Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2017: Over 60% voting recorded in final phase

Over 50 percent polling was reported on Wednesday in the seventh and last phase of Uttar Pradesh elections covering 40 Assembly seats spread over seven districts.

Prominent candidates in fray - Om Prakash, Parasnath Yadav, Ajay Rai, former MP Dhananjay Singh, Sigbatullah Ansari brother of Mukhtar Ansari and Seema Singh wife of jailed mafia Munna Bajrangi.

08 March 2017

18:02 IST

Voting for seventh phase of Uttar Pradesh elections ends

16:59 IST

Over 50 percent polling was reported across 40 seats in the final phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. A high voter turnout of 53.47 percent has been reported from Varanasi.