UP Assembly polls, fifth phase: As it happened

4.21 crore of cash, 2.20 lakh litres of liquor worth 6.43 crore, drug worth 47.7 lakh, jewellery worth 53.36 lakh seized in 5th phase of UP polls: ECI

Polling by and large peacefully in 51 Assembly seats, says UP CEO T Venkatesh. 

 57.36 percent turnout in fifth phase of UP polls: EC

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses election rally in UP's Mau.

"I assure you we are capable of winning majority on our own but small parties in alliance with us will get representation in cabinet," says PM Modi

I assure you we are capable of winning majority on our own,but small parties in alliance with us will get representation in cabinet:PM Modi pic.twitter.com/TnR9EmO5V8

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) February 27, 2017

Ram Mandir issues raked up again by politicians during fifth phase of UP elections: 

BJP is only interested in taking up issues of Ram Mandir and love jihad: Samajwadi Party leader Pawan Pandey 

Development, education is useless if Ram Mandir is not constructed in Ayodhya: BJP leader Vinay Katiyar

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BJP ko na Ram mandir se matlab hai na Uttar Pradesh ke vikas se: BSP leader Sudhindra Bhadoriya 

Polling percentage till 11:00 am:

Faizabad:  27.03%
Ambedkar Nagar: 25.09%
Amethi: 26.73%
Siddharth Nagar: 24.4%
Gonda: 22%

27% voting in Uttar Pradesh fifth phase assembly elections recorded till 11:00 am

27% voting in Uttar Pradesh fifth phase assembly elections till 11 am #uppolls2017 pic.twitter.com/QyFTWpVfi6

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) February 27, 2017

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Estimated 12 to 13% of voters turned out to exercise their franchise till 10:00 am during the fifth phase of polling Uttar Pradesh: PTI

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will be addressing public meetings in Rudrapur, Pharenda and Gorakhpur

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will be addressing public meetings in Rudrapur, Pharenda and Gorakhpur pic.twitter.com/BNinbcyNKz

— INC India (@INCIndia) February 27, 2017

Also Read: Brisk polling reported in 5th phase of UP polls

Kuch log 25 saalo se jhooti raajneeti kar rahe hai, janta jawab degi. Chunaav mein Ram Mandir nahi balki vikas bara mudda hai: Mahant Gyandas of Hanuman Gadi 

People make long queues in many other places like Faizabad, Bahraich, Basti, Gonda, Siddharthanagar, Sant Kabeernagar, Sultanpur and Shrawasti

Ex-Samajwadi Party MP Bhalchand Yadav put under house arrest to ensure peaceful polling in Sant Kabir Nagar district 

Mahant Gyandas of Hanuman Gadi casts his vote at a polling booth in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh

#UPPolls2017: Mahant Gyandas of Hanuman Gadi casts his vote at a polling booth in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh pic.twitter.com/ew8eFfqRtI

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) February 27, 2017

10.77% voting in Uttar Pradesh fifth phase Assembly elections till 9 am:

Ambedkar Nagar - 11.2%
Faizabad -11.1%
Gonda - 11%
Siddharth Nagar - 10%
Sant Kabir Nagar– 10%
Basti - 9.8%
Shrawasti - 12.5%

Phase 5 of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections: Out of 608 candidates, 117 candidates declared with criminal background. 

BSP tops the list with 23 candidates with criminal cases against them

Take a look:

117 candidates have criminal cases filed against them
4 declared cases of kidnapping for ransom
96 candidates have been charged of serious offence 
9 candidates are facing murder charges 
24 candidates are facing attempt to murder charges

9% turnout recorded till 9:00 am at Gandhi bastion of Amethi

Here's a brief look at polling turnout at other constituencies till 9:00 am:

Balrampur - 11.5%
Gonda - 11%
Bahraich - 12%
Sultanpur - 9%

Yahan vikas, rozgaar, shiksha sab di gayi hai lekin Ram Mandir ke bina sab bekar hai. Ram Mandir ban ke rahega: BJP MP in Ayodhya Vinay Katiyar

BSP has fielded its nominees in all 51 segments while BJP is contesting on 50 seats; it has left one seat to ally Apana Dal

Samajwadi Party nominees are in fray from 43 constituencies and ally congress is in contest in 14 seats

Arrangements made at 1,792 polling stations for webcasting of poll process

Over one 1,600 hamlets and over 2,300 polling stations identified as sensitive and critical; special security measures have been taken in these localities

Union Minister Kalraj Mishra to address a rally in Varanasi Cantt at 5.30 pm today

I am not looking for a fight, people will decide the results: Congress leader Ameeta Singh

Voting disrupted due to malfunctioning of EVMs at : 

• Booth no 203 in Sultanpur
• Booth number 295 at Kudebhar in Sultanpur
• Booth number 129 at Katra town in Ayodhya
• Booth number 9 in Gonda Sadar
• Booth number 198 in Dhodepur of Tarabganj in Gonda
• Booth number 123 of Etwa Assembly seat in Siddarthnagar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address an election rally in Uttar Pradesh's Mau today

Voting for Alapur seat in Ambedkar Nagar, which was also to be held in this phase, countermanded and deferred to March 8 due to the death of a Samajwadi Party candidate: IANS

Voting underway in Ayodhya at polling booth no. 127

Voting underway in Ayodhya at polling booth no.127 #uppolls2017 pic.twitter.com/13tntThsOi

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) February 27, 2017

Congress Amethi candidate Amita Singh with husband and Congress MP Sanjay Singh cast their votes

Congress Amethi candidate Amita Singh with husband and Congress MP Sanjay Singh after casting vote. pic.twitter.com/iqM2hyrO57

— Friends of Congress (@friendscongress) February 27, 2017

PM Narendra Modi appeals to citizens of Uttar Pradesh to come out in large number and exercise their vote in the fifth phase of UP assembly elections

उत्तर प्रदेश में आज पांचवें चरण का मतदान है। मेरा अनुरोध है कि सभी मतदाता लोकतंत्र के इस उत्सव में शामिल हों और भारी संख्या में मतदान करें।

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 27, 2017

I am winning with a huge margin and Samajwadi Party Govt under Akhilesh ji will be in power again: Samajwadi Party candidate from Amethi Gayatri Prajapati

I am winning with a huge margin and Samajwadi Party Govt under Akhilesh ji will be in power again: Gayatri Prajapati,SP Amethi candidate pic.twitter.com/xInhnFTSE6

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) February 27, 2017

UP polls 2017: Voting begins at Ambedkarnagar, Amethi, Bahraich, Balrampur, Basti, Faizabad, Gonda, Sant kabir Nagar, Shravasti, Siddharthnagar, Sultanpur 

UP polls 2017: Voting underway at polling booth no. 40 in Amethi 

Voting underway at polling booth no.40 in Amethi #uppolls2017 pic.twitter.com/JvhZZTqxPN

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) February 27, 2017

Voting for Uttar Pradesh's fifth phase of elections for 51 seats across 11 districts, begins

Visuals from Ayodhya:

#FLASH Voting for Uttar Pradesh's fifth phase of elections for 51 seats across 11 districts, begins (Visuals from Ayodhya) pic.twitter.com/NtSVrJY8pr

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) February 27, 2017

UP polls: Security deployed at polling booth number 127 and 128 in Ayodhya as voting begins begin at 7:00 am

Security deployed at polling booth number 127 & 128 in Ayodhya for voting to begin at 7 am #UPpolls pic.twitter.com/SIFchXbKEZ

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) February 27, 2017

7:00 am: Polling preparations underway at booth number 175 in UP's Ayodhya

Polling preparations underway at booth number 175 in UP's Ayodhya #uppolls2017 pic.twitter.com/a6Wna17bce

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) February 27, 2017