<span style="color: #222222;">In Madhya Pradesh, voting is going on peacefully in the First Phase of Urban Body Elections in the state so far. People are casting their votes with great enthusiasm. As per the available data, over 45 percent of eligible voters have exercised their franchise till 1 p.m.<br />''<br />''Polling started at 7 a.m. and will go on till 5 p.m. In this phase, more than one crore four lakh voters including 50 lakh 78 thousand women and 805 third gender voters are eligible to cast their votes today. In all, 101 candidates are in the fray for the post of Mayor in 11 Municipal Corporations while 11 thousand 250 candidates are contesting the elections for two thousand 850 Councillor posts.</span><br />