
Polling officials seal EVMs after the third phase of Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh was concluded on Sunday. Polling was held in 12 districts, including Kannauj, Mainpuri and Etawah, besides Lucknow, Farrukhabad, Hardoi, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Kanpur, Unnao, Barabanki and Sitapur. PTI

Samajwadi Party patron Mulayam Singh Yadav with his wife (right), daughter-in-law and SP candidate Aparna Yadav (behind) after casting vote during the third phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections on Sunday. PTI

Voters queue up at a polling station to cast their votes during the third phase of UP Assembly elections in Farrukhabad on Sunday. PTI

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav's wife and Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav, with senior party leader Ram Gopal Yadav, after casting their vote during the third phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections in Saifai, Etawah. Dimple Yadav is an MP from Kannauj. PTI

Voters queue up to cast their votes in Kanpur on Sunday. Over 61.16 percent of the state's electorate exercised their franchise to decide the fate of 826 candidates across the state's 69 Assembly constituencies on Sunday. PTI

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati shows her inked finger after casting her vote during the third phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election in Lucknow on Sunday. Mayawati, who cast her vote in the Mall Avenue constituency of Lucknow, expressed confidence that BSP would win over 300 of the 403 seats. PTI

Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti shows her inked finger after casting her vote in the third phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections in Lucknow on Sunday. PTI

BJP candidate Rita Bahuguna Joshi shows her inked finger after casting her vote in the third phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections in Lucknow on Sunday. PTI

Kalraj Mishra, Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), with his wife, after casting their votes in Lucknow on Sunday. PTI
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Updated Date: Feb 20, 2017 12:25:35 IST