UP Assembly Elections: UP is voting in seven rounds. Results will be declared on March 10.
The Uttar Pradesh elections are a fight between the dynasts and diehard nationalists, which the opposition parties do not understand, Prime Minister said today, as he campaigned for the BJP today. Addressing his second election rally of the day in Deoria, Modi attacked previous governments in Uttar Pradesh, saying they shut sugar mills and didn't clear dues of sugarcane farmers.
The Phase 5 of Uttar Pradesh assembly election, in which voting was held in 61 constituencies including Ayodhya today, recorded 54 per cent average turnout till 5 pm, as per the revised figure.
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 Highlights on Uttar Pradesh Election 2022 5th Phase Voting:
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With the completion of polling on Sunday, Uttar Pradesh will have voted on 292 of the total 403 seats in the Assembly. The last two phases of the elections will be held on March 3 and 7. The results will be declared on March 10.
54% Voter Turnout Till 5 pm, 4.5% Less Than 2017Uttar Pradesh saw voter turnout of 54 per cent till 5 pm, 4.5 per cent less than the corresponding data in 2017.
UP Assembly Election 2022: People have decided to send 'babaji' back to his 'math': Akhilesh Yadav
Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday claimed that the people of Uttar Pradesh have decided to send 'Babaji' back to his 'math', apparently referring to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
Adityanath, who was a five-time MP from Gorakhpur, is the mahant of the Gorakhnath Math.
Addressing a rally in the Chillupar constituency of Gorakhpur in favour of SP candidate Vinay Shankar Tiwari, Yadav said, "Today voting in being held for the fifth phase and everyone has decided to send 'Babaji' back to his 'math'." At another rally in Deoria, the SP chief said, "Babaji did not give you laptop as he does not know how to operate it. He even does not know how to run a smart phone. How can a chief minister who does not know how to run a laptop and does not understand the importance of computers and smart phones run the state?" Yadav claimed that there were no crowds at BJP's meetings and chairs are being spread out to give the impression of a large gathering.
'India favours world peace': Rajnath Singh
In the backdrop of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said India favours world peace.
"Prime Minister Narendra Modi's role is being appreciated on the matter. India is peace-lover. India has never attacked any country and never grabbed land of other country.
"We want world peace and everyone should accept it," Rajnath Singh said addressing an election rally here in Bairia.
He said after surgical and air strike on Pakistan India's image changed in the world.
UP Polls 2022: 46% Voter Turnout Till 3 pm, 3% Less Than 2017\
46.3 per cent of the eligible voters in 61 constituencies of Uttar Pradesh have exercised their franchise till 3 pm, as per the Election Commission.
UP polls a fight between dynasts, diehard nationalists, says PM Modi
PM Narendra Modi addressed a rally in Uttar Pradesh's Deoria, his second election rally in the state today
- We have made 18 new medical colleges in the state, and (construction) work underway in 20. We also set up AIIMS in Gorakhpur. We are also trying that the poor children get to study medical, engineering in their own language.
- Some time ago, I laid foundation stones of 9 medical colleges in UP including Deoria's Maharshi Devraha Baba Autonomous State Medical College. This medical college could have been constructed before, but these 'Pariwardis' never prioritized you.
- This election is between 'Rashtravadis and Parivarwadis'...Remember how you had to take your vehicles to Gorakhpur in medical emergencies because the then govt didn't pay any heed to people's medical needs here. Many innocent kids died due to brain fever.
UP Polls 2022: 34% Voter Turnout Till 1 pm, 38% Polling In Ayodhya
According to the Election Commission of India's voter turnout app, the polling percentage till 1 pm is 34.83. The voting started at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm. Around 2.24 crore people are eligible to vote in this phase.
While Amethi recorded 35.93 per cent voting, Ayodhya saw 38.74 per cent, Bahraich 37.25 per cent, Barabanki 36.23 per cent, Chitrakoot 39.08 per cent, Gonda 34.36 per cent, Kaushambi 37.23 per cent, Pratapgarh 33.59 per cent, Prayagraj 33.59 per cent, Raebareli 33.64 per cent, Shrawasti 36.5 per cent and Sultanpur 34.85 per cent, it said.
With the completion of polling on Sunday, Uttar Pradesh will have voted on 292 of the total 403 seats in the Assembly. The last two phases of the elections will be held on March 3 and 7. The results will be declared on March 10.
"Can't Let My Vote Go Waste": Elderly Woman Comes For Voting In Stretcher In UP
An elderly woman was escorted on a stretcher to a polling booth in Prayagraj.
" I have to come like this because I have a fracture in my back, but can't let me vote go waste," she was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
34% Voter Turnout Till 1 pm, 2% Less Than In 2017
The Phase 5 of Uttar Pradesh assembly election, in which voting was held in 61 constituencies including Ayodhya today, recorded 34 per cent average turnout till 1 pm, as per the revised figure.
UP Polls 2022: "Government working day and night for Indians stranded abroad," says PM
PM Modi is addressing a rally in Basti, Uttar Pradesh. Speaking at the rally, PM Modi said that his government is making all efforts to bring back people stranded in Ukraine.
"By running Operation Ganga, we are bringing back 1000s of Indians home. Our sons, daughters still stranded in Ukraine will be brought back. GoI working day and night for them...Wherever there is trouble, we left no tone unturned to bring our citizens back," he said.
Some of the ministers in the fray are Siddharth Nath Singh from Allahabad West, Rajendra Singh from Patti (Pratapgarh), Nand Gopal Gupta Nadi from Allahabad South and Ramapati Shastri from Mankapur (Gonda).
Raghuraj Pratap Singh, alias Raja Bhaiya, who is the MLA from Kunda since 1993, is once again in the fray as the Jansatta Dal candidate, with old aide Gulshan Yadav contesting against him on the Samajwadi Party ticket.
21% Voter Turnout Till 11 am, EVM Problem Recorded In Some Places
Twenty-one percent of the eligible voters have exercised their right till 11 AM. Amethi and Raebareli, once considered the Congress bastions, and Ayodhya, the epicentre of the Ram temple movement, are among the assembly seats where polling is taking place in this phase.
UP Polls: Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya is contesting from Sirathu
As many as 692 candidates are in the fray for the fifth phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya is contesting from Sirathu in Kaushambi district. He is pitted against Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) candidate Pallavi Patel.
The voting started at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm. Around 2.24 crore people are eligible to vote in this phase.
UP Polls Phase 5: UP Records 8.02 % Turnout Till 9 amUttar Pradesh recorded an average voter turnout of 8.02 per cent till 9 am in the fifth phase of the ongoing Assembly elections
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.
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