UP Election, 5th Phase Voting HIGHLIGHTS: Polling Concludes For Fifth Phase, 53.98% Voter Turnout Recorded Till 5 PM

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UP Election 2022 Voting Live: Hello and welcome to ABP Live blog to find all the latest news from the polling battlegrounds of Uttar Pradesh.

The current Uttar Pradesh election for fifth phase of voting has begun with 692 candidates and seats in the running, including Ayodhya, Amethi, Tiloi, Salon (SC), Jagdishpur (SC), and Chitrakoot.

Today voters will exercise their franchise for as many as 61 assembly seats spread across 12 districts of the populous state.

Smriti Irani, Union Minister for Women and Child Development and Member of Parliament from Amethi, spoke at a rally in her home constituency on February 25 ahead of the fifth phase of the Uttar Pradesh elections.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader told the state that she would pay pensions worth Rs. 1,500 to widows and the state's particularly abled citizens.

Smriti Irani stated that with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership at the Centre and CM Yogi Adityanath's leadership in the state, people in the state have received services like new hospitals, free rations, and COVID-19 vaccinations.

The polling for the seven-phase Assembly Elections will conclude on March 7, with the counting of results set on March 10.

According to the Election Commission, an average of 57.45% polling was registered in 59 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh until 5 p.m. on Wednesday during the fourth of seven-phase elections.

This round of voting includes 624 candidates from the districts of Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Hardoi, Unnao, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Banda, and Fatehpur.

18:40 PM (IST)  •  27 Feb 2022

UP Election, 5th Phase Voting LIVE: Polling Concludes For Fifth Phase, 53.98% Voter Turnout Recorded Till 5 PM

Polling for 624 candidates across 61 seats in the fifth phase of election for Uttar Pradesh Assembly election has been ended. 53.93% voter turnout was recorded at 5pm.

 

Voting for the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections ends, counting on March 10

53.93% voter turnout recorded till 5pm pic.twitter.com/EdibDUplIq

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) February 27, 2022

The polling took place across the districts of Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Hardoi, Unnao, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Banda, and Fatehpur.

 

17:50 PM (IST)  •  27 Feb 2022

UP Election, 5th Phase Voting LIVE: 53.98% Voter Turnout Recorded Till 5 PM In Fifth Phase

53.98% voter turnout has been recorded till 5pm in the fifth phase of polling for Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections for 61 seats. 

 

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

15:46 PM (IST)  •  27 Feb 2022

UP Election, 5th Phase Voting LIVE: 46.28% Voter Turnout Reported Till 3PM In 5th Phase

46.28% voter turnout has been recorded till 3pm in the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly election. 

 

46.28 % voters turnout recorded till 3 pm in the fifth phase of #UttarPradeshElections2022 pic.twitter.com/0xrpeyC4bf

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) February 27, 2022

 

15:00 PM (IST)  •  27 Feb 2022

UP Election, 5th Phase Voting LIVE: Elderly woman casts vote

Prayagraj | An elderly woman was escorted on a stretcher to a polling booth to cast her vote in the 5th phase of #UPElection2022.

" I have to come like this because I have a fracture in my back, but can't let me vote go waste," she said pic.twitter.com/hUBfFMTPBM

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) February 27, 2022

13:54 PM (IST)  •  27 Feb 2022

UP Election, 5th Phase Voting LIVE: 34.83% voter turnout recorded till 1 pm in the fifth phase

34.83% voters turnout recorded till 1 pm in the fifth phase of #UttarPradeshElections pic.twitter.com/QMvG0Ep0ar

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) February 27, 2022