<span style="color: #222222;">In Uttar Pradesh, the ruling Bhartiya Janta Party has claimed that the party-backed candidates won 67 of 75 seats of the district Panchayat Chief-Jila Panchayat Adhyaksh seats in state.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Samajwadi Party could win only five seats and rest of the seats went to others including one to Rashtriya Lok Dal.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The voting for Jila Panchayat Adhyaksh was held today itself from 11 A.M. to 3 P.M.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">State BJP President Swatantra Dev Singh in a tweet said that the party with its allies has won 67 seats.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said that the success of the party was due to the welfare policies initiated by its government and the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said, for these unprecedented results, he is thankful the people of the state and hardworking party workers.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Chairpersons of 22 Zila Panchayats were declared elected unopposed on Tuesday.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Of these, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claimed to have won 21 seats and Samajwadi Party only one seat.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The State Election Commission did not announce the party affiliation of the winning candidates.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Panchayat polls or those for District Panchayat Chiefs are not held on a party symbol, but candidates enjoy the tacit support of various parties.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Zila Panchayat Chiefs are elected from among the elected members of Zila Panchayats.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The four-phase Panchayat polls were concluded in the state last month.</span><br />''  <br />