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Election Day in the US and Indian Poll Dry Days
November 4 often sits near US election day. India does the same idea more strictly: sale of liquor is commonly banned in the days around polling under the Representation of the People Act and Election Commission orders. Those dry days can be announced after your annual festival list is finished. If you search 'is today a dry day' in voting season, you are asking a legal question, not a cocktail question.
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Dry days in Noida, Uttar Pradesh
No. Today (4 November 2026) is not a dry day in Noida. Licensed bars and liquor shops can usually sell alcohol unless a last-minute notice applies. Noida follows Uttar Pradesh alcohol and dry-day rules. Uttar Pradesh bar rules treat Republic Day, Ambedkar Jayanti, Independence Day, and Gandhi Jayanti as dry days, with extra notified days. Holi on 4 March 2026 was notified across UP. District magistrates can still add local closures.
On declared dry days, licensed liquor shops and alcohol-serving venues generally cannot sell or serve alcohol.
Legal drinking age note: 21 in common guidance.