Lucknow: In what can be called as a shocking incident, two election officials deputed at different polling booths in Uttar Pradesh died on duty. Officials said that the alleged incident occurred on Sunday.

The victim identified as Rajaram, 56, was a polling officer of booth number 381 at Prathmik Vidhyalay Madhopur in Pipraich area under the Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seat, assistant election officer J N Maurya said.