<span style="color: #222222;">Polling for the local body elections for the first phase in 37 districts of Uttar Pradesh was completed peacefully. As per the data released by the State Election Commission, the voting percentage was more than 45 till 5:00 p.m. Lowest voting percentage was in Prayagraj which was around 30 per cent while Maharajganj district topped the tally with more than 60 per cent voting till 5:00 p.m.<br />''<br />''Elections were held for the first phase of urban local bodies to elect 10 mayors and other corporators and local body representatives. Polling started at 8:00 a.m. in the morning and continued till 5:00 p.m. There were some incidences of malfunction in EVMs which were rectified easily and at some places, police detained the people who were trying to do bogus voting but overall no untoward incident was reported from anywhere.<br />''<br />''Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath cast his vote in Gorakhpur while Defence Minister Rajnath Singh cast his vote in Lucknow. Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad used his franchise in Prayagraj.<br />''<br />''Polling for the second phase is scheduled to take place on the 11th of May and the counting will take place on the 13th of May.</span>