Voting for the sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections began on Thursday at 7 am. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and several prominent faces among 676 candidates are contesting from 57 seats spread across 10 districts in the state.
The voting will continue till 6 pm. Around 2.15 crore people are eligible to vote in this phase.
Among the voters who lined up to exercise their franchise on Thursday were some well-known politicians.
Have a look.
IMAGE: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath casts his vote at a polling station in Gorakhpur in the 6th phase of assembly elections, March 3, 2022. Photograph: PTI Photo
IMAGE: Uttar Pradesh minister Upendra Tiwari, who is contesting from Phephna assembly seat, at a polling station in Ballia after casting his vote, March 3, 2022. Photograph: ANI Photo
IMAGE: UP minister Anand Swarup Shukla, contesting from Ballia, after casting his vote at a polling booth in the 6th phase of assembly polls, March 3, 2022. Photograph: ANI Photo
IMAGE: Nishad Party founder Sanjay Nishad casts his vote in the sixth phase of UP assembly elections at a polling booth in Gorakhpur, March 3, 2022.Photograph: ANI Photo
IMAGE: Former Union minister RPN Singh, who recently joined the BJP, casts his vote at a polling booth in Kushinagar in the sixth phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, March 3, 2022. Photograph: ANI Photo
IMAGE: BJP MP and former Union minister Shiv Pratap Shukla and his family members cast their vote at St Andrews Inter College, Gorakhpur, March 3, 2022. Photograph: ANI Photo
IMAGE: Samajwadi Party candidate Shubhawati Shukla (right), who is contesting against CM Yogi Adityanath from Gorakhpur Urban assembly seat, comes out after casting her vote, Gorakhpur, March 3, 2022. Photograph: ANI Photo