UP Assembly Elections Updates: UP is voting in seven rounds. Results will be declared on March 10.
Voting for the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections begins. Sixty-one constituencies spread across 12 districts will be voting in this phase of polling.
This phase is crucial for the BJP as the party and its allies won 50 of the 61 seats here in the 2017 elections. A resurgent Samajwadi Party led by Akhilesh Yadav is the BJP's biggest challenger here.
The districts going to the polls today include Sultanpur, Chitrakoot, Pratapgarh, Kaushambi, Prayagraj, Barabaki, Bahraich, Shravasti and Gonda.
Here are the LIVE Updates on Uttar Pradesh Election 2022 5th Phase Voting:
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Mahant Gyan Das, the head priest of Hanumangarhi Temple in Ayodhya, and other seers cast their votes at a polling booth in the constituency.
BJP MP from Prayagaraj Rita Bahuguna Joshi casts her vote in the 5th phase of UP Election2022, says, "We are expecting 70% voters' turnout (in this phase), will win it big. Hoping to form govt with 300+ seats."
Deputy Chief Minister and BJP candidate from Sirathu, Keshav Prasad Maurya visits a polling booth in the constituency as voting for the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Elections continues.
People queue up outside a polling booth to cast their votes in the 5th phase of UP Election 2022
Visual from a primary school in Matera.
Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader and party's candidate from Rampur Khas, Aradhana Misra casts her vote at a polling station in Sangramgarh
She says, "Biggest power in a democracy is your vote. Vote for the country and your own future".
UP minister Sidharth Nath Singh and BJP candidate from Allahabad West constituency casts his vote at Jwala Devi Saraswati Vidya Mandir Inter College.
He says, "We'll cross 300-mark & form govt again. People have to make a decision & they'll vote for development works".
BJP candidate from Amethi Sanjay Singh casts his vote in the 5th phase of UP Elections2022, says, "Amethi has never been anyone's bastion, be it Gandhis or anyone else. It has always belogned to the people...This is war against oppressors."
UP minister Sidharth Nath Singh and his family offer prayers at Sai Baba Mandir in Prayagraj as voting in the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Elections gets underway
Mr Singh is contesting as BJP candidate from Allahabad West constituency, polling on which is being held today.
Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya offers prayers at his residence as voting in the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Elections gets underway.
Keshav Prasad Maurya is contesting as a BJP candidate from Sirathu constituency, polling on which is being held today.
People cast their votes in the fifth phase of Uttar Pradesh Elections. Visual from Jwala Devi Saraswati Vidya Mandir Inter College - designated as a polling booth.
Voting for fifth phase of UttarPradesh Elections begins; 692 candidates in 61 assembly constituencies across 12 districts in fray.
Voters to decide fate of Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, minister Sidharth Nath Singh, Congress Legislature Party leader Aradhana Mishra and others today.
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