UP Election 2022 Voting HIGLIGHTS: 53.31% Voter Turnout Recorded Till 5 PM Across 57 Seats
UP Election 2022 6th Phase Voting Live: Follow the blog for latest updates on polling in the sixth phase of Uttar Pradesh election. In the sixth phase, 57 seats are up for grabs.
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UP Election 2022 Voting Live: Voting in the sixth round of Uttar Pradesh Assembly election began on Thursday as polling moves to the Purvanchal region of the state.
In the sixth phase, 57 seats are up for grabs, with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the Congress' Ajay Kumar Lallu and Samajwadi Party's Swami Prasad Maurya in the fray.
A five-time Member of Parliament, Yogi Adityanath will contest an assembly election for the first time. In the 2017 Uttar Pradesh elections, the CM entered the House through the Legislative Council.
The districts where polling is to be held on Thursday are Ambedkarnagar, Balrampur, Siddharthnagar, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar, Maharajganj, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Deoria and Ballia.
These 57 assembly segments, of which 11 are reserved, are crucial for the BJP. In the 2017 assembly polls, it had won 46 of these seats, PTI reported.
The Samajwadi Party has pitted the wife of late Upendra Dutt Shukla, a former BJP leader, against Adityanath. Azad Samaj Party founder Chandrashekhar Azad is also a contesting against the chief minister.
Leader of Opposition in the outgoing assembly and Samajwadi Party leader Ram Govind Chaudhary is contesting from Bansdih.
Many incumbent ministers' electoral fate will also be decided in this phase. They include Surya Pratap Shahi trying his luck from Pathardeva seat, Satish Chandra Dwivedi from Itwa, Jai Pratap Singh from Bansi, Shree Ram Chauhan from Khajani and Jai Prakash Nishad from Rudrapur.
Surendra Singh, the incumbent MLA from Bairia in Ballia, who joined the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP), a new entrant in Uttar Pradesh electoral politics, will face the electorate in this phase.
UP Election 2022 Voting Live: 53.31% Voter Turnout Recorded Till 5 PM Across 57 Seats
53.31% voter turnout was recorded till 5 pm in the sixth phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh for 57 seats across 10 districts.
#UttarPradeshElections | 53.31% voters turnout recorded till 5 pm during ongoing polling across 10 districts in the sixth phase. pic.twitter.com/7hhHoczenG
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) March 3, 2022
UP Election 2022 Voting Live: 46.70% Voter Turnout Recorded Till 3 PM In Sixth Phase
As the polling for sixth phase fo election is underway in Uttar Pradesh, 46.70% voter turnout has been recorded till 3 pm. Polling for 57 seats across 10 districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh are in fray in the sixth phase of polling.
#UttarPradeshElections | 46.70% voters turnout recorded till 3 pm during ongoing polling across 10 districts in the sixth phase. pic.twitter.com/Z56Umw26Yy
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) March 3, 2022
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