UP Election 2022: Over 57% voting reported in UP till 5pm
Voting begins for the third phase of Uttar Pradesh Elections. 59 assembly seats across 16 districts of the state going to polls.
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Lucknow: After the completion of two phases of the UP Legislative Assembly, today in the third phase, votes will be cast in 59 seats in 16 districts. In the third phase, 2.15 crore voters will decide the fate of 627 candidates.
Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav's name is prominent among the candidates whose result will be locked in the EVMs in this third phase. In this phase, fate of many veterans including Akhilesh Yadav, SP Singh Baghel, Satish Mahana, Ramnaresh Agnihotri, Neelima Katiyar, Shivpal Singh Yadav, Lewis Khurshid, Ramveer Upadhyay, Congress leader Ajay Kapoor will be decided by voters.
Uttar Pradesh records 48.80% voter turnout till 3 PM
A total of 48.52 percent voting took place in Jhansi district till 3 pm.
During the voting process by the District Election Officer/District Magistrate, Jhansi, the polling stations of 225 Garautha Vidhan Sabha K.P.C. Visited Inter College, Month. At the time of the visit, the voters complained about the EVM machine being changed after 2 hours at the polling station's part number 140. Expressing displeasure by the District Election Officer, instructions were given to take suspension action against the concerned Sector Magistrate as per rules.
SP chief and party's candidate from Karhal, Akhilesh Yadav cast his vote at a polling booth in Jaswantnagar.
A complaint has been made to the Election Commission by tweeting from the Twitter account of the Samajwadi Party. In which it has been said that BJP's slip is coming out after pressing the button of SP at booth number-121 of Bhognipur 208 assembly of Kanpur countryside. The Election Commission should take note. Ensure smooth and fair polling.
SP candidate Abhimanyu Gupta from Kidwai Nagar assembly seat also flouting the rules of the Election Commission. Made a video of him casting his vote through EVM and shared it on Facebook. But, after getting information about the FIR on Kanpur Mayor, deleted the video from Facebook. But by then the video went viral.
UP BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh casts his vote a polling booth in Orai of Jalaun district
He says, "We should vote for development. Voting being done for able leadership & rule of law. People have been living happily & peacefully for the last 5 yrs."
I am confident we will witness big victory in this elections. I think that our alliance (Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) & Samajwadi Party) will get around 300 seats: PSP leader Shivpal Singh Yadav
CM Yogi Adityanath tweeted and appealed to all the people of the state to vote. He writes that for a fear-free, riot-free, crime-free state, for the victory of nationalism, for the creation of 'self-reliant and new Uttar Pradesh' and for the upliftment of the people, all of you must vote...
The Punjab elections and the third phase of the UP elections are being held today. I call upon all those voting today to do so in large numbers, particularly the youth as well as first time voters.— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 20, 2022