UP Elections 2022: Phase-1 voting ends, nearly 59% turnout recorded

Kairana: A woman casts her vote at a polling booth, during the first phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, in Kairana, Thursday, Feb. 10, (PTI) — Kairana: A woman casts her vote at a polling booth, during the first phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, in Kairana, Thursday, Feb. 10, **(PTI)**

1 min read . Updated: 10 Feb 2022, 07:49 PM IST Livemint

The polling was held in 58 assembly seats spread across 11 districts in the western part of Uttar Pradesh

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Uttar Pradesh Polls 2022: Uttar Pradesh recorded nearly 59% turnout in the first phase of Assembly elections that ended today at 6 pm. There were some reports of technical snag in EVMs at some places but overall polling was going on peacefully in the state.

The polling was held in 58 assembly seats spread across 11 districts in the western part of the state.

Earlier in the day, Additional Chief Election Officer (ACEO) B D Ram Tiwari said polling was going on peacefully. "There were reports of a technical error in EVMs at some places. Those EVMs are being replaced," he said.

The Samajwadi Party of Akhilesh Yadav alleged that poor voters were not allowed to exercise their franchise in Dundukheda village in the Kairana assembly constituency. On this, Tiwari said the District Magistrate concerned had been asked to look into the matter.

As many as 623 candidates, including 73 women, were in the fray in the first phase, and around 2.28 crore voters, including 1.24 crore men and 1.04 women besides others, were eligible to cast their franchise.

State ministers whose fate will be decided in the first phase of voting, include Shrikant Sharma, Suresh Rana, Sandeep Singh, Kapil Dev Agarwal, Atul Garg and Chowdhury Lakshmi Narain.

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