UP Election Phase 6: 53.31% voters turnout recorded till 5 pm

57 seats spread across 10 districts went to polls in the penultimate phase today (March 3). The last phase of UP polls will take place on March 7.

Pic: ANI

New Delhi: The polling for the sixth round of the ongoing Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections for 57 seats began today (March 3) at 7 AM. The fate of political heavyweights such as incumbent Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Congress' Ajay Kumar Lallu and Samajwadi Party's Swami Prasad Maurya have been decided today.

Voting for 292 out of 403 assembly seats had already concluded and during the last two phases of the UP assembly election, the polling has moved to the Purvanchal region of the state where 111 seats are up for grabs. 57 seats spread across 10 districts voted in the sixth phase today. The districts where polling were held today included Ambedkarnagar, Ballia, Balrampur, Basti, Deoria, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Maharajganj, Sant Kabir Nagar and Siddharthnagar. About 53.31% voter turnout was recorded till 5 pm today.

Among the 676 candidates in the fray in this phase, Yogi Adityanath from the Gorakhpur Urban seat was fighting his first assembly polls, state Congress' Ajay Kumar Lallu was contesting from the Tamkuhi Raj constituency and Swami Prasad Maurya, who quit BJP to join the Akhilesh Yadav-led party, was SP's candidate from Fazilnagar.

03 March 2022

18:13 IST

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday accused rival parties of trying to divide society on the lines of caste and religion and said that due to this, people's actual problems like inflation and unemployment are ignored. "The biggest strength in a democracy is vote, which can make or destroy your future. Voters need to be aware and vote for people who are ready to work for you round the clock," Priyanka said, addressing a public meeting in Sonbhadra.

18:13 IST

The Election Commission said that 53.31 per cent of voter turnout figure was an approximate trend as the data from some polling stations takes time to reach. As per the EC data, Ambedkar Nagar has registered 58.68 per cent, Balia 51.74 per cent, Balrampur 48.41 per cent, Basti 54.07 per cent, Deoria 51.51 per cent, Gorakhpur 53.86 per cent, Kushinagar 55.1 per cent, Maharajganj 57.48 per cent, Sant Kabir Nagar 51.14 per cent and Siddharthnagar recorded 49.83 per cent till 5 pm.

(IANS)

13:55 IST

36.33% voter turnout till 1 pm in 6th phase of UP polls

An average voter turnout of 36.33 per cent has been registered till 1 pm in the ongoing sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.

#ECI#AssemblyElections2022#GoVote#GoVoteUP_Phase6 pic.twitter.com/f5W3PbH743

— CEO UP #DeshKaMahaTyohar (@ceoup) March 3, 2022

उत्तर प्रदेश विधानसभा सामान्य निर्वाचन 2022

छठे चरण के अंतर्गत 10 जनपदों में अपराह्न 01 बजे तक कुल औसतन मतदान 36.33% रहा।@ECISVEEP @SpokespersonECI #ECI#AssemblyElections2022#GoVote#GoVoteUP_Phase6 pic.twitter.com/87YSIlVEZq

— CEO UP #DeshKaMahaTyohar (@ceoup) March 3, 2022

13:53 IST

Voters flaunt their inked fingers

Voters flaunt their inked fingers during the sixth phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh

#ECI#AssemblyPolls2022 #GoVote #GoVoteUP_Phase6 pic.twitter.com/y2o3MB3dl5

— CEO UP #DeshKaMahaTyohar (@ceoup) March 3, 2022

#ECI#AssemblyElections2022 #GoVote #GoVoteUP_Phase6 pic.twitter.com/t9e8iHo1HL

— CEO UP #DeshKaMahaTyohar (@ceoup) March 3, 2022

#03मार्च2022 को #अपनामतदान अवश्य कर राष्ट्र-निर्माण में अपनी भागीदारी सुनिश्चित कराएं।#YesBastiWillVote@ceoup@ECISVEEP pic.twitter.com/veUhZwfnWG

— DM BASTI (@dmbas_) March 3, 2022

Enthusiastic first time voters flaunting their inked finger at a selfie point in Siddharthnagar, UP.
Go and experience the joy of voting! #GoVote #AssemblyElections2022 #ElectionCommissionOfIndia #ECI pic.twitter.com/9cHIQNEvUV

— Election Commission of India #SVEEP (@ECISVEEP) March 3, 2022

11:51 IST

21.79% voter turnout recorded till 11 am 

An average of 21.79% of voter turnout has been recorded till 11 am during ongoing polling across 10 districts in the sixth phase in Uttar Pradesh. The highest polling has been reported in Siddharthnagar and Basti districts.

While Siddharthnagar had 23.42 per cent voting, Basti had 23.33 per cent, Kushinagar 23.24 per cent, Ambedkarnagar 23.10 per cent, Ballia had 21.87 per cent, Gorakhpur 21.81 per cent, Mahrajganj 21.12 per cent, Sant Kabir Nagar 20.83 per cent, Deoria 19.58 per cent and Balrampur 18.98 per cent.

छठे चरण के अंतर्गत 10 जनपदों में पूर्वाह्न 11 बजे तक कुल औसतन मतदान 21.79% रहा।@ECISVEEP@SpokespersonECI#ECI#AssemblyElections2022#GoVote#GoVoteUP_Phase6 pic.twitter.com/W5aXAOrQgP

— CEO UP #DeshKaMahaTyohar (@ceoup) March 3, 2022

उत्तर प्रदेश विधानसभा सामान्य निर्वाचन 2022

छठे चरण के अंतर्गत 10 जनपदों में पूर्वाह्न 11 बजे तक कुल औसतन मतदान 21.79% रहा।#ECI#AssemblyElections2022#GoVote#GoVoteUP_Phase6 pic.twitter.com/pySFsRhors

— CEO UP #DeshKaMahaTyohar (@ceoup) March 3, 2022

11:05 IST

Some glimpses from the ongoing voting in sixth phase of UP Assembly polls

उत्तर प्रदेश विधानसभा सामान्य निर्वाचन-2022

'हम करेंगे मतदान,
लोकतंत्र को बनाएंगे महान...'

छठे चरण के अंतर्गत मतदाता उत्साह के साथ अपने मत का प्रयोग कर रहे हैं।#ECI#विधानसभाचुनाव2022 #AssemblyElections2022#GoVote #GoVoteUP_Phase6 pic.twitter.com/IWzMStENHX

— CEO UP #DeshKaMahaTyohar (@ceoup) March 3, 2022

उत्तर प्रदेश विधानसभा सामान्य निर्वाचन-2022

छठे चरण के अंतर्गत मतदान केंद्रों पर सम्मानित दिव्यांग मतदाता उत्साह के साथ पहुंच रहे हैं।

अपना मत देकर लोकतंत्र के प्रति कर्तव्य निभा रहे हैं।#ECI#AssemblyPolls2022 #GoVote #GoVoteUP_Phase6 pic.twitter.com/y2o3MB3dl5

— CEO UP #DeshKaMahaTyohar (@ceoup) March 3, 2022

उत्तर प्रदेश विधानसभा सामान्य निर्वाचन-2022

छठे चरण के अंतर्गत जनपद अंबेडकरनगर में मतदान केंद्र पर पहुंचकर पहले मत देने वाले मतदाता के कर कमलों से पौधरोपण करवाकर उन्हें सम्मानित किया गया।@AmbedkarnagarDM #ECI#AssemblyElections2022 #GoVote#GoVoteUP_Phase6 pic.twitter.com/gJbZ4ve7TX

— CEO UP #DeshKaMahaTyohar (@ceoup) March 3, 2022

उत्तर प्रदेश विधानसभा सामान्य निर्वाचन-2022

हर पीढ़ी मत देने की प्रथा निभा रही
लोकतंत्र के प्रति कर्तव्य निभा रही...

सभी मतदाता अपना मत अवश्य दें,
प्रदेश को सशक्त बनाएं#ECI#AssemblyElections2022 #GoVote #GoVoteUP_Phase6 pic.twitter.com/t9e8iHo1HL

— CEO UP #DeshKaMahaTyohar (@ceoup) March 3, 2022

10:59 IST

BJP leader RPN Singh casts his vote

Former Union minister RPN Singh, who recently joined the BJP, casts his vote in Kushinagar in the sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

Kushinagar | Former Union minister RPN Singh, who recently joined the BJP, casts his vote in the sixth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections pic.twitter.com/ELnpAW2Z4u

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) March 3, 2022

10:11 IST

BJP MP from Gorakhpur Ravi Kishan

We will win all 9 seats in Gorakhpur mandal. Voter turnout will be historic in Purvanchal region. BJP will get over 300 seats. The construction of Ram Temple is underway. Now, the people UP have decided to establish 'Ram Rajya' here.

09:47 IST

8.69% voter turnout till 9 am

An average of 8.69% voter turnout has been recorded till 9 am in the sixth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. The highest polling has been recorded in the Basti and Kushinagar districts.

Voting is currently underway in 57 Assembly seats across 10 districts.

उत्तर प्रदेश विधानसभा सामान्य निर्वाचन 2022

छठे चरण के अंतर्गत 10 जनपदों में पूर्वाह्न 9 बजे तक कुल औसतन मतदान 8.69% रहा।#ECI#AssemblyElections2022#GoVote#GoVoteUP_Phase6 pic.twitter.com/A8WBl8m2Ni

— CEO UP #DeshKaMahaTyohar (@ceoup) March 3, 2022

छठे चरण के अंतर्गत 10 जनपदों में प्रातः 09 बजे तक कुल औसतन मतदान 8.69% रहा।@ECISVEEP@SpokespersonECI#ECI#AssemblyElections2022#GoVote#GoVoteUP_Phase6 pic.twitter.com/s10WPFPJqw

— CEO UP #DeshKaMahaTyohar (@ceoup) March 3, 2022

09:45 IST

Shubhawati Shukla, pitted against Yogi Adityanath, casts her vote

Shubhawati Shukla, who has been pitted by Samajwadi Party against Yogi Adityanath from Gorakhpur Urban Assembly seat, casts her vote.

Gorakhpur | Shubhawati Shukla, Samajwadi Party candidate contesting against CM Yogi Adityanath from Gorakhpur Urban Assembly seat, casts her vote in the sixth phase of #UttarPradeshElections2022 pic.twitter.com/TBdZcGQUZT

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) March 3, 2022

08:28 IST

Under PM Modi's leadership, BJP will win large number of seats

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath cast his vote in Gorakhpur and said that under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, BJP will make a record and will win a large number of seats in the sixth phase of Assembly elections.

#WATCH | Under PM Modi leadership BJP will make a record & will win large number of seats in 6th phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. And will move towards our target to win 300 seats in the Assembly elections: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath pic.twitter.com/a1sBLV6KFp

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) March 3, 2022

08:23 IST

Voting underway in Uttar Pradesh

Voting is underway in 10 districts in the sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.

@ECISVEEP @SpokespersonECI @dmsid1 #ECI#AssemblyElections2022 #GoVote #GoVoteUP_Phase6 #विधानसभाचुनाव2022 pic.twitter.com/mXGBrVDnpI

— CEO UP #DeshKaMahaTyohar (@ceoup) March 3, 2022

#ECI#विधानसभाचुनाव2022#AssemblyElections2022 #GoVote#GoVoteUP_Phase6 pic.twitter.com/VFufKJyWjo

— CEO UP #DeshKaMahaTyohar (@ceoup) March 3, 2022

#ECI#AssemblyElections2022 #GoVote#GoVoteUP_Phase6 pic.twitter.com/Aew0iTt2tc

— CEO UP #DeshKaMahaTyohar (@ceoup) March 3, 2022

..@ECISVEEP@SpokespersonECI#ECI#विधानसभाचुनाव2022 #AssemblyElections2022 #GoVote #GoVoteUP_Phase6 pic.twitter.com/srwiApaAFd

— CEO UP #DeshKaMahaTyohar (@ceoup) March 3, 2022

07:11 IST

Yogi Adityanath casts his vote

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who is fighting his first assembly polls, casts his vote in Gorakhpur. Adityanath is fighting from the Gorakhpur Urban seat. 

#WATCH Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath casts his vote in the sixth phase of Assembly elections, in Gorakhpur

Voting is underway in 57 Assembly seats across 10 districts; 676 candidates including CM Adityanath in the fray pic.twitter.com/2VeHTDRBGZ

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) March 3, 2022

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath casts his vote at Primary School Gorakhnath Kanya Nagar Kshetra, in Gorakhpur, for the 6th phase of #UttarPradeshElections pic.twitter.com/Eou6apv4p0

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) March 3, 2022

07:05 IST

PM Narendra Modi urges voters to vote

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged voters to vote as the "festival of democracy in Uttar Pradesh entered its sixth phase today".

"It is my humble request to all the voters that they must participate in this festival with their votes. Your one vote is the power of democracy," PM Modi tweeted in Hindi.

उत्तर प्रदेश में लोकतंत्र का उत्सव आज अपने छठे चरण में प्रवेश कर चुका है। सभी मतदाताओं से मेरा विनम्र आग्रह है कि वे अपने वोट के साथ इस उत्सव में जरूर शामिल हों। आपका एक-एक मत, लोकतंत्र की ताकत!

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 3, 2022

06:59 IST

Uttar Pradesh Polls sixth phase: Polling begins on 57 Assembly seats

Polling for the sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections has started at 7 AM. The voting will decide the fate of 676 candidates, who are contesting on 57 seats spread across 10 districts.

06:48 IST

Fate of Yogi Adityanath, Ajay Kumar Lallu, Swami Prasad Maurya to be decided today

Among the 676 candidates in the fray in this phase, Yogi Adityanath from the Gorakhpur Urban seat is fighting his first assembly polls, state Congress' Ajay Kumar Lallu is contesting from the Tamkuhi Raj constituency and Swami Prasad Maurya, who quit BJP to join the Akhilesh Yadav-led party, is SP's candidate from Fazilnagar.

विधानसभा चुनाव के पांच चरण संपन्न हो चुके हैं।

छठवें चरण का मतदान आज होना है।

पहले मतदान-फिर जलपान का संकल्प लेकर लोकतंत्र के सजग नागरिक का दायित्व निर्वहन करने में अपनी महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका निभाइए।

— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) March 3, 2022

मैं अपने विधानसभा क्षेत्र फाजिलनगर की जनता से अनुरोध कर रहा हूं कि विरोधियों के किसी भी अफवाह पर ध्यान ना दें और पहले मतदान करें फिर जलपान करें।
जय भीम जय समाजवाद। pic.twitter.com/wmpRuIqbzD

— Swami Prasad Maurya (@SwamiPMaurya) March 2, 2022

06:48 IST

10 districts to go to the polls today

The districts where polling will be held today are Ambedkarnagar, Ballia, Balrampur, Basti, Deoria, Gorakhpur, Kushinagar, Maharajganj, Sant Kabir Nagar and Siddharthnagar.

#ECI#AssemblyElections2022 #GoVote#GoVoteUP_Phase6 pic.twitter.com/RxqRdjUbh4

— CEO UP #DeshKaMahaTyohar (@ceoup) March 2, 2022

06:47 IST

Votes will be cast in 57 seats today

Voting for 292 out of 403 assembly seats have already concluded and the remaining two phases of the UP assembly polls will see the polling moving to the Purvanchal region of the state where 111 seats are up for grabs.

Of the remaining constituencies, 57 seats spread across 10 districts will go to the polls in the penultimate phase today.

उत्तर प्रदेश विधानसभा सामान्य निर्वाचन-2022

छठवें चरण के अंतर्गत 57 विधानसभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्रों में 03 मार्च, 2022 को प्रातः 7.00 बजे से सायं 6.00 बजे तक मतदान चलेगा।

इस संबंध में प्रेस विज्ञप्ति जारी...#ECI#AssemblyElections2022 #GoVote#GoVoteUP_Phase6 pic.twitter.com/MCxJXGjqOs

— CEO UP #DeshKaMahaTyohar (@ceoup) March 2, 2022

06:46 IST

UP Assembly Election: Phase 6 voting today, fate of Adityanath, 675 other candidates to be decided 

The sixth round of the ongoing Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections will witness polling for 57 seats today (March 3, 2022) and will decide the fate of political heavyweights such as incumbent Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Congress' Ajay Kumar Lallu and Samajwadi Party's Swami Prasad Maurya.