 403 Meeting seats has been finished.

    The general section of the elections in the remainder 54 seats can be hung on March 7.

  • Uttar Pradesh elections 6th segment: Over 36 in line with cent polling until 1 pm

    Via PTI

    LUCKNOW: Over 36 in line with cent balloting was once recorded until 1 pm within the 6th segment of the Uttar Pradesh Meeting polls on Thursday.

    The distinguished faces some of the 676 applicants for 57 seats unfold throughout 10 districts on this segment come with Leader Minister Yogi Adityanath from Gorakhpur City and state Congress president Ajay Kumar Lallu from Tamkuhi Raj.

    The balloting began at 7 am and can proceed until 6 pm.

    Round 2.15 crore persons are eligible to vote on this segment.

    Up to now, balloting for 292 of the 403 Meeting seats has been finished.

    The general segment of the elections at the closing 54 seats shall be hung on March 7.

    The districts the place polling is being hung on Thursday are Ambedkarnagar, Balrampur, Siddharth Nagar, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Maharajganj, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Deoria and Ballia.

    Within the 2017 Meeting polls, the BJP had received 46 of the 57 seats.

    Until 1 pm there was once over 36.33 in line with cent polling, in keeping with the Election Fee of India’s Turnout app.

    Whilst Ambedkarnagar had 40.36 in line with cent balloting, Ballia had 36.27 in line with cent, Balrampur 29.6 in line with cent, Basti 37.49 in line with cent, Deoria 35.02 in line with cent, Gorakhpur 36.57 in line with cent, Kushinagar 39.33 in line with cent, Mahrajganj 35.39 in line with cent, Sant Kabir Nagar 34.33 in line with cent and Siddharth Nagar 36.51 in line with cent.

    Those that solid their votes within the morning integrated Leader Minister Yogi Adityanath, Elementary Schooling Minister Satish Dwivedi, Chief of Opposition Ram Govind Chowdhury, Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Birthday celebration leader Om Prakash Rajbhar, minister Upendra Tiwari and previous minister Narad Rai.

    Interacting with journalists after casting his vote, the manager minister stated the BJP gets 80 in line with cent votes and the remainder 20 in line with cent gets divided some of the opposition.

    He additionally appealed to folks to vote in massive numbers.

    The Samajwadi Birthday celebration has pitted the spouse of the past due Upendra Dutt Shukla, a former BJP chief, towards Adityanath.

    Azad Samaj Birthday celebration founder Chandrashekhar Azad may be contesting towards the Uttar Pradesh leader minister from Gorakhpur City.

    Swami Prasad Maurya, who was once a minister within the Adityanath govt and had hand over the BJP to sign up for the Samajwadi Birthday celebration, is contesting from Fazilnagar.

    The Chief of the Opposition within the state meeting and Samajwadi Birthday celebration chief Ram Govind Chaudhary is contesting from Bansdih.

    Many incumbent ministers’ destiny can also be made up our minds on this segment.

    They come with Surya Pratap Shahi from Pathardeva, Satish Chandra Dwivedi from Itwa, Jai Pratap Singh from Bansi, Shree Ram Chauhan from Khajani and Jai Prakash Nishad from Rudrapur.

    The campaigning for this segment witnessed the political events going for an all-out assault towards each and every different.

    Top Minister Narendra Modi attacked the BJP’s competitors by way of tagging them as dynasts, who he claimed can by no means make India succesful or empower Uttar Pradesh.

    Congress normal secretary Priyanka Gandhi rebutted by way of pronouncing the BJP is handiest towards her circle of relatives, which failed to bow down prior to it.

    Samajwadi Birthday celebration leader Akhilesh Yadav accused the BJP of hatching a conspiracy of finishing reservation and “promoting” govt entities to the non-public sector.

  • Uttar Pradesh polls: BJP is largest liar birthday celebration in global, says Samajwadi Birthday party leader Akhilesh Yadav

    By way of PTI

    JAUNPUR: Samajwadi Birthday party leader Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday threw a broadside on the BJP terming it the “largest liar birthday celebration” and accused it of halving farmers’ source of revenue although they got here to energy with the promise of doubling it.

    At an election assembly in Jaunpur, he promised to chill out the age prohibit for presidency jobs and announce vacancies within the police pressure if the alliance led via his birthday celebration involves energy in Uttar Pradesh.

    Yadav sought to counter the BJP’s “ghor pariwarwadi (staunch dynast)” jibe directed at him, pronouncing, “We settle for that we’re circle of relatives other folks. Each time circle of relatives other folks like us step out of our homes, they usually carry one thing like candies for youngsters.

    “Therefore, my recommendation to ‘Baba Mukhyamantri’ (relating to Yogi Adityanath) is that on March 10 (the day of ballot effects), when he is going again house, he must no less than take biscuits for Gullu.”

    “And you understand who Gullu is,” the Samajwadi Birthday party leader instructed the assembly with out elaborating. Yadav stated the BJP got here to energy within the state in 2017 via promising that the source of revenue of the farmers can be doubled.

    “However because of its inaccurate insurance policies, the source of revenue of the farmers has no longer doubled. If truth be told, it has halved,” he alleged.

    “The BJP calls itself the most important birthday celebration on the planet. If its 5 years’ paintings and the goals it had proven is analysed, it might be discovered that the BJP is the most important liar birthday celebration on the planet,” Yadav stated.

    Focused on Leader Minister Yogi Adityanath, the Samajwadi Birthday party president claimed that “the ‘Baba’ isn’t in a position to sleep in this day and age”.

    He additionally accused the BJP of mismanagement all the way through the Covid pandemic.

    “The BJP imposed a lockdown all the way through the pandemic and labourers running in different states have been compelled to stroll again house in Uttar Pradesh. Many died halfway. At the moment, if any one helped the folk, it was once the Samajwadi Birthday party,” Yadav stated.

    “When the labourers sought after to return house, the federal government became a blind eye against them. They (BJP) have been not able to supply drugs and beds all the way through Covid. Had they given medication and oxygen on time, many lives may have been stored.”

    Akhilesh Yadav additionally promised to chill out the age prohibit for presidency jobs.

    “Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, many youths crossed the age prohibit (for recruitment examination). We will be able to chill out the age prohibit in executive jobs. Additionally, we can urge Delhi to provide some rest within the age prohibit for recruitment within the Military,” he stated.

  • RLD leader Jayant Chaudhary to enroll in Akhilesh Yadav, Mamta Banerjee for joint ballot rally in Varanasi on March 3

    Through PTI

    NOIDA: RLD leader Jayant Chaudhary can be becoming a member of Samajwadi Birthday celebration president Akhilesh Yadav and West Bengal Leader Minister Mamta Banerjee for a joint ballot rally in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi on Thursday.

    The Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), which is combating the UP meeting elections in tie-up with Yadav’s SP and is its main best friend for western area of the state, made the announcement on social media Wednesday.

    The joint rally can be held in Airhe village in Harhua block of Varanasi 12 pm onwards, the RLD mentioned.

    Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of Top Minister Narendra Modi, is going to polls on March 7 all through the 7th and ultimate section of meeting polls in UP.

    Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress supremo, had visited UP previous on February 7-8 to carry a joint press convention with Yadav in Lucknow the place she predicted SP’s victory towards the BJP, like her birthday party had accomplished in West Bengal state polls ultimate 12 months.

    Banerjee had tweaked her birthday party’s ballot anthem of “khela hobe’ to ‘Khela Hoga’ (the sport is on) and stressed out “if Bengal can do it (defeat BJP), so can Uttar Pradesh”.

    Result of the seven-phase UP meeting polls can be declared on March 10.

  • A lot at stake in U.P. ultimate rounds

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    VARANASI:  With 5 stages of UP polls over, the level is ready for a extra fierce fight to win the Purvanchal — the japanese citadel — within the 6th and 7th stages on March 3 and seven, respectively. With electorate having sealed the destiny of applicants in over 290 seats unfold throughout 58 districts of UP, Purvanchal has the rest 111 seats up for grabs within the two ultimate stages masking CM Yogi Adityanath’s bastion of Gorakhpur and Modi’s stronghold of Varanasi but even so Azamgarh, the pocketborough of Yadav extended family.

    With out a palpable wave in favour of any explicit birthday celebration in roughly a bipolar contest between the BJP and the SP, the general stages are anticipated to witness the presence of Bahujan Samaj Birthday party in some wallet, giving a triangular flavour to the ballot fight.

    Within the Nineties, japanese UP witnessed the emergence of gamers like SP and BSP which had woven their discourse round ‘social justice’. Each the SP and BSP stalwarts — Mulayam Singh Yadav and Kanshi Ram respectively— succeeded in convincing the OBCs and SCs that the respective events would support their situation. On the other hand, failing to stick to their ideologies firmly, with passage of time, bahubalis or mafia dons began calling the photographs within the political panorama of japanese UP.

    On the other hand, throughout the remaining 5 years, the would possibly of bahubalis has observed some depletion because of the re-alignment of communities in favour of the events in their selection. The Pasmanda Ansari Muslims, who mainly belong to weavers’ neighborhood thriving in districts like Mau, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Bhadohi and Azamgarh, are nonetheless on the lookout for a birthday celebration that may give them building. They sound divided over vote casting for his or her conventional identity-related birthday celebration, the SP, which has angered them for now not being given illustration in tickets allocation this time.

    The problems like stray livestock, value upward push and unemployment are ringing within the flooring handiest for many who have made up our minds to vote for a metamorphosis. Native issues don’t have that a lot of an have an effect on at the flooring. Construction, legislation and order and the advantage of welfare schemes appear to have somewhat upper resonance at the flooring.

    Additionally, in some puts, polarisation in opposition to the Muslim-Yadav aggregate, which will also be observed consolidating firmly in favour of Samajwadi Birthday party around the state, is drawing close. In 2017, BJP had received 75 of the 111 seats within the area, its allies Apna Dal (S) had received 5 and Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Birthday party (SBSP), which opened its account in alliance with saffron brigade, walked away with 4 seats. SP had received 13, BSP 11 and Congress may bag only one seat. 

    Giant rallies being addressed by way of PM Modi himself coupled with the ones addressed by way of Amit Shah and Yogi Adityanath, on this area affect the electorate. Whilst Adityanath and Shah are reassuring the electorate to take building and legislation and order to even upper notches, Modi is hanging an emotional attach in a mode quintessential to him.

    On the other hand, the recognition of PM Modi fails to transport the electorate in Azamgarh, which was once received by way of Mulayam Singh Yadav regardless of the Modi wave in 2014 adopted by way of Akhilesh Yadav in 2019. Right here the BJP may received only one seat of Phulpur Pawai out of 10 Meeting segments. Leisure 9 meeting seats have been taken away by way of SP (5) and BSP(4).

    The BSP had a robust base right here within the overdue Eighties and Nineties and was once the most important challenger to the Modi wave in 2014 by way of coming 2nd in 34 UP Lok Sabha constituencies — a lot of them in japanese UP. The birthday celebration, moderately silent this time with depleted management power, is banking upon the improve of Muslims and non-Jatav Dalits, smaller sub-castes and the Brahmins a number of the higher castes. Mayawati is once more having a bet at the Brahmin-Muslim-Dalit aggregate which had received her energy in 2007.

    The rest stretch of the UP marketing campaign in Purvanchal is a no-holds barred battle between the 3 main gamers. A lot is at stake for each and every political birthday celebration and its leaders: the political survival of the BSP and of Mayawati, the credibility of Akhilesh Yadav and function of the saffron camp and PM Modi.

    Modi and Yogi dangle the citadel for BJP
    Yogi Adityanath’s affect is powerful within the area from Balrampur to Gorakhpur due to Hindutva politics. PM Modi’s presence in Varanasi is helping the BJP within the adjacent districts. Whilst Adityanath and Shah are reassuring the electorate to take building and legislation and order to even upper notches, Modi is hanging an emotional attach

  • BJP inner survey says difficult combat in Uttar Pradesh Meeting polls

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    NEW DELHI: Regardless of tall claims of BJP leaders that the birthday celebration will win greater than 300 seats within the Uttar Pradesh Meeting election, an inner survey through the saffron camp has discovered that it is probably not in a at ease place to shape the following executive within the state. 

    The realignment of the RLD with major opposition SP has been discovered extra harmful to BJP’s vote financial institution but even so the Lakhimpur-Kheri violence in opposition to farmers allegedly involving the son of a Union minister.

    The evaluation additionally discovered that the birthday celebration has substantial sway over Scheduled Castes and backward communities however the polarization of minorities, Yadavs and higher caste farmers in favour of the SP-led opposition has landed the ruling facet in an uncomfortable place.

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    “The Owaisi (AIMIM) issue has no longer created any department of minority votes. The minorities had been discovered extra prone against the SP-led opposition alliance however the BSP has steadily been dividing the votes of SCs and different extraordinarily marginalised communities, which can give electoral advantages to the BJP after the fourth spherical of elections,” a BJP supply mentioned.

    The resources additional mentioned the SP-RLD mix has posed a big problem in additional than 150 seats that are ruled through Jat and Yadav electorate. Then again, a large reduction for the BJP is that anywhere PM Modi addresses an election rally, the birthday celebration’s electoral potentialities make stronger to a point.

    The birthday celebration isn’t banking a lot at the first 3 stages of the polls. “The second one section used to be principally the SP-phase. However we now have began consolidating our vote financial institution with marathons conferences through its senior leaders,” mentioned birthday celebration resources in Uttar Pradesh.

    Just lately, BJP nationwide president JP Nadda had claimed that his birthday celebration would win no longer not up to 300 seats. Then again, the resources indicated that the BJP can have to search for post-poll allies to retain energy within the state.

  • Sturdy present towards BJP in Uttar Pradesh: Samajwadi Birthday celebration leader Akhilesh Yadav

    By means of PTI

    HARDOI: Samajwadi Birthday celebration leader Akhilesh Yadav on Monday took a jibe at Leader Minister Yogi Adityanath for calling the top minister for his ballot marketing campaign, and coined a brand new acronym for PM — Packers and Movers — to state that individuals have understood its which means.

    Hitting out on the BJP, Yadav additionally asserted that there’s a 440 volt present towards the ruling birthday celebration within the public.

    “The CM has known as PM (for UP polls). The folks of towns know what PM way…It way his Packers and Movers (PM) are able,” Yadav stated whilst addressing an election rally in Sandila constituency in Hardoi.

    He stated this time there may be direct battle between the BJP and other folks of the state.

    “We’re with the people who find themselves without delay combating with the BJP. Neither BSP nor Congress goes to shape the following executive. Do not waste your votes and make sure the SP paperwork the following executive,” he stated.

    Terming Adityanath as “Bulldozer Baba”, Yadav stated he used to name him ‘Baba CM’ however a newspaper has named him as “Bulldozer Baba” “The CM used to switch names and colors of schemes in previous 5 years and now his identify has additionally been modified,” he stated.

    He stated within the first and 2d section of polls, the Samajwadi Birthday celebration has scored a century on the subject of seats and after 3rd and fourth section the “double century” of his birthday celebration can be made and in remainder of the stages the BJP can be left some distance in the back of.

    “The BJP didn’t take into account that there may be 440 volt present towards it within the public. The language of its leaders has modified,” he stated, including that the folk of the state have already despatched the Baba to his local position Gorakhpur (from the place his is contesting polls).

    Giving a slogan, “Janta ne khadi kar diya hain inki khatiya, isliye inke bayan aa rahe hain ghatia” (As other folks have discarded them, the language of its leaders have develop into unhealthy), Yadav stated whilst the BJP is speaking of curtailing others by means of ‘garmi’ (haughtiness), the SP talks of “bharti” (recruitments).

    He stated 11 lakh vacant executive jobs can be crammed if his birthday celebration was once voted to energy and issues of ‘Shiksha Mitra’ (adhoc number one lecturers) can be resolved.

    Yadav sought vote for birthday celebration best friend SBSP candidate Sunil Arkwanshi and appealed other folks to vote for it election image “chhadi” (stick).

    SBSP leader Om Prakash Rajbhar who accompanied Yadav for the rally, alleged that BSP tickets had been finalised by means of a senior BJP chief and requested other folks to not waste their votes.

  • Akhilesh Yadav humiliated his father to seize celebration, now pleading him to save lots of his seat: PM Narendra Modi

    Mulayam Singh Yadav had campaigned for his son Akhilesh Yadav at the seat despite the fact that he has maintained a low profile throughout this election.

  • ‘I’m combating to shape majority like in 2007’: BSP leader Mayawati assaults BJP and Samajwadi Birthday party

    Through PTI

    AMBEDKARNAGAR (UTTAR PRADESH): BSP leader Mayawati on Saturday alleged that individuals, particularly the ones belonging to minority communities, reside in concern below the BJP govt and promised that her birthday party will paintings to make sure social justice to all if voted to energy in Uttar Pradesh.

    Addressing a rally right here, the previous leader minister additionally accused the Samajwadi Birthday party (SP) of operating towards the pursuits of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

    “Dalits, Backwards and particularly Muslim communities were dwelling in concern and terror below this govt. Harassment at the foundation of caste and faith might not be allowed after all below BSP rule,” the Bahujan Samaj Birthday party (BSP) supremo mentioned.

    “We’re combating to shape a majority govt like 2007 and to do away with the casteist, narrow-minded, boastful and dictatorial rule of the Bharatiya Janata Birthday party (BJP). You’ll have to make stronger BSP, the one birthday party that cares for all sections of society to make sure this,” Mayawati mentioned.

    The BSP got here to energy in 2007, successful 206 meeting seats of the overall 403. Its seat rely used to be lowered to 80 in 2012 and simply 19 seats within the 2017 election. Not like the ruling BJP and the SP, the BSP’s campaigning in UP has remained subdued.

    Alternatively, her birthday party leaders insist that Mayawati has a faithful voter base and he or she had avoided the limelight even ahead of her 2007 victory. Mayawati mentioned that the Akhilesh Yadav govt cancelled the supply of reservation for SCs and STs in govt tenders which used to be first offered by means of the BSP.

    The SP additionally tore a invoice for reservation in promotion and stalled its passage in Lok Sabha, she alleged.

    The SP govt additionally stopped the scholarship for college students of SC/ST communities and adjusted the names of puts named after Dalit icons and cited that Ravidas Nagar used to be renamed Bhadohi, Mayawati alleged.

    She additionally attacked the Congress, pronouncing that it used to be ruling for many years after Independence however because of its unhealthy insurance policies, it’s out of energy each on the Centre and in states.

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    “Building of other folks from a selected caste used to be taken up below earlier governments however the BSP labored for the improvement of each and every segment of society, together with the ones from the backward castes. However the paintings finished by means of us used to be undone by means of the Samajwadi Birthday party and BJP after they got here to energy,” Mayawati mentioned.

    Focused on the BJP, Mayawati alleged its insurance policies are enthusiastic about selling “casteist, capitalist and narrow-minded concepts of Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS)”. This has ushered in an atmosphere of non secular pressure and hate within the state, she claimed.

    Mayawati puzzled the state of legislation and order within the state below the BJP and the SP. “Ladies, other folks of backward castes and Dalits aren’t protected below the rule of thumb of BJP. Persons are being burdened at the foundation in their caste and faith. This may exchange when BSP will come to energy. Mafia and goons might be despatched again to prison which is their proper position,” mentioned Mayawati.

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    “The BSP is the one birthday party that equipped employment to the youths throughout the ultimate 4 occasions it got here to energy. Our efforts now not simplest stopped migration but in addition introduced individuals who have migrated to different puts again to their properties,” she added.

    “I wish to guarantee you that the early life is not going to must migrate searching for jobs in my govt. They’re going to get employment within the state simplest,” mentioned Mayawati The BSP supremo asserted that her birthday party will paintings for the uplift of other folks from all sections of society, make preparations of employment for the early life, supply amenities to farmers and shape a fee to fulfil the calls for of presidency workers.

    “Farmers and the typical guy also are affected by the incorrect insurance policies of the central govt. The BSP will make sure that the incorrect insurance policies of the central govt might not be imposed within the state,” Mayawati added.

  • BSP proclaims applicants on 47 seats for 7th section of Uttar Pradesh polls

    Via PTI

    LUCKNOW: The BSP launched a listing of 47 applicants on Sunday for the 7th section of the continued Uttar Pradesh Meeting polls.

    The checklist comprises applicants for the constituencies of Azamgarh, Mau, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Bhadohi, Mirzapur and Sonbhadra districts. The Bahujan Samaj Celebration (BSP) has tried to strike a high-quality caste steadiness in its checklist of applicants.

    The Mayawati-led birthday party has fielded its state president Bhim Rajbhar towards mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, who’s at the moment lodged within the Banda prison, from Mau. 5-time MLA Ansari received the 2017 Meeting election from Mau on a BSP price ticket.

    The BSP had received 4 seats in Azamgarh district 5 years in the past however this time, it has re-nominated handiest Azad Arimardan from the Lalganj reserved seat.

    Sukhdev Rajbhar, who received from the Didarganj constituency in Azamgarh in 2017, died ultimate 12 months, whilst Shah Alam alias Guddu Jamali, who received from Mubarakpur, hand over the birthday party due to this fact.

    Vandana Singh, who received the 2017 polls on a BSP price ticket from Sagdi, is within the fray from the BJP this time.

    The BSP has fielded Shankar Yadav from Sagadi, Abdusalam from Mubarakpur and Bhupendra Singh alias Munna from Didarganj.

    Within the Zahoorabad seat in Ghazipur district, the BSP has nominated former Uttar Pradesh minister (all the way through the SP regime) Syeda Shadab Fatima towards Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Celebration (SBSP) president Omprakash Rajbhar.

    Fatima, who used to be within the Pragatisheel Samajwadi Celebration (Lohia) of Shivpal Yadav, joined the BSP lately.

    In Varanasi’s Shivpur constituency, the BSP has nominated Ravi Maurya towards state minister and BJP candidate Anil Rajbhar.

    Polling is scheduled to be held in 54 Meeting constituencies in 9 districts of Uttar Pradesh within the 7th section of the continued election on March 7.