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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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. 

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.

20 February 2022

18:26 IST

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. 

18:23 IST

Lalitpur recorded the highest voter turnout till 5 PM with 67.38%, followed by Etah and Mahoba, respectively.