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- Published: February 27, 2022 17:54
New Delhi: With voting for the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections underway, State Election Commission on Sunday informed that 46.28 per cent voter turnout has been recorded till 3 pm on Sunday.
Polling for the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections began in 61 constituencies at 7 am on Sunday morning and will go on till 6 pm.
A total of 61 Assembly constituencies spread across 12 districts, including Ayodhya, Sultanpur, Chitrakoot, Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Prayagraj, Barabaki, Bahraich, Shrawasti, Gonda, Amethi, and Raebareli, are undergoing polling today.
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# 53.98 % voters turnout recorded till 5 pm in the fifth phase of UP Polls 2022.
53.98 % voters turnout recorded till 5 pm in the fifth phase of #UttarPradeshElections2022 pic.twitter.com/uAuuEulrHr
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) February 27, 2022
# 46.28 % voters turnout recorded till 3 pm
# 34.83% voters turnout recorded till 1 pm in the fifth phase
# 21.39 pc voter turnout recorded till 11 am
# 8.02 pc voter turnout recorded till 9 am
BJP MP from Prayagaraj Rita Bahuguna Joshi casts her vote in th 5th phase of #UPElection2022, says, “We are expecting 70% voters’ turnout (in this phase), will win it big. Hoping to form govt with 300+ seats.” pic.twitter.com/YoCXOjqfX4
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) February 27, 2022
Deputy CM and BJP candidate from Sirathu, Keshav Prasad Maurya visits a polling booth in the constituency as voting for the fifth phase of #UttarPradeshElections continues. pic.twitter.com/LzocYGbT0o
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) February 27, 2022
People queue up outside a polling booth to cast their votes in the 5th phase of #UPElection2022
Visuals from a primary school in Matera. pic.twitter.com/3hvhfC8Hw0
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) February 27, 2022
Pratapgarh, UP | Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader & party’s candidate from Rampur Khas, Aradhana Misra casts her vote at a polling station in Sangramgarh
She says, “Biggest power in a democracy is your vote. Vote for the country & your own future”#UttarPradeshElections pic.twitter.com/c46cjALROK
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) February 27, 2022
Prayagraj | UP minister Sidharth Nath Singh & BJP candidate from Allahabad West constituency casts his vote at Jwala Devi Saraswati Vidya Mandir Inter College.
He says, “We’ll cross 300-mark & form govt again. People have to make a decision & they’ll vote for development works” pic.twitter.com/F5T4Dc80JP
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) February 27, 2022
As many as 692 candidates are in the fray in the fifth phase whose political fate will be decided by around 2.24 crore electorates. The polling will conclude at 6 pm today.
The state is witnessing a multi-cornered contest with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Samajwadi Party (SP), Congress and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) as prime contenders.
In 2017, BJP had won 38 seats out of 55 seats in this region while the SP had retained 15 and the Congress had won two seats.
BJP MP from Prayagaraj Rita Bahuguna Joshi casts her vote in th 5th phase of #UPElection2022, says, “We are expecting 70% voters’ turnout (in this phase), will win it big. Hoping to form govt with 300+ seats.” pic.twitter.com/YoCXOjqfX4
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) February 27, 2022
Polling for four phases of the seven-phased Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections has already concluded and the fifth phase is underway today.
The remaining two phases will take place on March 3 and March 6. The counting of votes will take place on March 10.