UP Election, 5th Phase Voting HIGHLIGHTS: Polling Concludes For Fifth Phase, 53.98% Voter Turnout Recorded Till 5 PM
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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.
The polling took place across the districts of Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Hardoi, Unnao, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Banda, and Fatehpur.
53.98% voter turnout has been recorded till 5pm in the fifth phase of polling for Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections for 61 seats.
46.28% voter turnout has been recorded till 3pm in the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly election.
21.39% voters turnout recorded till 11 am in the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Elections
Congress leader PL Punia casts his vote at a polling booth in Barabanki.
He says, "BJP thinks it has weakened & is losing. So, they brought everyone to campaign-from PM to HM to their national president. They're trying but people won't get lured. They've decided to make BJP lose", ANI reported.
8.02% voters turnout recorded till 9 am in the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Elections.
"In 1996 when BJP-SP formed govt, 21 ministers were mafias, had a criminal background. BJP is responsible for mafiawad in UP, they should be blamed. When I raised the issue in Assembly, Rajnath Singh had replied 'everything is fair in politics'": Congress leader Pramod Tiwari, as quoted by ANI.
Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister and BJP candidate from Allahabad West constituency Sidharth Nath Singh who cast his vote on Sunday at Jwala Devi Saraswati Vidya Mandir Inter College for the fifth phase of state Assembly elections, said that the BJP will cross the 300-mark in the state and retain power.
Singh after casting his vote while speaking to reporters here today said, "We'll cross 300-mark and form govt again. People have to make a decision and they'll vote for development works."
Earlier in the day, Singh and his family offered prayers at Baba Mandir in Prayagraj as voting in the fifth phase of the state Assembly election began. Polling for the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections began in 61 constituencies at 7 am on Sunday morning. 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 going to polls on Sunday.
Voters will decide the fate of Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, Minister Sidharth Nath Singh, Congress Legislature Party leader Aradhana Mishra and others today. 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.
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. (ANI)
BJP candidate from Amethi Sanjay Singh casts his vote in the 5th phase of UP Elections
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People cast their votes in the fifth phase of UP Elections. Polling is underway in 61 constituencies.
Voting for the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh begins; 692 candidates in 61 assembly constituencies across 12 districts in the fray. Voters to decide the fate of Dy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya, minister Sidharth Nath Singh, Congress Legislature Party leader Aradhana Mishra & others today.
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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.
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