Over 57 per cent voter turnout in phase 5 of UP polls till 5 PM

LUCKNOW: Millions voted on Monday in 51 assembly constituencies in the fifth phase of staggered elections in Uttar Pradesh. An estimated 57.36 per cent of the 1.8 crore electorate had voted between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. After a slow start, voting picked up massively all across the 11 districts including Amethi, the Lok Sabha constituency of Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi.

• 57.36% voting recorded till 5 PM in the fifth phase
• Amid tight security, an estimated 52 per cent of 1.81 crore electorates today cast their votes till 4 PM during the fifth phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh where all eyes are set on Amethi and Faizabad.49.19% voting in Uttar Pradesh fifth phase assembly elections till 3 pm
• Uttar Pradesh records 38.1% voter turnout till 1 pm in Phase-5.
• 27% voting in Uttar Pradesh fifth phase assembly elections till 11 am.
• Estimated 12 to 13 per cent of voters turn out to exercise their franchise till 10 AM during the fifth phase of UP election 2017.
• 85 voting in Sultanpur.
• 11% voting in Gonda.
• 11.8% voting in Amethi till 9 am.
• Mahant Gyandas of Hanuman Gadi casts his vote at a polling booth in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.
• 10.77% voting in Uttar Pradesh fifth phase assembly elections till 9 am.
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UP election 2017: Vinay Katiyar, BJP MP in Ayodhya on Monday. (Image: ANI/Twitter)

• Voting underway in Ayodhya.

Image: ANI/Twitter

• There are 19 % Muslim voters in these 11 districts.
• There are 23 % Muslim voters in these 11 districts.
• Congress Amethi candidate Amita Singh with husband and Congress MP Sanjay Singh after casting vote

• I am winning with a huge margin and Samajwadi Party government under Akhilesh ji will be in power again: Gayatri Prajapati, SP Amethi candidate.

UP election 2017: 'I am winning with a huge margin and Akhilesh ji will be in power again', says Gayatri Prajapati, SP's rape accused candidate from Amethi. (Image: ANI-Twitter)

• Fate of eight ministers of Akhilesh Yadav to be decided by the voters today.

Voting begins for the 5th phase in the state of Uttar Pradesh on Monday at 7:00 am. (Image: ABP Live)

• Voting began at 7 a.m. on Monday.

Balloting will be held during the day in Bahraich, Basti, Balrampur, Gonda, Sant Kabir Nagar, Shrawasti, Siddharthnagar, Sultanpur, Faizabad, Ambedkar Nagar and Amethi districts. Voting for Alapur seat in Ambedkar Nagar, which was also to be held in this phase, was countermanded and then deferred to March 8 due to the death of the Samajwadi Party candidate. In the 2012 polls, the ruling Samajwadi Party bagged 37 of these 52 seats (including Alapur), the BSP three, Bharatiya Janata Party five, the Congress five and the Peace Party two. (With inputs from agencies)