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Uttar Pradesh Election 2022: 3rd phase polling concludes, Lalitpur records highest voter turnout
Polling for 59 assembly constituencies spread across 16 districts started at 7 AM and concluded at 6 PM.
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The third phase polling across 16 districts in Uttar Pradesh concluded at 6 PM with 57.58% voter turnout recorded till 5 PM. The last phase of voting will take place on March 7 and the counting of ballots will be done on March 10.
Lalitpur recorded the highest voter turnout till 5 PM with 67.38%, followed by Etah and Mahoba, respectively.
District-wise polling percentage till 5 PM
Hathras 59%
Mainpuri 60.80%
Farrukhabad 54.55%
Etah 63.58%
Auraiya 57.55%
Firozabad 57.41%
Kanpur Dehat 58.48%
Kasganj 59.11%
Kannauj 60.28%
Etawah 58.35%
Kanpur Nagar 50.76%
Jalaun 53.84%
Jhansi 57.71%
Lalitpur 67.38%
Hamirpur 57.90%
Mahoba 62.02%
Voting percentage till 5 pm in the third phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh is 57.44%, ANI reported.
District-wise voter turnout till 3 pm
Hathras 50.15%
Mainpuri 52.44%
Farrukhabad 46.19%
Etah 53.23%
Auraiya 48.30%
Firozabad 51.23%
Kanpur Dehat 47.13%
Kasganj 50.75%
Kannauj 50.23%
Etawah 50.42%
Kanpur Nagar 41.15%
Jalaun 46.87%
Jhansi 48.52%
Lalitpur 59.13%
Hamirpur 50.74%
Mahoba 51.72%
Voting Percentage till 3pm in Uttar Pradesh during third phase polling is 48.81%, as per ANI.
A 99-year-old voter cast her vote in Jhansi.
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Some glimpses from polling booths in Uttar Pradesh.
An average voter turnout of 21.18% has been recorded till 11 am, the highest in Lalitpur and Mainpuri districts.
Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav arrives at a polling booth in Jaswantnagar to cast his vote.
"BJP is going to be eliminated. Farmers of UP won't forgive them. We've hit a century in the first two phases and even in this phase, SP and alliance would be ahead of everyone else," says Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav after voting in Jaswantnagar.
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"We should vote for development," says Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh after voting at a polling booth in the Jalaun district.
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel have been deployed at polling booths in Uttar Pradesh to assist the elderly and differently-abled voters.
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Uttar Pradesh sees 8.15% voter turnout till 9 am, the highest in Mainpuri and Etah districts.
The third phase of polling in 59 assembly constituencies, spread across 16 districts in Uttar Pradesh, is underway.
A newly-wed bride cast her vote at a polling booth in Firozabad before leaving for her in-laws' house.
Satish Mahana, the Minister of Industrial Development in the Yogi Adityanath Government, cast his vote in Kanpur. Mahana is contesting from the Maharajpur seat in the Kanpur district and is a seven-time MLA from Kanpur Cantt.
Union Minister SP Singh Baghel, who is pitted against Akhilesh Yadav from the Karhal seat, offers prayers at a temple amid voting in the third phase.
Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav's brother Abhay Ram Yadav voted during the third phase of polling in Saifai in the Etawah district.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls upon all those voting today in the third phase of the UP elections and Punjab elections to do so in large numbers, "particularly the youth as well as the first time voters".
Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party President Shivpal Singh Yadav, who is contesting in the third phase of the UP polls from Jaswant Nagar in the Etawah district, offers prayers at a temple.
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Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid and his wife Louise Khurshid cast their votes at a polling booth in the Farrukhabad Sadar constituency.
Louise Khurshid is also the Congress' nominee from the Farrukhabad Sadar seat.
Earlier in the 2017 Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had won 49 of these 59 seats while the Samajwadi Party (SP) had bagged nine. Congress had settled with one seat and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) was unable to open its account.
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Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Singh Yadav met Samajwadi Party Patron and his elder brother Mulayam Singh Yadav at his residence in Etawah. Shivpal is contesting in the third phase of the UP polls from Jaswant Nagar in the Etawah district.
"Pehle matdaan, fir jalpaan," Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath tells voters in 59 Assembly constituencies going to polls today.
Election officials conduct a mock poll at a polling booth in Farrukhabad.
The districts where votes will be cast are Hathras, Firozabad, Etah, Kasganj, Mainpuri, Farrukhabad, Kannauj, Etawah, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur Nagar, Jalaun, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Hamirpur and Mahoba.
Polling for 59 assembly constituencies spread across 16 districts of Uttar Pradesh will take place today (February 20, 2022) in the third phase of the polls. Over 2.15 crore voters will decide the fate of as many as 627 candidates in the fray in this phase.
Uttar Pradesh Election 2022: Polling for 59 assembly constituencies spread across 16 districts of Uttar Pradesh started today (February 20) at 7 AM in the third phase of the polls.
The voting concluded at 6 PM and over 2.15 crore voters decided the fate of as many as 627 candidates in the fray in this phase.
According to the latest updates, an average of 57.58% of voter turnout was recorded till 5 PM.
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The districts that voted today were Hathras, Firozabad, Etah, Kasganj, Mainpuri, Farrukhabad, Kannauj, Etawah, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur Nagar, Jalaun, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Hamirpur and Mahoba.
In the 2017 elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had won 49 of these 59 seats while the Samajwadi Party (SP) had bagged nine. Congress had settled with one seat and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) was unable to open its account.