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Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022 Highlights: Over 54 per cent of voters exercised their right till 5 pm of polling for the seventh and last phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections today.
The voting percentage till 5 pm was 54.18 per cent, according to the ECI's Voter Turnout app. While Azamgarh witnessed 52.31 per cent voting, Bhadohi saw 54.31 per cent, Chandauli 59.54 per cent, Ghazipur 52.73 per cent, Jaunpur 53.61 per cent, Mau 55.01 per cent, Mirzapur 54.95 per cent, Sonbhadra 56.86 per cent and Varanasi 56.86 per cent, it said.
Voting for the seventh and final phase of the UP assembly elections 2022, covering 54 seats, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary constituency Varanasi, began today on March 7. It will decide the fate of 613 candidates.
Polling will continue till 6 pm in Azamgarh, Mau, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Bhadohi and Sonbhadra districts. Of the 54 seats in this phase, 11 are reserved for the Scheduled Castes and two for the Scheduled Tribes. There are 2.06 crore eligible voters.
Campaigning for the final phase ended on March 5 with the BJP and its rival parties attacking each other on a range of issues from handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, law and order, economic and security situation to farmers' stir.
Polling on these 54 seats will also mark the end of the almost month-long voting process in the politically crucial Uttar Pradesh that had began on February 10 after the announcement of elections in mid-January.
Today’s phase will mark an end to the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur. The voting for 690 Assembly seats across these five states was held in seven phases since February 10.
The results of five state assembly elections will be declared on March 10.
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to win the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections as almost all exit polls released on March 7 predicted it to emerge as the single largest party in the state by bagging anywhere between 222 and 326 seats in the 403-member assembly.
The polls predicted that though the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party will increase its 2017 tally of 47, it will bag anywhere between 71 and 165 seats, well short of coming to power, this time.
According to India Today Axis My India predictions, the BJP will win 288-326 seats while the SP will win 71-101 seats. The exit poll said the BSP will win 3-9 seats, the Congress 1-3 seats and others 2-3 seats.
Over 35 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the first six hours of polling for the seventh and last phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections for 54 seats on Monday. The voting percentage till 1 pm was 35.51 per cent, according to the ECI's Voter Turnout app. While Azamgarh witnessed 34.60 per cent voting, Bhadohi saw 35.60 per cent, Chandauli 38.45 per cent, Ghazipur 34.15 per cent, Jaunpur 35.80 per cent, Mau 37.08 per cent, Mirzapur 38.05 per cent, Sonbhadra 35.68 per cent and Varanasi 33.55 per cent, it said.
Don't know which international recognition they boast about. They (BJP-led Centre) failed to evacuate Indians, named evacuation op 'Operation Ganga' because polls in Varanasi too. Had they rescued our people from #Ukraine directly I would've appreciated it:Akhilesh Yadav, SP (ANI)
Based on opinion polls, it is a bipolar contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP). It maybe only rhetorical causticness, but SP leader Akhilesh Yadav has dismissed the Congress with contemptuous nonchalance; it could get zero seats, he mocked. But Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has probably played a smart card; she is rebuilding a battered Congress for Lok Sabha 2024. Realistically, she probably knows that the assembly elections are just a resurrection strategy. Read More
BJP & BSP will not win a single seat in Ghazipur, Mau, Azamgarh, Ambedkar Nagar& Ballia. We're winning on 5 of 8 seats in Varanasi, 3 of 4 seats in Chandauli, 7 of 9 seats in Jaunpur. We'll win 45-47 seats in Purvanchal region: OP Rajbhar, President,Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party
Over 21 per cent of voters exercised their right in the first four hours of polling for the seventh and last phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections for 54 seats today. The voting percentage till 11 am is 21.55 per cent, according to the ECI's Voter Turnout app. While Azamgarh witnessed 20.06 per cent voting, Bhadohi saw 22.26 per cent, Chandauli 23.51 per cent, Ghazipur 20.05 per cent, Jaunpur 21.83 per cent, Mau 24.69 per cent, Mirzapur 23.46 per cent, Sonbhadra 19.45 per cent and Varanasi 21.19 per cent, it said.
Varanasi | Hindustani classical singer Pandit Chhannulal Mishra casts his vote in seventh phase of Assembly elections. I appeal to the public to come out and vote in large numbers. Each vote counts, he says.
