UP polls 2017, 4th phase: 61% voter turnout recorded till 5 pm

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Polling began on Thursday morning in 53 constituencies spread over 12 districts that figure in the fourth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections. The districts include the backward Bundelkhand region and the Nehru-Gandhi pocket borough of Raebareli.

Other districts where polling is going on amid tight security are Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Allahabad, Jalaun, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Mahoba, Banda, Hamirpur, Chitrakoot, and Fatehpur.

23 February 2017

18:52 IST

Voter turnout expected to cross 63%, says Election Commission.

18:48 IST

61% voter turnout till 5 pm in 4th phase of UP polls.