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Uttar Pradesh Polls Phase 5: Nearly 54% voters turnout recorded till 5 pm
Voting was held in the districts of Amethi, Raebareli, Ayodhya, Sultanpur, Chitrakoot, Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Prayagraj, Barabanki, Bahraich, Shravasti and Gonda.
Highlights
- Voting in 12 districts of Uttar Pradesh took place in the fifth phase of the state assembly elections today
- It sealed the fate of 692 candidates in the fray for 61 assembly seats
- Polling began at 7 am and continued till 6 pm
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34.83% voters turnout recorded till 1 pm in the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, highest in Chitrakoot and Ayodhya districts.
Some glimpses from polling booths in Uttar Pradesh.
21.39% polling recorded in 61 Uttar Pradesh Assembly seats till 11 AM, highest in Chitrakoot district.
An artist named Rupesh Singh prepares a sand art depicting people voting at the Jwala Devi Inter College in the Prayagraj district.
"We will secure 300+ seats and form govt," says Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya after voting. He is contesting from Sirathu in this phase.
8.02% voters turnout recorded till 9 am in the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, highest in Kaushambi district.
"Breaking your own record is a challenge in itself...will break my record," says Jansatta Dal Loktantrik's Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias 'Raja Bhaiya', who is contesting from Kunda, after voting.
The fifth phase of polling is underway in Uttar Pradesh.
ITBP personnel assist differently-abled and elderly voters during the fifth phase of polling in Prayagraj, Barabanki and Sultanpur.
Mahant Gyan Das, the head priest of Hanumangarhi Temple in Ayodhya, along with other seers cast their votes.
"Hoping to form the government with 300+ seats," says BJP MP from Prayagraj Rita Bahuguna Joshi after voting.
"Biggest power in a democracy is your vote. Vote for the country and your own future," says Aradhana Misra, Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader and party's candidate from Rampur Khas in the Pratapgarh district, after voting in Sangramgarh.
Keshav Prasad Maurya, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and a BJP candidate from Sirathu, visits a polling booth in the constituency amid fifth phase polling.
Sidharth Nath Singh, minister in the Yogi Adityanath cabinet, offers prayers at the Sai Baba Mandir in Prayagraj. Singh is today fighting from the Allahabad West Assembly constituency.
"I believe that people of Sirathu will bloom Lotus and make the son of Sirathu win with a big margin of votes," says Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, one of the prominent faces in the fray in this phase who is contesting as a BJP candidate from the Sirathu Assembly seat.
"Pehle matdaan, fir jalpaan," Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath tells voters.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes to Twitter and requests all the voters in the fifth phase in Uttar Pradesh to exercise their franchise and cast their valuable votes.
The fifth phase of voting begins in Uttar Pradesh.
Prominent faces in the fray for the fifth phase include Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, who is contesting from the Sirathu assembly seat in the Kaushambi district. He is facing Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) candidate Pallavi Patel.
Other ministers in the fray are Siddharth Nath Singh from Allahabad West, Rajendra Singh, alias Moti Singh, from Patti (Pratapgarh), Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi from Allahabad South and Ramapati Shastri from Mankapur (Gonda).
Raghuraj Pratap Singh, alias Raja Bhaiya, who is the MLA from Kunda since 1993, is once again in the fray from his party Jansatta Dal, with old aide Gulshan Yadav contesting against him on a Samajwadi Party ticket.
Congress legislative party leader Aradhana Mishra Mona is fighting from Rampur Khas seat of Pratapgarh.
With the completion of polling today, Uttar Pradesh will have voted on 292 of the total 403 seats in the Assembly. The last two phases of the elections will be held on March 3 and March 7. The counting will then take place on March 10.
Around 2.24 crore voters will exercise their franchise in this phase in the districts of Amethi, Raebareli, Ayodhya, Sultanpur, Chitrakoot, Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Prayagraj, Barabanki, Bahraich, Shravasti and Gonda.
Uttar Pradesh will today vote in the fifth phase of the state assembly elections to decide the fate of 692 candidates in the fray for 61 assembly seats across 12 districts. Polling is scheduled to begin at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm.
Voting to decide the fate of 692 candidates in the fray for 61 assembly seats across 12 districts of Uttar Pradesh took place in the fifth phase of the state assembly elections today (February 27, 2022). Polling started at 7 am and continued till 6 pm.
Around 2.24 crore voters are exercising their franchise in this phase in the districts of Amethi, Raebareli, Ayodhya, Sultanpur, Chitrakoot, Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Prayagraj, Barabanki, Bahraich, Shravasti and Gonda.
As per the latest update, an average of 53.98 % polling was recorded till 5 pm.
Prominent faces in the fray included Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, who contested from the Sirathu assembly seat in the Kaushambi district. Other Yogi Adityanath ministers in the fight are Siddharth Nath Singh from Allahabad West, Rajendra Singh, alias Moti Singh, from Patti (Pratapgarh), Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi from Allahabad South and Ramapati Shastri from Mankapur (Gonda).