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UP concludes Assembly elections with 54.18% turnout till 5 pm in final phase

UP Assembly Polls, 7th phase polling: Voting continued till 6 pm and decided the fate of as many as 613 candidates.

  • Voting for the seventh and final phase of the UP Assembly election commenced at 7 AM.
  • It covered 54 seats including PM Modi's parliamentary constituency Varanasi.
  • Polling was also held in Azamgarh, Mau, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Mirzapur, Bhadohi and Sonbhadra.

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Women voters show their ink marked fingers after casting their votes for the seventh and last phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election in Varanasi (ANI Photo)
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Voting for the seventh and final phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election covering 54 seats, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency Varanasi, commenced today (March 7) at 7 AM.

Polling, which marked the end of the almost month-long voting process in the politically crucial state, was held in Azamgarh, Mau, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Bhadohi and Sonbhadra districts. 

An average of 54.18% per cent voter turnout has been recorded till 5 pm. The voting continued till 6 pm and deciding the fate of as many as 613 candidates. The counting of votes will be done on March 10.

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07 March 2022
16:11 IST

UP Polls: Latest voting figures till 3pm

46.40% voters turnout recorded till 3 pm in the seventh and final phase of Uttar Pradesh Elections 2022.

 

13:50 IST

35.51% voters turnout recorded till 1 pm

35.51% polling has been recorded till 1 pm.

12:03 IST

Seventh phase of polling underway in Uttar Pradesh

Glimpses of people voting across 54 assembly constituencies during the seventh phase of polls in Uttar Pradesh. 

11:50 IST

21.55% voter turnout recorded till 11 AM

An average of 21.55% voter turnout has been recorded till 11 am, the highest in Mau and Chandauli districts.

11:44 IST

BJP, BSP will not win in Ghazipur, Mau, Azamgarh, Ambedkar Nagar, Ballia: SBSP's OP Rajbhar 

OP Rajbhar, President of the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, has made a BIG statement that the Bharatiya Janata Party and Bahujan Samaj Party will not win a single seat in Ghazipur, Mau, Azamgarh, Ambedkar Nagar and Ballia districts.

"We're winning on 5 of 8 seats in Varanasi, 3 of 4 seats in Chandauli, 7 of 9 seats in Jaunpur. We'll win 45-47 seats in the Purvanchal region," Rajbhar, whose party had won one seat in Varanasi as the BJP partner in 2017 and now is part of the Akhilesh Yadav headed grouping, told ANI.

11:35 IST

Pandit Chhannulal Mishra casts vote 

Hindustani classical singer Pandit Chhannulal Mishra casts his vote in Varanasi and appeals to the public to come out and vote in large numbers.

"Each vote counts," he told ANI.

10:41 IST

Anupriya Patel casts vote

Union minister and Apna Dal (Sonelal), National President, Anupriya Patel casts her vote in Mirzapur district.

"I am assured that all 5 seats in the constituency will be won by our NDA candidates," she said.

09:53 IST

Polling underway in Uttar Pradesh

Polling, which started at 7 AM, is being held peacefully in Azamgarh, Mau, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Bhadohi and Sonbhadra districts.

 

09:51 IST

8.58% voter turnout recorded till 9 am

Uttar Pradesh has recorded an average of 8.58% voter turnout in the first two hours of polling in the last phase. The highest turnout was seen in the Mau and Jaunpur districts.

08:56 IST

Voting underway in seventh phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections

07:57 IST

A glance at stats of seventh and last phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections

 

07:38 IST

BJP will get over 350 seats: UP minister Ravindra Jaiswal 

UP minister Ravindra Jaiswal, who is contesting from the Varanasi North Assembly seat, says that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will win all seats in Varanasi.

"BJP will get over 350 seats in this Assembly election," he tells ANI.

07:28 IST

Create a new voting record, urges PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged the voters of Uttar Pradesh to participate in the seventh and last phase of the assembly elections today with full enthusiasm and to create a new voting record.

07:27 IST

Polling underway in Uttar Pradesh

Visuals from polling booth number 231, Uchh Prathmik Vidyalaya in Sambhal district's Narauli.

06:52 IST

Voting for seventh and final phase of UP Assembly elections begins

Voting for the seventh and final phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election covering 54 seats, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency Varanasi, has started at 7 AM.

06:43 IST

Key candidates in 7th phase

State Tourism Minister Neelkanth Tiwari is fighting from the Varanasi South seat. Other ministers in the fray in the last leg are Anil Rajbhar (Shivpur-Varanasi), Ravindra Jaiswal (Varanasi North), Girish Yadav (Jaunpur) and Ramashankar Singh Patel (Marihan-Mirzapur).

Dara Singh Chauhan, who had resigned from the Yogi Adityanath cabinet and joined the Akhilesh Yadav-led SP, is contesting from Ghosi in Mau.

SBSP president Om Prakash Rajbhar (Zahoorabad), Dhananjay Singh (Malhani-Jaunpur) as the JD(U) candidate and Abbas Ansari, the son of mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, from Mau Sadar seat, are also contesting in the last phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election.

06:35 IST

Polling will mark the end of almost month-long voting process

Polling, which will mark the end of the almost month-long voting process in the politically crucial state, will be held in Azamgarh, Mau, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Bhadohi and Sonbhadra districts. 

06:34 IST

Voting to begin at 7 AM

Voting for the seventh and final phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election covering 54 seats, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency Varanasi, will start at 7 AM.

06:32 IST

Final phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh today to seal fate of 613 candidates

As Uttar Pradesh prepares to vote for its last and seventh phase of Assembly elections today (March 7), the stage is all set to seal the fate of 613 candidates in the fray. 

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